China's civil airports handled 907.48 million passengers last year, 5.9 percent more than 2020, according to the 2021 civil airport production statistical bulletin released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, which handled 40.25 million passengers last year, ranked first. Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport came in second with 40.11 million passengers, followed by Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (36.36 million) and Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (35.77 million).

As of the end of 2021, China's total number of civil transport airports reached 248. Among these airports, 174 airports, or 70 percent, registered growth in passenger throughput compared with 2020, and 39 airports even exceeded their levels for 2019.

Let's take a look at China's 10 busiest airports in 2021.

No 10 Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (28.16 million passengers)

A plane painted with patterns characterizing the Hangzhou Asian Games lands at Xiaoshan International Airport in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on June 15, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

No 9 Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (30.17 million passengers) 

Passengers board a plane at Xianyang International Airport in Xi'an, Shaanxi province on Feb 6, 2021. [Photo by Yuan Jingzhi/For China Daily]

No 8 Shanghai Pudong International Airport (32.21 million passengers)

Passengers arrive at Terminal 2 building of the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in East China's Shanghai, Nov 24, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

No 7 Kunming Changshui International Airport (32.22 million passengers)

Employees load cargo onto a China Post plane at Kunming Changshui International Airport in Yunnan province. [Photo by Liu Ranyang/China News Service]

No 6 Beijing Capital International Airport (32.64 million passengers)

Passengers wait in line at immigration checkpoints as they prepare to depart from Beijing Capital International Airport on Games-related flights Feb. 21, 2022. [Photo by WANG YANG/FOR CHINA DAILY]

No 5 Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (33.21 million passengers)

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is one of the busiest transportation hubs in the country. [Photo/China News Service]

No 4 Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (35.77 million passengers)

An airplane takes off from the Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Chongqing, Southwest China, March 18, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

No 3 Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport  (36.36 million passengers)

A bird's-eye view of Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, Guangdong province. (Photo/CHINA DAILY)

No 2 Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport  (40.12 million passengers)

An air hostess sees passengers off at the gateway after a Juneyao Airlines flight arrives at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Aug 1, 2019. [Photo/China News Service]

No 1 Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport  (40.25 million passengers)

Passengers arrive at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport on Feb 23, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

Source: China Daily
Editor: Lv Yun