Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (Guangzhou Baiyun International’s Airport, ICAO : ZGGG, IATA : CAN), located in China’s Guangdong Province , Guangzhou Baiyun District and the town and Huadu District, Xinhua Street , Huadong Townjunction, about 28 one thousand from downtown Guangzhou M, a 4F civil international airport, is one of China’s three major gateway complex hub airports [1] , the world’s top 50 major airports .
The airport was formerly the old Baiyun Airport built in the 21st year of the Republic of China (1932). In 1963, it was renamed Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport [4] . On August 5, 2004, the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was officially opened. [3] In February 2015, the third runway of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was put into use. [5] On April 26, 2018, the T2 terminal of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was officially opened.
According to the official website of the airport in August 2019, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport has two terminals, namely T1 (China Domestic and International Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), T2 (China Domestic and International Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), a total of 1,403,700 square meters; The runway and runway lengths are 3,800 meters, 3,800 meters and 3,600 meters respectively; 220 parking spaces can guarantee annual passenger throughput of 80 million passengers, cargo and mail throughput of 2.5 million tons, and aircraft movements of 620,000. A total of more than 220 navigation points have been opened in China and abroad, including nearly 90 international and regional destinations
In 2018, the passenger throughput of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was 69.724 million passengers, up 5.9% year-on-year; the cargo and mail throughput was 1,895,500 tons, up 6.2% year-on-year; the number of take-off and landing movements was 477,300, up 2.6% year-on-year, ranking third in China. Bit. Passenger throughput in 2018 remained at 13th place in the world airport .
