Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
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. 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. 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. In the first quarter of 2026, Baiyun Airport served total 22.539 million passengers (4.784 million passengers are international), surpassing Pudong Airport with 21.739 million passengers (8.1046 million passengers are international). In the first half of year 2026, the total passengers throughput of Baiyun Airport reached 43.333 million passengers. Baiyun Airport is the first airport in China certified 4F-class standard and also the first airport 4F-class in China with 5 commercial runways in operarion.
Location
23.392°N, 113.299°E · 15 m s. n. m. (50 ft)
General data
Runways · 5
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 5
Tower
Ground
Clearance delivery
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
Airlines operating here · 74
Airlines using it as a main base (hub)
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
Photo: Jacky Cheung · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original
Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CAN
MLA
“Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CAN. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CAN.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CAN (Accessed: 17 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
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date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CAN},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CAN}},
urldate = {2026-10-17},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}Wikipedia
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