Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Simplified Chinese	广州白云国际机场
Traditional Chinese	廣州白雲國際機場
Transcriptions
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin	Guǎngzhōu Báiyún Guójì Jīchǎng
Cantonese (Yue)
- Jyutping	gwong2zau1 baak6wan4 Gwok3zai3 Gei1coeng4

Guangzhou Baiyun
International Airport
Guangzhou Baiyun; International Airport; 广州白云国际机场; Guǎngzhōu Báiyún Guójì Jīchǎng
IATA: CAN – ICAO: ZGGG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Co. Ltd.
Serves	Guangzhou, China
Hub for	China Southern Airlines; FedEx Express
Elevation AMSL	15 m / 49 ft
Coordinates	23°23′33″N 113°17′56″E / 23.39250°N 113.29889°ECoordinates: 23°23′33″N 113°17′56″E / 23.39250°N 113.29889°E
Website	GBIA
Map
	CAN Location in Guangdong Province
Runways
Statistics (2012)
Passenger volume	48,309,410
Cargo (metric tonnes)	1,248,763.8
Aircraft movements	373,314
	Sources: Statistics from CAAC

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG) is the main airport of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, China. Both airport codes were inherited from the old airport, and the IATA code reflects Guangzhou's former romanization Canton. The airport is the main hub of China Southern Airlines and a focus city for Shenzhen Airlines and Hainan Airlines.

In 2012, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was China's 2nd busiest and world's 18th busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic, with 48,309,410 people handled. As for cargo traffic, the airport was the 3rd busiest in China and the 21st busiest worldwide. Guangzhou airport was also the 2nd busiest airport in China in terms of traffic movements.

Overview

The current airport in Huadu District opened on August 5, 2004, replacing the 72-year-old, identically named old airport (now closed). The new airport, built at a cost of 19.8 billion yuan, is 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of downtown Guangzhou and nearly 5 times larger than its predecessor. "Baiyun" (白云) means "white cloud" in Chinese, and refers to Baiyun Mountain (Baiyunshan) near the location of the former airport (much closer to downtown Guangzhou than the new airport). The airport is also referred to as "New Baiyun" to distinguish it from the previous version, but this is not a part of the official name.

The opening of the New Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport had relieved most of the controversies of the older and deteriorated airport because of the limited space, overcrowding and lack of expansions. Its opening allowed it to overcome curfews and restrictions and begin a 24 hour operation. This meant that China Southern Airlines could highly utilize their intercontinental routes by flying overnight. Other airlines have this benefit too.

The airport is served by the Airport South Station on Line 3 of the Guangzhou Metro.

Future development

In August 2008, the airport's new expansion plan was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission of China.²³ The airport will build a third runway located 400 metres east of the existing east runway. The new runway will be 3800 metres long and 60 metres wide. Other elements of the expansion plan include a 531,000-square-metre Terminal 2, a new indoor car park and an outdoor car park, a transportation centre, and a metro station which will serve Terminal 2. The total cost of the project will be ¥14.036 billion. Construction of the third runway is estimated to start in 2011 and finish in the first half of 2013.⁴ When the whole project is finished by the end of 2015,⁴ the airport will be able to handle 75 million passengers and more than 2.17 million tonnes of cargo a year.

Data

Runways: 2—3,800 metres (12,500 ft) and 3,600 metres (11,800 ft)
Aircraft parking bays: 173 (passenger apron and cargo apron)⁵
Current passenger capacity: 45 million passengers per year
- Planned passenger capacity in 2020: 75 million passengers per year²
Current cargo capacity: 1 million tonnes
- Planned cargo capacity in 2010: 2 million tonnes
- Planned cargo capacity in 2020: over 2.17 million tonnes²
Destinations: 100 (mostly domestic)
Branch airports: Jieyang, Meizhou, Zhanjiang
- Planned branch airports: Shaoguan, Zhaoqing

Terminal

The terminal has A and B boarding areas. For A gates, there are A101-A133, A01-A04, A07-A10, and A13-A18. For B gates, there are B201-B235, B01-B04, B07-B10, and B13-B18. The A boarding area is located on the east concourse, and the B boarding area is located on the west concourse. Each of the 2 boarding areas have 3 smaller concourses. The A area is divided into East 1-East 3. The B area is divided into West 1-West 3. East 1 is the only concourse that serves international flights. It has gates A101-A112 and A01-A04. East 2, East 3, and West 1-West 3 all serve domestic flights. East 2 has gates A113-A123 and A07-A11. East 3 has gates A124-A133 and A13-A18. West 1 has gates B201-B213 and B01-B04. West 2 has gates B214-B223 and B07-B10. West 3 has gates B224-B235 and B13-B18. East and West 3 were built in late 2010. Because of this, All of the gates at Baiyun Airport had to be renamed.

