Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

A bird’s eye view of the terminal
Source: Brücke-Osteuropa


IATA: CAN ICAO: ZGGG WMO: 59287

Airport type	Public
Owner	Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Co. Ltd.
Operator	Guangdong Airport Authority
Serves	Guangzhou
Location	Baiyun–Huadu Districts, Guangzhou, Guangdong
Hub for	9 Air China Southern Airlines FedEx Express Hainan Airlines Shenzhen Airlines
Focus city for	China Eastern Airlines
Elevation AMSL	15 m / 49 ft
Coordinates	23°23′33″N 113°17′56″ECoordinates: 23°23′33″N 113°17′56″E
Website	Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG) is the major airport of Guangzhou, Guangdong province. Both airport codes were inherited from the former Baiyun Airport, and the IATA code is derived from Guangzhou’s historical romanization Canton. Baiyun Airport serves as a hub for China Southern Airlines, FedEx Express, 9 Air, Hainan Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines.

In 2017, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was China’s third-busiest and world’s 13th-busiest airport by passenger traffic, with 65,806,977 passengers handled. As for cargo traffic, the airport was China’s third-busiest and the 19th-busiest worldwide. Baiyun Airport was also the third-busiest airport in China in terms of aircraft movements.

Data

Runways: 3—3,800 metres (12,500 ft), 3,800 metres (12,500 ft) and 3,600 metres (11,800 ft)
Aircraft parking bays: 173 (passenger apron and cargo apron)
Current passenger capacity: 45 million passengers per year
- Planned passenger capacity in 2020: 80 million passengers per year
Current cargo capacity: 1 million tonnes
- Planned cargo capacity in 2020: 2.5 million tonnes
Destinations: 100 (mostly domestic)
Branch airports: Jieyang, Meizhou, Zhanjiang
- Planned branch airports: Shaoguan, Zhaoqing

Facilities

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 has three components, Main Terminal, Area A and Area B. All check-in counters and most retail stores are placed at the Main Terminal. The two concourses controlled by individual security checkpoints, named Area A and Area B, are the boarding gates, security checkpoints, border control, custom & quarantine, baggage reclaim and relative facilities.

Since 24 January 2016, East Pier 1 & 2 are dedicated to serve international flights, domestic flights occupy the rest.

Departure Lobby A at Terminal 1
Source: JKT-c

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 opened on April 26, 2018, with an area measuring over 658,000 square metres. When Terminal 2 officially operates, it will be typically home to China Southern Airlines. In addition, most of SkyTeam member airlines will also typically operate in Terminal 2.


	Airlines	Check-in Counter
Domestic	China Southern Airlines, XiamenAir, Sichuan Airlines, Chongqing Airlines, Hebei Airlines	C, D, E, F, G, J
International	Japan Airlines, Kenya Airways, Saudia, Garuda Indonesia	M
Korean Air, China Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Air France, Thai Airways, Aeroflot, Sichuan Airlines	N
China Southern Airlines	P, Q

The new transport centre (GTC) is under construction on the south of terminal 2, passengers will be able to go to Guangzhou downtown by taking metro, rail, bus or taxi there.

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). 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. The Guangzhou hub was, at the time of the opening, the largest FedEx hub outside the United States, but it was later surpassed by the expanded hub at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport.

The hub has its own ramp control tower, a first 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. Included at the hub are a unique package and sorting system with 16 high-speed sorting lines, seven round-out conveyor belts and 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.

Construction began in 2006 and the hub was originally scheduled to open on December 26, 2008. 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”.

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, using 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.

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. 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.

Expansion

In August 2008, the airport’s expansion plan was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission.

It included a third runway, 3,800 metres in length and 60 metres in width, located 400 metres to the east of the existing east runway. The centrepiece of the project is a 658,000-square-metre Terminal 2. Other facilities comprise new indoor and outdoor car parks and a transportation centre with metro and inter-city train services. The total cost of the entire project was estimated to be around ¥18.854 billion. Construction of the third runway began in 2012 and the runway commenced operation in early 2015. The whole project including the new terminal was scheduled to be finished in February 2018, at which time the airport will be able to handle 80 million passengers and 2.5 million tonnes of cargo a year.

