Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG) 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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Entrance of Terminal 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Guangdong Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Pearl River Delta | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Baiyun/Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 5 August 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | baiyunairport.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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CAN Location in Guangdong CAN Location in China | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sources: Statistics from CAAC, List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China | |||||||||||||||||||
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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, it was the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic, handling 43.8 million passengers.
In 2021, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was the world's eighth-busiest airport by passenger traffic, with 40.2 million passengers handled, making it also the busiest airport outside the United States, and the busiest in China. As for cargo traffic, the airport was China's second-busiest, as well as the second-busiest airport worldwide in terms of aircraft movements.