Infrastructure and Training Report 2022
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AIRPORT OVERVIEW<br />
ASIA-PACIFIC AIRPORTS 1<br />
BY TYPE<br />
ASIA-PACIFIC AIRPORTS<br />
BY RUNWAY LENGTH<br />
Commercial Airport (31%)<br />
>1600m (28%) >400m, ≤800m (23%)<br />
3,529<br />
3,529<br />
GA Airport (69%)<br />
>1200m, ≤1600m (18%)<br />
>800m, ≤1200m (31%)<br />
NOTE: 1. Airport: Commercial <strong>and</strong> GA airports with known runways longer than 400 meters, data sourced from OurAirports.com <strong>and</strong> AOPA China. Commercial airports are publicly<br />
owned airports with at least 2,500 annual enplanements <strong>and</strong> scheduled air services, whilst the remainder are considered GA airports.<br />
Whenever aviation infrastructure is mentioned, usally the first<br />
things that come to mind are airports. Commercial airports <strong>and</strong><br />
general aviation airports are the two main categories. In this<br />
report, commercial airports are publicly-owned airports with at<br />
least 2,500 annual enplanements <strong>and</strong> scheduled air services,<br />
whereas the remainder are classified as general aviation (GA)<br />
airports. There were 3,529 airports with runways longer than 400m<br />
in Asia-Pacific as of the end of September <strong>2022</strong>. Of these, 69%<br />
(2,423) were general aviation airports, whilst the remaining 31%<br />
(1,106) were commercial airports.<br />
The length of a runway dictates what types of business jets can<br />
use the airport. Only very few Very Light business jets, including<br />
the Eclipse 500 <strong>and</strong> Vision Jet SF50 can take off <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong> on a<br />
runway shorter than 800m, which accounts for around 23% of the<br />
total airports in APAC. The majority of airports, 31%, have runways<br />
between 800m – 1,200m, which is suitable for most Light jets to take<br />
off <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>, whilst a 1,600m runway can serve most Medium <strong>and</strong><br />
some Large jets. Larger aircraft need a runway longer than 1,600m<br />
to operate safely, but airports with runways longer than this only<br />
account for 28% (995) of all airports in Asia-Pacific.<br />
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