In 2019, the Meilan Airport ranked 17th in China in terms of throughput, with passenger throughput reaching 24.2166 million personal trips and cargo throughput 322,000 t; take-off and landing sorties for flight transportation reached 165,200.
Hainan has an excellent geographical location with many neighbouring countries and cities well within 1-3 hours flight time.
At present, Haikou Meilan International Airport has 297 departure routes, including 261 domestic routes, 4 regional routes, 32 international routes to Southeast Asia, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Australia, Italy and other countries, and has opened air routes to 56 cities.