Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

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Template:Airport frame Template:Airport title Template:Airport image Template:Airport infobox Template:Runway title Template:Runway Template:Runway Template:Airport end frame Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (Template:Zh-sp) is the main airport of Guangzhou, the capital of the province of Guangdong, People's Republic of China. The airport's IATA airport code is CAN, reflecting Guangdong's former romanization Canton. Its ICAO code is ZGGG. Both airport codes were inherited from the previous Guangzhou airport. The airport is the main hub of China Southern Airlines.

The current airport in Huadu District opened on August 5th, 2004, replacing the 72-year-old previous, identically named Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (now closed). The new airport, built at a cost of 19.8 billion yuan, is 28 kilometers from downtown Guangzhou and nearly 5 times larger than its predecessor. The ambitious second phase of construction, aimed for completion in 2009, aims to double the capacity yet again. [1] A branch of the Guangzhou Metro to the airport is also under construction.

"Baiyun" (白云) means "white clouds" in Chinese. 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.

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Data

Runways: 2 (3800 m and 3600 m), room reserved for a third one
Aprons: 66
Current capacity: 27 million passengers per year
Planned capacity in 2010: 80 million passengers per year
Cargo capacity: 1 million tonnes
Planned cargo capacity in 2010: 2.5 million tonnes
Destinations: 100 (mostly domestic)
Branch airports: Shantou, Meizhou, Zhanjiang
Planned branch airports: Weizhou, Zhaoqing

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Airlines

Air China (Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Sydney)
Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
Air Philippines (Manila)
All Nippon Airways (Tokyo-Narita)
Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon)
Batavia Air (Jakarta)
China Airlines (Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek; part of the Three Links)
China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
China Southern Airlines (Aksu, Almaty, Altay, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Beihai, Beijing, Bishkek, Busan, Changchun, Changde, Changsha, Changzhi, Changzhou, Chengdu, Cheongju, Chongqing, Daegu, Dali, Dalian, Dali City, Dandong, Datong, Diqing, Dubai, Fukuoka, Fuzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Harbin, Hefei, Hiroshima, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Hotan, Huangshan, Islamabad, Jakarta, Jilin, Jinghong, Jinjiang, Kashi, Khabarovsk, Korla, Kuala Lumpur, Kunming, Kuqa, Lanzhou, Laoag City, Lhasa, Lianyungang, Lijiang City, Liuzhou, Los Angeles, Manila, Meixien, Melbourne, Moscow Sheremetyevo, Mudanjiang, Nagoya, Nanchang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Nanyang, Ningbo, Novosibirsk, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Penang, Phnom Penh, Qiemo, Qiqihar, Sanya, Sapporo, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai, Shantou, Sharjah, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Singapore, Sydney, Tachang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tokyo-Narita, Tongren, Toyama, Urumqi, Yining, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Wuyishan, Wuzhou, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Xuzhou, Yancheng, Yanji, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai)
Dragonair (Hong Kong)
Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa, Bangkok)
EVA Air (Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek; part of the Three Links)
Finnair (Helsinki)
Garuda Indonesia (Jakarta)
Hong Kong Express (Hong Kong)
Japan Airlines (Nagoya, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita)
Jatayu Airlines (Jakarta)
Kenya Airways (Dubai, Nairobi)
Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Manila)
Malaysia Airlines (Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching)
Northwest Airlines (Honolulu, Tokyo-Narita)
Orient Thai Airways (Bangkok)
Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
Thai Airways (Bangkok)
Vietnam Airlines (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)