Airlines and destinations

Drop off zone outside Terminal 1

Interior of
Terminal 1

The departure lobby of Terminal 1

The transporting system

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Air China	Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dazhou, Guangyuan, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Jiuzhaigou, Luzhou, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Tianjin, Wanzhou, Wuhan, Yibin, Yuncheng
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air Madagascar	Antananarivo, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
AirAsia	Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur
All Nippon Airways	Tokyo-Narita
Asiana Airlines	Busan, Seoul-Incheon
Beijing Capital Airlines	Chengdu, Chifeng, Chongqing, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Lijiang, Sanya
Cebu Pacific	Manila
Chengdu Airlines	Chengdu
China Airlines	Taipei-Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines	Baoshan, Hangzhou, Hefei, Huai'an, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Liuzhou, Mangshi, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Ordos, Qingdao, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Taizhou, Tengchong, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xishuangbanna, Yinchuan
China Southern Airlines	Anqing, Anshun, Baoshan, Baotou, Beihai, Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhi, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dali, Dalian, Dandong, Daqing, Datong, Diqing, Enshi, Fuyang, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Handan, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Huaihua, Huangshan, Jiamusi, Jieyang, Jinan, Jinggangshan, Jining, Jiujiang, Jiuzhaigou, Kashgar, Korla, Kunming, Kuqa, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lianyungang, Libo, Lijiang, Liping, Liuzhou, Luoyang, Manzhouli [begins 1 July 2013], Meixian, Mianyang, Mudanjiang, Nanchang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Nanyang, Ningbo, Qianjiang, Qiemo, Qingdao, Qiqihar, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tongren, Urumqi, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuzhou, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xiangyang, Xingyi, Xining, Xuzhou, Yancheng, Yantai, Yangzhou, Yanji, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yining, Yiwu, Yongzhou, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zunyi
China Southern Airlines	Amsterdam, Auckland, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane, Delhi, Dhaka, Dubai, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Malé, Manila, Melbourne, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Penang, Perth, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Seoul-Incheon, Siem Reap, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita, Vancouver, Yangon Seasonal: Cairns, Jeju, Koh Samui, Langkawi
China Southern Airlines operated by Chongqing Airlines	Chongqing
China United Airlines	Beijing-Nanyuan
Dragonair	Hong Kong
EgyptAir	Cairo
Emirates	Dubai
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa
EVA Air	Kaohsiung, Taichung, Taipei-Taoyuan
Garuda Indonesia	Jakarta-Soekarno Hatta
Hainan Airlines	Baise, Beijing-Capital, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Jinzhou, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Tangshan, Tianjin, Tongliao, Urumqi, Weifang, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yan'an, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
Hainan Airlines	Taipei-Taoyuan
Hebei Airlines	Shijiazhuang
Japan Airlines	Tokyo-Narita
Jetstar Asia Airways	Singapore
Juneyao Airlines	Shanghai-Hongqiao
Kenya Airways	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Nairobi
Korean Air	Seoul-Incheon Charter: Jeju
Kunming Airlines	Kunming
Lao Airlines	Vientiane
Mahan Airlines	Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Malaysia Airlines	Kuala Lumpur
Myanmar Airways International	Yangon
Philippine Airlines	Manila (resumes 16 July 2013)⁶
Qatar Airways	Doha
Saudia	Jeddah, Riyadh
Shandong Airlines	Jinan, Qingdao, Wuyishan, Yantai
Shanghai Airlines	Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Wenzhou, Xiamen
Shenzhen Airlines	Baotou, Changchun, Changzhou, Chengdu, Dalian, Guiyang, Haikou, Harbin, Hohhot, Jingdezhen, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Linyi, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xining, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu, Chongqing, Yinchuan
Sichuan Airlines	Charter: Saipan
Singapore Airlines	Singapore
SpiceJet	Delhi
Spring Airlines	Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shijiazhuang
SriLankan Airlines	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Colombo
Thai AirAsia	Bangkok-Don Mueang
Thai Airways International	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Tiger Airways	Singapore
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul-Ataturk
Ural Airlines	Irkutsk, Novosibirsk
Vietnam Airlines	Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Charter: Da Nang
West Air (China)	Chongqing
Xiamen Airlines	Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Wuyishan, Xiamen

Baiyun airport nearby hotels list

Pullman Baiyun Airport Hotel Guangzhou [1] Located in the heart of the Guangzhou International Airport Complex, Pullman Guangzhou Baiyun Airport offers a relaxing haven for the busy traveler with easy accessibility.
The Airport Hotel The Airport Hotel is located in Renhe, very near Guangzhou's New Baiyun International Airport, and offers guests free regular shuttle buses from the passenger terminal.
Guangsha Hotel The Guangsha Hotel (Guangsha Dajiudian) is a three minutes drive from the terminal building of the airport. Guests will never have a problem making their flights from the hotel with complimentary shuttle services run to and from the airport on offer. Guests can surf the web for free in their rooms.