According to its master plan, Baiyun Airport will eventually have five runways and a third terminal building, located between the third and fifth runways. When completed, the passenger and cargo handling capacity of the airport will be increased to over 100 million and 5 million tonnes, respectively. A preliminary timetable gives the completion date of 2022.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger


9 Air	Changchun, Guiyang, Haikou, Harbin, Hefei, Lanzhou, Mandalay, Nanjing, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuxi, Xi’an, Xishuangbanna, Yangon, Zhengzhou
Aeroflot	Moscow–Sheremetyevo
AirAsia	Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dazhou, Guangyuan, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Luzhou, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Tonghua, Urumqi, Wanzhou, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Yinchuan, Yuncheng
Air Madagascar	Antananarivo, Saint-Denis de la Réunion
All Nippon Airways	Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita
Asiana Airlines	Busan, Seoul–Incheon
Beijing Capital Airlines	Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Lijiang, Qingdao, Yinchuan
Cambodia Angkor Air	Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville
Cathay Dragon	Hong Kong
Cebu Pacific	Clark, Manila
Chengdu Airlines	Chengdu
China Airlines	Taipei–Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Baoshan, Beijing–Capital, Cangyuan, Changchun, Changzhou, Chengdu, Dali, Datong, Diqing, Hangzhou, Hefei, Huai’an, Jiayuguan, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Lüliang, Mangshi, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Ordos, Qingdao, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shiyan, Taiyuan, Taizhou, Urumqi, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi’an, Xishuangbanna, Yangon, Yichang, Yinchuan
China Southern Airlines	Adelaide, Altay, Amsterdam, Anqing, Anshan, Auckland, Baku, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Baotou, Beihai, Beijing–Capital, Bijie, Brisbane, Busan, Cebu, Changbaishan, Changchun, Changde, Changsha, Changzhi, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chiang Mai, Chizhou, Chongqing, Christchurch, Colombo–Bandaranaike, Dali, Dalian, Daocheng, Daqing, Delhi, Denpasar/Bali, Dhaka, Dubai–International, Enshi, Frankfurt, Fuyang, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Handan, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Harbin, Hefei, Ho Chi Minh City, Hohhot, Hotan, Huangshan, Islamabad, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Jiamusi, Jieyang, Jinan, Jinggangshan, Jining, Jixi, Karamay, Kashgar, Kathmandu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kunming, Lahore, Langkawi, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lianyungang, Libo, Lijiang, Linfen, Liupanshui, London–Heathrow, Longnan, Los Angeles, Luoyang, Malé, Manila, Meixian, Melbourne, Mianyang, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Mudanjiang, Nagoya–Centrair, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Nanchang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Nanyang, New York–JFK, Nha Trang, Ningbo, Nur-Sultan, Nyingchi, Ordos, Osaka–Kansai, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Penang, Perth, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Phu Quoc, Qingdao, Qiqihar, Rizhao, Rome–Fiumicino, San Francisco, Sanya, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Siem Reap, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita, Tongliao, Tongren, Toronto–Pearson, Turpan, Urumqi, Vancouver, Vienna, Vientiane, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xi’an, Xiangyang, Xichang, Xingyi, Xining, Xinzhou, Xuzhou, Yan’an, Yancheng, Yangon, Yangzhou, Yanji, Yantai, Yichang, Yichun (Heilongjiang), Yinchuan, Yiwu, Yulin, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zunyi–Maotai, Zunyi–Xinzhou Seasonal: Fukuoka, Jeju
China Southern Airlines operated by Chongqing Airlines	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chongqing
China United Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Shiyan
EgyptAir	Cairo
Emirates	Dubai–International
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa
EVA Air	Kaohsiung, Taipei–Taoyuan
Finnair	Helsinki
Garuda Indonesia	Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta
GX Airlines	Baise, Changsha
Hainan Airlines	Beijing–Capital, Chengde, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Da Nang, Dongying, Dunhuang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hanzhong, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Jinzhou, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Nha Trang, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Sanming, Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tangshan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Weifang, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Xi’an, Xinzhou, Yinchuan, Zhangjiakou, Zhengzhou
Hebei Airlines	Shijiazhuang
IrAero	Moscow–Domodedovo
IndiGo	Kolkata
Iraqi Airways	Baghdad
Japan Airlines	Tokyo–Haneda
JC International Airlines	Sihanoukville
Jetstar Pacific Airlines	Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
Juneyao Airlines	Lijiang, Shanghai–Hongqiao
Kenya Airways	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon
Kunming Airlines	Kunming
Lanmei Airlines	Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville
Lao Airlines	Vientiane
Lion Air	Charter: Denpasar/Bali, Manado
Loong Air	Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shenyang, Xining, Yantai
Lucky Air	Kunming
Mahan Air	Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Malaysia Airlines	Kuala Lumpur–International
Malindo Air	Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur–International
Myanmar Airways International	Yangon
Nepal Airlines	Kathmandu
Okay Airways	Tianjin
Oman Air	Muscat
Pegas Fly	Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Philippine Airlines	Manila
Philippines AirAsia	Manila
Qatar Airways	Doha
RwandAir	Kigali, Mumbai
S7 Airlines	Irkutsk, Novosibirsk
Saudia	Jeddah, Riyadh
Scoot	Singapore
Shandong Airlines	Jinan, Qingdao, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Yantai
Shanghai Airlines	Hangzhou, Nagoya–Centrair, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong
Shenzhen Airlines	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Changchun, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Jinan, Jingdezhen, Kunming, Linyi, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang, Taizhou, Tengchong, Wenzhou, Wuxi, Xi’an, Yangzhou, Yantai, Yibin, Yichun (Jiangxi), Yinchuan
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu, Chiang Rai, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Harbin, Kunming, Nha Trang, Yinchuan
Singapore Airlines	Singapore
Spring Airlines	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai, Jeju, Osaka–Kansai, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shijiazhuang
SriLankan Airlines	Colombo–Bandaranaike
Thai AirAsia	Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai Airways	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Thai Lion Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang, Chiang Mai
Tianjin Airlines	Tianjin
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul
Uni Air	Taichung
US-Bangla Airlines	Dhaka
Vietnam Airlines	Da Nang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
West Air	Chongqing, Zhengzhou
XiamenAir	Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Tianjin, Xiamen

