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Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Airport serving Guangzhou, Guangdong, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG) or often branded as BAIYUNPORT is an international airport serving Guangzhou, the capital of South Central China's Guangdong province.
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport 广州白云国际机场 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Guangdong Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Pearl River Delta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Huadu and Baiyun districts, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 5 August 2004; 19 years ago (2004-08-05) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Focus city for | China Eastern Airlines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 15 m / 49 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 23°23′33″N 113°17′56″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 广州白云国际机场 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 廣州白雲國際機場 | ||||||||||
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The 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 2020, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation in other countries, it was temporarily the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic, handling 43.8 million passengers.[2]
In 2023, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was the world's twelfth-busiest airport by passenger traffic, with 63.1 million passengers handled, and the busiest in China. As for cargo traffic, the airport was China's second-busiest and the world's eleventh-busiest.