According to the authoritative data officially released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, from January to July 2024, 53 civil airports in three provinces, one city and one district under the jurisdiction of the Civil Aviation Southwest Administration completed a total of 149,106,491 passenger throughput (including 23,938,858 passengers in July), and completed 1,087,034 transport takeoffs and landings (including 169,441 in July).
Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, which ranks first, has a cumulative annual passenger flow of more than 30 million passengers, reaching 31,666,403 passengers!
1. Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, with a passenger flow of 31,666,403 passengers (5,064,736 passengers in July, a new record high in a single month), and 219,710 transport takeoffs and landings (34,858 in July), with a daily average of 1,032 flights. As of July 31 this year, Tianfu Airport has 3,365,571 passengers ahead of Jiangbei Airport, the second place in the central and western regions, with an average of 480,000 passengers per month!
2. Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, 28,300,832 passengers (4,389,515 in July), 192,960 transport takeoffs and landings (29,489 in July), and an average of 906 flights per day.
3. Kunming Changshui International Airport, 27,678,557 passengers (4,319,314 in July), 195,330 transport takeoffs and landings (29,633 in July), an average of 917 flights per day.
4. Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, 18,637,554 passengers (2,963,753 in July), 120,792 transport takeoffs and landings (18,523 in July), with a daily average of 567 flights.
The cumulative annual passenger flow of Chengdu's two airports reached 50,303,957, ranking third in China's air passenger flow, second only to Shanghai and Beijing, and surpassing Guangzhou, which is a single airport. In addition, since July, the number of flights at Tianfu Airport has also caught up with and surpassed Shenzhen Bao'an Airport!
5. Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport, 12,975,522 passengers (2,265,399 in July), 93,662 transport takeoffs and landings (15,443 in July), an average of 440 flights per day.
6. Yunnan Lijiang Sanyi Airport, 4,761,337 passengers (913,167 in July), 36,471 transport takeoffs and landings (6,703 in July), an average of 171 flights per day.
7. Yunnan Xishuangbanna Gasa Airport, 4,181,695 passengers (576,435 in July), 30,485 transport takeoffs and landings (4,279 flights), an average of 143 flights per day.
8. Gonggar Airport in Lhasa, Tibet, with 3,513,372 passengers (669,231 in July), and 28,717 transport takeoffs and landings (4,995 in July), with an average of 135 flights per day.
9. Yunnan Dali Airport, 1,811,964 passengers (349,250 in July), 16,385 transport takeoffs and landings (3,022 flights), an average of 77 flights per day.
10. Sichuan Mianyang Nanjiao Airport, 1,714,365 passengers (271,088 in July), 14,105 transport takeoffs and landings (2,140 in July), an average of 66 flights per day.
In addition, there were 1,553,616 passengers at Dehongmangshi Airport in Yunnan (219,703 in July), 1,412,638 passengers at Yunlong Airport in Luzhou, Sichuan (225,209 in July), and 1,189,093 passengers at Wuliangye Airport in Yibin, Sichuan (210,898 in July).
In the first seven months, there were 13 airports in Southwest China, with an annual cumulative passenger throughput of 1 million+.