16-36  Number of Civil Aviation Routes and Civil Aircrafts

Item

1990

1995

2000

2004

2005

  Number of Civil Aviation Routes   (line)

437

797

1165

1279

1257

  International Routes

44

85

133

244

233

  Domestic Routes

385

694

1032

1035

1024

  Regional Routes

8

18

42

45

43

  Length of Civil Aviation Routes      (km)

506762

1128961

1502887

2049394

1998501

  International Routes

166350

348175

508405

894175

855932

  Domestic Routes

329493

750794

994482

1155219

1142569

  Regional Routes

10919

29992

55759

62484

61056

  Number of Civil Airports              (unit)

94

139

139

133

135

  Number of Civil Aircraft               (unit)

499

852

982

1245

1386

    Aero transport

527

754

863

       Air bus

462

675

785

          Boeing 747

11

16

19

20

22

          Boeing 737

21

115

186

304

358

          Boeing 757

9

44

48

62

64

          Boeing 767

6

17

16

27

27

          MD-90

22

22

22

          MD-82

25

39

27

26

15

          Airbus A310

2

3

3

3

3

          Airbus A320

60

93

115

          BB-146

10

14

7

7

4

       Puddle-jumper

65

79

78

    General Aircraft

301

365

383

a) Before 1997, the number of civil airports and aircrafts  refers to those owned by enterprises directly under CAAC. Since 1997, it refers to those owned by all enterprises of civil aviation. The same as in the following table.

b) Before 1997, regional routes include the routes to and from Hong Kong, Macao, and are taken as the parataxis item as the item of domestic routes and international routes. Since 1997, regional routes to and from Hong Kong are taken as domestic routes, and adjustment are also made on the length of aviation routes and traffic volume accordingly. Since 1999, regional routes are taken as a part of domestic routes, and include the aviation routes to and from Hong Kong, Macao. The same as in the following table. 

c) Number of civil aircrafts include the teaching aircrafts and check aircrafts.