Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport 广州白云国际机场
Entrance of Terminal 2
IATA: CAN ICAO: ZGGG WMO: 59287
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Co. Ltd.
Operator	Guangdong Airport Authority
Serves	Pearl River Delta
Location	Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Opened	5 August 2004; 19 years ago (2004-08-05)
Hub for	9 Air China Southern Airlines FedEx Express Hainan Airlines Shenzhen Airlines
Focus city for	China Eastern Airlines
Elevation AMSL	15 m / 49 ft
Coordinates	23°23′33″N 113°17′56″E / 23.39250°N 113.29889°E / 23.39250; 113.29889
Website	www.baiyunairport.com
Maps
CAAC airport diagram
CAN/ZGGG Location in Guangdong Show map of Guangdong CAN/ZGGG Location in China Show map of China
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 (2023)
Passenger volume 63,167,751 Cargo (metric tonnes) 2,030,522.7 Aircraft movements 456,104
Sources: Statistics from CAAC,[1] List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG) is an international airport serving Guangzhou, the capital of South Central China's Guangdong province.

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.