Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

Guangzhou Baiyun
International Airport

An aerial view of Baiyun Airport, during the construction of its terminal
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Co. Ltd.
Serves Guangzhou, China
Location Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou
Hub for
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL 15 m / 49 ft
Coordinates 23°23′33″N 113°17′56″E / 23.39250°N 113.29889°E / 23.39250; 113.29889Coordinates: 23°23′33″N 113°17′56″E / 23.39250°N 113.29889°E / 23.39250; 113.29889
Website GBIA
Maps

CAAC airport diagram
CAN
CAN

Location of the airport

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,600 11,811 Concrete
02L/20R 3,800 12,467 Concrete
02R/20L 3,800 12,467 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Passenger volume 59,732,147
Cargo (metric tonnes) 1,652,214.9
Aircraft movements 435,231
Sources: Statistics from CAAC[1]
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Simplified Chinese 广州白云国际机场
Traditional Chinese 廣州白雲國際機場

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG) is the major airport of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, China. 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 2015, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was China's third-busiest and world's 17th-busiest airport by passenger traffic, with 55,201,915 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.

Overview

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

Once commissioned, the New Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport overcame most of the problems associated with the old and dilapidated airport including limited space, overcrowding and a lack of room for expansion. Former curfews and restrictions did not apply to the new airport so it could operate 24 hours a day, allowing China Southern Airlines to maximise intercontinental route utilisation with overnight flights. Other airlines also benefit from the removal of previous restrictions.

Data

Facilities

Airport Layout

Terminal

The terminal 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 service international flights, domestic flights occupy the rest.

Runways

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport now has three runways. The third runway opened on February 5, 2015.[4] Unfortunately, the third runway can only be used for landing, since the flight path conflicts with that of nearby Foshan Shadi Airport, which also serves the catchment area for the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone.[5] The airport is planning to build two additional runways.[5]

Expansion

In August 2008, the airport's expansion plan was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission.[6]

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 531,000-square-metre Terminal 2, equal in size to the current terminal building. 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 is 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.[3]

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

AirlinesDestinationsRefs.
9 Air Changchun, Harbin, Hailar, Manzhouli, Nanjing, Urumqi, Wenzhou
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
AirAsia Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International, Langkawi
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dazhou, Guangyuan, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Jiuzhaigou, Luzhou, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Tonghua, Wanzhou, Wuhan, Yuncheng
Air China
operated by Dalian Airlines		 Dalian
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Madagascar Antananarivo, Réunion
Air Mauritius Mauritius
All Nippon Airways Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita
Asiana Airlines Busan, Seoul–Incheon
Bangkok Airways Koh Samui
Beijing Capital Airlines Chengdu, Chongqing, Haikou, Hangzhou, Lijiang, Sanya
Cambodia Angkor Air Phnom Penh, Siem Reap
Cathay Dragon Hong Kong
Cebu Pacific Manila
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu
China Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines Baoshan, Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Dali, Datong, Dunhuang, Hangzhou, Hefei, Huai'an, Jiayuguan, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Lincang, Luliang, Mangshi, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Ordos, Qingdao, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Taizhou, Tengchong, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wenshan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xichang, Xishuangbanna, Yichang, Yinchuan
China Eastern Airlines Cebu,[7] Krabi, Laoag, Mandalay[8][9]
China Eastern Airlines operated by Shanghai Airlines Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou, Xiamen
China Southern Airlines Anqing, Anshan, Anshun, Baishan, Baotou, Beihai, Beijing–Capital, Bijie, Changchun, Changde, Changsha, Changzhi, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chizhou, Chongqing, Dali, Dalian, Daqing, Datong, Enshi, Fuyang, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Handan, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Huaihua, Huangshan, Jiamusi, Jieyang, Jinan, Jinggangshan, Jining, Jixi, Kaili, Kashgar, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lianyungang, Libo, Lijiang, Liping, Liuzhou, Luoyang, Meixian, Mianyang, Mudanjiang, Nanchang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Nanyang, Ningbo, Nyingchi, Qianjiang, Qingdao, Qiqihar, Rizhao, Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tongren, Urumqi, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xiangyang, Xingyi, Xining, Xuzhou, Yancheng, Yangzhou, Yantai, Yanji, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Yulin, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zunyi
China Southern Airlines International Adelaide, Amsterdam, Auckland, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane, Busan, Cairns (begins 13 December 2017),[10] Chiang Mai, Christchurch, Colombo (begins 26 September 2017),[11] Delhi, Denpasar/Bali, Dhaka, Dubai–International, Frankfurt, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Jeju, Kathmandu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International, Langkawi, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Malé, Manila, Melbourne, Mexico City, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Nagoya–Centrair, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, New York–JFK, Nha Trang, Osaka–Kansai, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Penang, Perth, Phnom Penh, Phu Quoc, Phuket, Rome–Fiumicino, San Francisco, Seoul–Incheon, Siem Reap, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Haneda, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver, Vientiane (begins 27 September 2017),[12] Yangon
Seasonal: Fukuoka
China Southern Airlines
operated by Chongqing Airlines		 Chongqing
China United Airlines Beijing–Nanyuan, Shijiazhuang, Shiyan
EgyptAir Cairo
Emirates Dubai–International
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
EVA Air Taipei–Taoyuan
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
Garuda Indonesia Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta-Soekarno Hatta
Hainan Airlines Baise, Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Jinzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Tangshan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Weifang, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Xi'an, Yan'an, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
Hainan Airlines Da Nang,[13] Hanoi,[14] Nha Trang,[15] Phnom Penh,[14] Siem Reap,[14] Taipei–Taoyuan
Hebei Airlines Shijiazhuang
Japan Airlines Tokyo–Haneda
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
Lao Airlines Vientiane
Lion Air Denpasar Seasonal Charter: Manado
Loong Air Hangzhou
Mahan Air Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur–International
Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur–International
Myanmar Airways International Yangon
Okay Airways Tianjin
Oman Air Muscat
Philippine Airlines Manila
Charter: Kalibo		[16]
Philippines AirAsia Manila
Qatar Airways Doha
Saudia Jeddah, Riyadh
Scoot Singapore
Shaheen Air Lahore
Shandong Airlines Jinan, Qingdao, Wuyishan, Yantai, Xiamen
Shenzhen Airlines Baotou, Changchun, Changzhou, Chengdu, Dalian, Haikou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Jinan, Jingdezhen, Kunming, Lanzhou, Linyi, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Taizhou, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xiamen, Xining, Yibin, Yichun, Yinchuan, Zhoushan
Shenzhen Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Singapore
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Yinchuan
Sichuan Airlines Da Nang, Hai Phong, Saipan, Surat Thani
Singapore Airlines Singapore
Spring Airlines Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shijiazhuang
Spring Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap,[17][18]
SriLankan Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Colombo
Sriwijaya Air Denpasar
Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai Airways Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang, Chiang Mai,[19] Chiang Rai (begins 3 September 2017)[20]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul–Atatürk
Uni Air Kaohsiung, Taichung
Vietnam Airlines Da Nang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
West Air Chongqing
XiamenAir Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen
Countries served by flights from Baiyun International Airport (includes seasonal, charter and future destinations). Finland not included.

