The airport is located in Guangzhou's Baiyun District and Huadu District and opened on 5 August 2004 as a replacement for the 72-year-old, identically named former airport, which is now closed. Built at a cost of 19.8 billion yuan, the new airport is 28 kilometers (17 mi) north of downtown Guangzhou and nearly five times larger than its predecessor. "Baiyun" (白云) means "white cloud" in Chinese and refers to the Baiyun Mountain (Baiyunshan), near the former airport even though the mountain is much closer to downtown Guangzhou than it is to the new airport. It is also referred to as "New Baiyun" to distinguish it from the previous airport, but this is not a part of the official name.
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.
Data
Runways: 3-3,800 metres (12,500 ft), 3,800 metres (12,500 ft) and 3,600 metres (11,800 ft)
Aircraft parking bays: 173 (passenger apron and cargo apron)[3]
Current passenger capacity: 45 million passengers per year
Planned passenger capacity in 2020: 80 million passengers per year[4]
Current cargo capacity: 1 million tonnes
Planned cargo capacity in 2020: 2.5 million tonnes[4]
Destinations: 100 (mostly domestic)
Branch airports: Jieyang, Meizhou, Zhanjiang
Planned branch airports: Shaoguan, Zhaoqing.
Taxi Directions
Please drive me to Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, thank you!
请送我到 广州白云 机场，谢谢
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