ChiNa National Air Transport System

number of registered air carriers: 56 (2015)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 2,890 (2015)
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 436,183,969 (2015)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 19.806 billion mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
B (2016)
Airports: T507 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 13
Airports - with paved runways: total: 510 (2019)
over 3,047 m: 87
2,438 to 3,047 m: 187
1,524 to 2,437 m: 109
914 to 1,523 m: 43
under 914 m: 84
Airports - with unpaved runways: This entry gives the total number of airports with unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces) by length. For airports with more than one runway, only the longest runway is included according to the following five groups - (1) over 3,047 m (over 10,000 ft), (2) 2,438 to 3,047 m (8,000 to 10,000 ft), (3) 1,524 to 2,437 m (5,000 to 8,000 ft), (4) 914 to 1,523 m (3,000 to 5,000 ft), and (5) under 914 m (under 3,000 ft). Only airports with usable runways are included in this listin . . . more Airports - with unpaved runways field listing
total: 23 (2019)
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 0
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 13
Heliports: Heliports field listing
39 (2019)
Pipelines: This entry gives the lengths and types of pipelines for transporting products like natural gas, crude oil, or petroleum products. Pipelines field listing
76000 km gas, 30400 km crude oil, 27700 km refined petroleum products, 797000 km water (2018)
Railways: Railways field listing
total: 131,000 km 1.435-m gauge (80,000 km electrified); 102,000 traditional, 29,000 high-speed (2018)
country comparison to the world: 2
Roadways: This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions. Roadways field listing
total: 4,960,600 km (2017)
paved: 4,338,600 km (includes 136,500 km of expressways) (2017)
unpaved: 622,000 km (2017)
country comparison to the world: 2
Waterways: This entry gives the total length of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water. Waterways field listing
110,000 km (navigable waterways) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 1
Merchant marine: Merchant marine field listing
total: 5,594
by type: bulk carrier 1,231, container ship 262, general cargo 846, oil tanker 777, other 2,478 (2019)
country comparison to the world: 3
Ports and terminals: Ports and terminals field listing
major seaport(s): Dalian, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin
container port(s) (TEUs): Dalian (9,707,000), Guangzhou (18,858,000), Ningbo (24,607,000), Qingdao (18,262,000), Shanghai (40,233,000), Shenzhen (25,208,000), Tianjin (15,040,000) (2017)
LNG terminal(s) (import): Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanghai, Tangshan, Zhejiang
river port(s): Guangzhou (Pearl)
Transportation - note: Transportation - note field listing
seven of the world’s ten largest container ports are in China