Cargo

FedEx Asia-Pacific hub

On July 13, 2005, FedEx Express signed a contract with the airport authority to relocate its Asia-Pacific hub from Subic Bay International Airport in the Philippines to Baiyun airport. The new Asia-Pacific hub covers an area of approximate 63 hectares (160 acres), with a total floor space of 82,000 square metres (880,000 sq ft).⁷ At the beginning of operation, the hub employed more than 800 people and operated 136 flights a week, providing delivery services among 20 major cities in Asia and linking these cities to more than 220 countries and territories in the world .⁸ The Guangzhou hub was, at the time of the opening, the largest FedEx hub outside the United States,⁷ but it was later surpassed by the expanded hub at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport.⁹

The hub has its own ramp control tower, a first one for an international air express cargo company facility in China, which enables FedEx to control aircraft movements on the ground, aircraft parking plans as well as loading and unloading priorities. Also included at the hub are a unique package and sorting system with 16 high-speed sorting lines, seven round-out conveyor belts and a total of 90 primary and secondary document-sorting splits. With the new advanced system, up to 24,000 packages can be sorted an hour at the start of operations.¹⁰

Construction began in 2006 and the hub was originally scheduled to open on December 26, 2008. But on November 17, 2008, after several months of testing, FedEx announced that the opening date was delayed to the first half of 2009 when the hub was expected to be fully operational. FedEx claimed that the revised operation date "provided FedEx with the necessary time to fully test all systems and processes, as well as work closely with the Guangzhou authorities to ensure all necessary approvals are in place".¹⁰

On December 17, 2008, the hub completed its first flight operations test. A FedEx MD-11 aircraft took off from Subic Bay International Airport in the Philippines and landed at Baiyun Airport at 5:50 am. The flight was handled by the new FedEx hub team, utilizing the FedEx ramp control tower and the new 24,000 package per hour sort system. Following a successful operations' process, the flight departed on time for its final destination at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. This Asia-Europe flight route operated four times per week during test run. FedEx also announced that the hub would start operation on February 6, 2009.¹¹

FedEx closed its 13-year-old Asia-Pacific hub at Subic Bay of northern Philippines on February 6, 2009 with the last flight leaving for Taiwan just before dawn, while hub operations have moved to Baiyun Airport.¹² The first flight that arrived at the new FedEx Asia-Pacific hub originated from Indianapolis International Airport. The MD-11 aircraft landed at 11:07 pm at Baiyun International Airport from Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, marking the opening and full operations of the new Asia-Pacific hub.¹³

Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
ANA Cargo	Tokyo-Narita [Begins August 28, 2013]
Asiana Cargo	Seoul-Incheon
China Airlines Cargo	Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan
China Postal Airlines	Shanghai-Hongqiao, Nanjing
China Southern Cargo	Amsterdam,¹⁴ Taipei-Taoyuan, Chongqing, Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Los Angeles
Etihad Crystal Cargo	Abu Dhabi ¹⁵
EVA Air Cargo	Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan
FedEx Express	Almaty, Anchorage, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Cebu, Chengdu, Clark, Cologne, Delhi, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Mumbai, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Penang, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore, Subic Bay, Sydney, Tokyo-Narita
Korean Air Cargo	Seoul-Incheon
Lufthansa Cargo	Krasnoyarsk, Delhi, Frankfurt
Martinair Cargo / KLM	Dammam, Sharjah ¹⁶
MASkargo	Kuala Lumpur
Saudia Cargo	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Brussels, Riyadh
SF Airlines	Beijing-Capital¹⁷
Turkish Cargo	Almaty, Bishkek, Delhi, Istanbul, Tashkent
UPS Airlines	Anchorage, Honolulu, Ontario, Seoul-Incheon, Sydney, Tokyo-Narita
Yangtze River Express	Dhaka, Hangzhou, Nanning, Tapei-Taoyuan, Xiamen

Photo gallery

Satellite view of Baiyun Airport.
Check-in counters.
Old style entry stamp (oval) via Baiyun and old style exit stamp (rectangular) via Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
Entry and exit stamps in a Thai passport.