| 15-36 Number of Civil Aviation Routes and Civil Aircrafts | ||||||
| Item | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Number of Civil Aviation Routes (line) | 437 | 797 | 1165 | 1257 | 1506 | 1532 |
| International Routes | 44 | 85 | 133 | 233 | 290 | 297 |
| Domestic Routes | 385 | 694 | 1032 | 1024 | 1216 | 1235 |
| Regional Routes | 8 | 18 | 42 | 43 | 48 | 49 |
| Length of Civil Aviation Routes (km) | 506762 | 1128961 | 1502887 | 1998501 | 2342961 | 2461840 |
| International Routes | 166350 | 348175 | 508405 | 855932 | 1047418 | 1120166 |
| Domestic Routes | 329493 | 750794 | 994482 | 1142569 | 1295543 | 1341674 |
| Regional Routes | 10919 | 29992 | 55759 | 61056 | 71169 | 68592 |
| Number of Civil Airports (unit) | 94 | 139 | 139 | 135 | 148 | 152 |
| Number of Civil Aircraft (unit) | 503 | 852 | 982 | 1386 | 1813 | 1961 |
| Aero Transport | 204 | 416 | 527 | 863 | 1134 | 1259 |
| Air bus | 330 | 462 | 785 | 1050 | 1155 | |
| Boeing 747 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 35 | 37 |
| Boeing 737 | 21 | 115 | 186 | 358 | 486 | 527 |
| Boeing 757 | 9 | 44 | 48 | 64 | 56 | 52 |
| Boeing 767 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 27 | 22 | 22 |
| MD-90 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | ||
| MD-82 | 25 | 39 | 27 | 15 | 12 | |
| Airbus A310 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Airbus A320 | 1 | 60 | 115 | 160 | 186 | |
| BB-146 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Puddle-jumper | 86 | 65 | 78 | 84 | 104 | |
| General Aircraft | 217 | 306 | 301 | 383 | 457 | 484 |
| Teaching Verifying Aircraft | 82 | 130 | 154 | 140 | 222 | 218 |
| 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 applies to the tables following. | ||||||
| b) Before 1997, regional routes include the routes to and from Hong Kong, Macao, and are taken as parallel items to the items 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 applies to the tables following. | ||||||