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
ANA CargoOkinawa,[21] Tokyo–Narita[22]
Asiana CargoSeoul–Incheon
China Airlines CargoTaipei–Taoyuan
China Postal AirlinesNanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao
China Southern CargoAmsterdam, Chicago–O'Hare, Chongqing, Dhaka,[23] Frankfurt,[24] Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, London–Stansted,[25] Los Angeles,[26] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[27] Qingdao, Taipei–Taoyuan, Vienna,[28] Zhengzhou
Emirates SkyCargo Dubai–Al Maktoum
Etihad Cargo Abu Dhabi, Chittagong
FedEx ExpressAlmaty, 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 CargoSeoul–Incheon
Lufthansa CargoChongqing, Delhi, Frankfurt, Krasnoyarsk
MASkargoKuala Lumpur–International
Qatar Airways CargoDoha[29]
Saudia CargoBangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Brussels, Riyadh
SF AirlinesBeijing–Capital,[30] Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Turkish Airlines CargoAlmaty, Bishkek, Istanbul–Atatürk
Yangtze River ExpressDhaka, Hangzhou, Nanning, Taipei–Taoyuan, Xiamen

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).[31] 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 .[32] The Guangzhou hub was, at the time of the opening, the largest FedEx hub outside the United States,[31] but it was later surpassed by the expanded hub at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport.[33]

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.[34]

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".[34]

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.[35]

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.[36] 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.[37]

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year
Passengers Aircraft movements Cargo
(tons)
2010[38] 40,975,673 329,214 1,144,455.7
2011[39] 45,040,340 349,259 1,179,967.7
2012[40] 48,309,410 373,314 1,248,763.8
2013[41] 52,450,262 394,403 1,309,745.5
2014[42] 54,780,346 412,210 1,454,043.8
2015[43] 55,201,915 409,679 1,537,758.9

Ground transportation

Airport South metro station

Road

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

Metro

Baiyun International Airport is served by the Airport South Station on Line 3 of the Guangzhou Metro. In the future, The Airport North Station will be opened in sync with the Terminal 2.

Bus

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.

See also

References

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