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Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG) is an international airport serving Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The airport codes were inherited from the former Baiyun Airport , and the IATA code is derived from Guangzhou's historical romanization Canton .
The name of the airport is changed to "Baiyun" named from nearby Baiyun Mountain ("Baiyun" in Chinese means "white cloud"). [ 3 ] From 1964 to 1967, it underwent a comprehensive expansion, adding an area of 725,300 square meters (7,807,000 sq ft), and extending the runway to 2,500 meters (8,202 ft 1 in) from 2,000 meters (6,561 ft 8 in) before ...
Communication with the flight was lost. It was finally re-established by the airport in Guangzhou, which authorized the pilot to land at any airport available, inside or outside the PRC. The pilot stated that the only other airport that the aircraft still had sufficient fuel to reach was Hong Kong. Guangzhou flight controllers agreed to allow ...
Baiyun Airport North railway station (Chinese: 白云机场北站) is an underground railway station located in Huadu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It opened with the Eastern section of the Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway on 30 November 2020.
Guangzhou's main airport is the Baiyun International Airport in Baiyun District; it opened on August 5, 2004. [186] This airport is the second busiest airport in terms of traffic movements in China. It replaced the old Baiyun International Airport, which was very close to the city center but failed to meet the city's rapidly growing air traffic ...
Baiyun District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. The district is located in the city's northern suburbs and is named after the Baiyun Mountain (the "White Cloud Mountain"), one of the area's natural attractions.
It started operations on 26 April 2018 following the opening of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport's Terminal 2. [1] It is located right under the airport terminal and the station has an escalator connecting the station directly with the check-in area of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport T2.
In a very uncommon year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport became not just the busiest airport in China by passenger traffic, but also the busiest airport in the world. The 100 busiest airports in China in 2020 ordered by total passenger traffic, according to CAAC statistics. [3]