| Year | 1980 | 1992 | 2004 | 2016 |
| Total number of civil aviation routes | 181 | 563 | 1279 | 3794 |
| Number of international routes | 18 | 58 | 244 | 739 |
| Number of domestic routes | 159 | 492 | 1035 | 3055 |
| Number of regional routes | 4 | 13 | 45 | 109 |
| Total length of routes (million km) | 0.20 | 0.84 | 2.05 | 6.35 |
| Length of international routes (million km) | 0.08 | 0.30 | 0.89 | 2.83 |
| Length of domestic routes (million km) | 0.11 | 0.52 | 1.16 | 3.52 |
| Length of regional routes (million km) | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.17 |
| Number of civil airports | NA | 98 | 133 | 216 |
| Number of civil aircrafts | NA | 602 | 1245 | 5046 |
| Number of transport aircrafts | NA | 315 | 754 | 2950 |