Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| 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 | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 50 ft (15 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 02L/20R | 11,811 | 3,600 | Concrete |
| 02R/20L | 12,467 | 3,800 | Concrete |
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG) (Simplified Chinese: 广州白云国际机场; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Báiyún Guójì Jīchǎng) is the main airport of Guangzhou, the capital of the province of Guangdong, People's Republic of China. Both airport codes were inherited from the previous Guangzhou airport, Baiyun International Airport and the IATA code reflects Guangdong's former romanization Canton. The airport is the main hub of China Southern Airlines.
Contents |
[edit] Overview
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 (17 statute miles) 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" (白雲) 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] Airlines
- Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo [starts March 25, 2007])
- Air Canada (Vancouver [starts Summer 2007])
- Air China (Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Tianjin)
- Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Air Zimbabwe (Harare (starts January 2007))
- All Nippon Airways (Tokyo-Narita)
- Asiana Airlines (Busan, Seoul-Incheon)
- Batavia Air (Jakarta)
- China Airlines (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan; part of the Three Links)
- China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Kunming)
- China Southern Airlines (Amsterdam, Bangkok, Beihai, Beijing, Changchun, Changde, Changsha, Changzhi, Changzhou, Chengdu, Cheongju, Chongqing, Daegu, Dali, Dalian, Dali City, Dandong, Datong, Diqing, Fukuoka, Fuzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Harbin, Hefei, Ho Chi Minh City, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Hotan, Huangshan, Jakarta, Jilin, Jinghong, Jinjiang, Korla, Kathmandu, Kitakyushu, Kuala Lumpur, Kunming, Kuqa, Lanzhou, Laoag City, Lhasa, Lianyungang, Lijiang City, Liuzhou, Los Angeles, Manila, Meixien, Melbourne, Mudanjiang, Nagoya, Nanchang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Nanyang, Ningbo, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Penang, Phnom Penh, Qiemo, Qiqihar, Sanya, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Singapore, Sydney, Tachang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tokyo-Narita, Tongren, Ürümqi, Yining, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Wuyishan, Wuzhou, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Xuzhou, Yancheng, Yanji, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai)
- Dalavia Far East Airways (Khabarovsk)
- East Star Airlines (Wuhan)
- Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa, Bangkok)
- EVA Air (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan; part of the Three Links)
- Finnair (Helsinki)
- Garuda Indonesia (Jakarta, Surabaya)
- Hainan Airlines (Beijing, Haikou, Sanya)
- Japan Airlines (Nagoya, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita)
- Kenya Airways (Dubai, Nairobi)
- Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Manila)
- Malaysia Airlines (Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching)
- Northwest Airlines (Honolulu, Tokyo-Narita)
- Shandong Airlines (Qingdao)
- Shanghai Airlines (Shanghai-Hongqiao)
- Shenzhen Airlines (Sanya)
- Sichuan Airlines (Chengdu)
- Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
- Thai Airways (Bangkok)
- Tiger Airways (Singapore)
- Vietnam Airlines (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)
- Xiamen Airlines (Fuzhou, Xiamen)
[edit] Cargo Airlines
- Air France Cargo (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Asiana Cargo (Seoul-Incheon)
- China Postal Airlines (Shanghai-Hongqiao, Wuhan)
- JAL Cargo (Tokyo-Narita)
- Korean Air Cargo (Seoul-Incheon)
- Lufthansa Cargo (Frankfurt, New Dehli, Tashkent)
- MAS Kargo (Kuala Lumpur)
- NWA Cargo (Memphis, Tokyo-Narita)
- United Parcel Service (Anchorage)
