According to the statistical bulletin on the development of the civil aviation industry in 2021 released by the Civil Aviation Administration, by the end of 2021, there were 248 transport airports in China, a net increase of 7 over the end of the previous year; The number of registered general airports in China reached 370, a net increase of 31 over the end of last year.
According to the bulletin, in 2021, the passenger transportation volume of the whole industry was 440557400, an increase of 5.5% over the previous year. Among them, the passenger traffic volume of Chinese routes was 439080200, an increase of 7.6% over the previous year; The number of passengers transported by international routes was 1.4772 million, a decrease of 84.6% over the previous year. In terms of cargo and mail transportation, the volume of cargo and mail transportation was 7.3184 million tons, an increase of 8.2% over the previous year.
In terms of industry construction, by the end of 2021, the number of transport aircraft registered in the whole industry at the end of the period was 4054, an increase of 151 over the end of the previous year; There are 4864 scheduled flights; There were 63480 licensed maintenance personnel in the whole industry, an increase of 3145 over the previous year, and 10822 licensed dispatchers, an increase of 1828 over the previous year.
The quality of civil aviation services continued to improve. The bulletin shows that in 2021, the average flight normality rate of passenger flights was 88%, and the average delay time was 10 minutes, an increase of 1 minute over the previous year. By the end of 2021, 29 airports across the country have achieved one ID card, 66 airports have applied face recognition technology, and 234 airports have achieved "paperless" and convenient travel; 40 ten million large airports have opened passenger "easy security" services; 9 airlines and 53 airports carried out the pilot of "all-way flight platform".