Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

Guangzhou
Guangdong Sheng
China

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- Airport
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POINT (113.262004 23.179265)
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Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport  is the main airport of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdongprovince, China. Both airport codes were inherited from the old airport, and the IATA code reflects Guangzhou's former romanization Canton. It is the main hub of China Southern Airlines, FedEx Express, 9 Air, Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines and a focus city for Air China and China Eastern Airlines.

In 2014, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was China's second busiest and world's 13th busiest airport by passenger traffic, with 54,780,346 passengers handled. As for cargo traffic, the airport was the third busiest in China and the 19th busiest worldwide. Baiyun airport was also the second busiest airport in China in terms of aircraft movements.

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