CAN world map destination
Source: Mythria

Cargo


ANA Cargo	Okinawa, Tokyo–Narita
Asiana Cargo	Seoul–Incheon
China Airlines Cargo	Taipei–Taoyuan
China Postal Airlines	Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong
China Southern Cargo	Amsterdam, Chicago–O’Hare, Chongqing, Dhaka, Frankfurt, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, London–Stansted, Los Angeles, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Qingdao, Taipei–Taoyuan, Vienna, Zhengzhou
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo	Addis Ababa, Mumbai, Oslo-Gardermoen
Emirates SkyCargo	Dubai–Al Maktoum
Etihad Cargo	Abu Dhabi, Chittagong
FedEx Express	Almaty, Anchorage, Bangalore, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Cebu, Chengdu, Clark, Cologne/Bonn, Delhi, Dubai–International, Frankfurt, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Kuala Lumpur–International, Manila, Mumbai, Osaka–Kansai, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Penang, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo–Narita
Korean Air Cargo	Seoul–Incheon
Lufthansa Cargo	Chongqing, Delhi, Frankfurt, Krasnoyarsk
MASkargo	Kuala Lumpur–International
Qatar Airways Cargo	Doha
Saudia Cargo	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Brussels, Riyadh
SF Airlines	Beijing–Capital,[84] Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Turkish Airlines Cargo	Almaty, Bishkek, Istanbul–Atatürk
Suparna Airlines	Dhaka, Hangzhou, Nanning, Taipei–Taoyuan, Xiamen

Ground transportation

Airport South metro station Airport Express Bus

Inter-Terminal

There is a free shuttle bus that goes between Terminals 1 and 2.

Road

The airport is connected to downtown Guangzhou by the S41 Guangzhou Airport Expressway.

Rail

Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway which is under construction will set the Baiyun Airport Terminal 1 Station, the Baiyun Airport Terminal 2 Station and the Baiyun Airport Terminal 3 Station in the airport. The rail will connect the airport to the Guangzhou South railway station and the Guangzhou North railway station.

Metro

Baiyun International Airport is served by the Airport South Station (serving Terminal 1) and the Airport North Station (serving Terminal 2) on Line 3 of Guangzhou Metro.

In the future, Guangzhou Metro Line 18 has a plan to link the airport to the Guangzhou downtown.

Bus

Airport Express Bus
Source: Chinatravelsavvy

There are 5 Airport Express lines and 6 Airport Non-stop lines to round-trip between airport and downtown. Buses will take passengers to city’s major hotels, grand plaza and transportation center, such as Garden Hotel, Guangdong Hotel, CITIC Plaza, Haizhu Square, Tianhe Coach Station, Guangzhou North Station and so on.

To service passengers out of Guangzhou city, the airport also provides intra city bus service. The buses will take up passengers from/to Dongguan, Foshan, Zhongshan, Huizhou, Jiangmen and so on.

Source: wikipedia