Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
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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. It 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 second busiest and world's 18th busiest airport in passenger traffic, with 48,309,410 people handled. As for cargo traffic, the airport was the third busiest in China and the 21st busiest worldwide. Guangzhou airport was also the second busiest airport in China in traffic movements.
Future development
In August 2008, the airport's new expansion plan was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission of China
The airport will build a third runway 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 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. When the whole project is finished by the end of 2015, The airport will be able to handle 75 million passengers and more than 2.17 million tonnes of cargo a year.
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 on the east concourse, and the B boarding area is on the west concourse. Each of the boarding areas have three 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.
Ranks in China Biggest 100 Airports
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 th | 2 th | 2 th | 3 th | 3 th | 3 th | 3 th | 2 th |
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| 2 th | 2 th | 2 th | 2 th | 2 th | 2 th | 2 th |
Airlines and destinations (International)
Please note: this table contains some of the Destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
AirAsia | Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur |
Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
Air Madagascar | Antananarivo, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Réunion (begins 15 September 2015) |
All Nippon Airways | Tokyo-Narita |
Asiana Airlines | Busan, Seoul-Incheon |
Cambodia Angkor Air | Phnom Penh, Siem Reap |
Cebu Pacific | Manila |
Amsterdam, Auckland, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane, Busan (begins 27 May 2015) Chiang Mai, Da Nang, Delhi, Denpasal, Dhaka, Dubai-International, Fukuoka, Hanoi,Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Jeju, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Malé, Manila, Melbourne, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta (begins 5 August 2015),[5] New York-JFK, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Penang, Perth, Phnom Penh, Phuket, San Francisco (begins 22 June 2015),[6]Seoul-Incheon, Siem Reap, Singapore, Sydney, Taoyuan , Tokyo-Narita, Vancouver, Yangon, Seasonal: Cairns, Koh Samui, Kota Kinabalu, Langkawi, Sapporo | |
EgyptAir | Cairo |
Emirates | Dubai-International |
Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
EVA Air | |
Garuda Indonesia | Jakarta-Soekarno Hatta |
Iraqi Airways | Baghdad |
Japan Airlines | Tokyo-Narita |
Kenya Airways2 | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta |
Korean Air | Seoul-Incheon |
Lao Airlines | Vientiane |
Mahan Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
Malaysia Airlines | Kuala Lumpur |
Myanmar Airways International | Yangon |
Orient Thai Airlines | Bangkok-Don Mueang |
Philippine Airlines | Manila |
Qatar Airways | Doha |
Saudia | Jeddah, Riyadh |
Siam Air | Bangkok-Don Mueang |
Charter: Saipan | |
Singapore Airlines | Singapore |
SriLankan Airlines | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Colombo |
T'way Airlines | Charter: Jeju |
Thai AirAsia | Bangkok-Don Mueang, Krabi |
Thai Airways | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi |
Tigerair | Singapore |
Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
Uni Air | |
Vietnam Airlines | Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City |
Airlines and destinations (Domestic)
Please note: this table contains some of the Destinations
Airports In Guangdong
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