1999 3 menstrual approved the establishment of ministry of education, is the civil aviation administration of China's first implementation of the national model of higher vocational education, a full-time ordinary institutions of higher learning. Seven ministries and commissions such as college in 2005 by the ministry of education awarded the "national vocational education advanced unit" title, in 2010 passed the acceptance, by the ministry of education, ministry of finance identified as "national demonstration vocational colleges".

Institute of adhering to the "based on civil aviation, service place, facing the world" the school-running idea, form the "relying on industry, co-operative, double double certificate, international general" school characteristics, is to develop China's civil aviation "cradle" of skilled personnel and of higher vocational education quality resources in guangdong province.