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Guangzhou Baiyun Airport's new master plan is officially approved
Seetao 2020-05-06 15:11
  • As an international airport, Baiyun Airport's status in domestic and international air transportation is self-evident
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The goal of Baiyun Airport is to be an international aviation hub, and it will be built as an interchange hub that integrates multiple types of transportation. It plans to achieve a throughput of 120 million passengers by 2030. Recently, the "Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Master Plan Revision (2020 Edition)" was officially approved by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

Baiyun Airport is one of the three major international aviation hubs in China and the core airport of the world-class airport cluster in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. According to the newly revised Baiyun Airport master plan, according to the recent 2030 aircraft takeoffs and landings, 757,000 flights, passenger throughput of 120 million passengers, cargo and mail throughput of 3.8 million tons, long-term 2045 aircraft takeoffs and landings of 870,000 flights, passenger throughput Plan for 140 million passengers and 6 million tons of cargo and mail throughput.

In the recent planning, Baiyun Airport will implement the third phase of the expansion project, adding the West Second and East Third Runways, building the East Fourth and West Fourth Finger Gallery and West Satellite Hall and T3 Terminal Building of the main building of the T2 Terminal, and setting the GTC in front of the T3 Building . The terminal maintains the configuration of 5 parallel runways and plans to add a satellite hall in Terminal T3. In the new plan, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is positioned as an international aviation hub that will lead the construction of world-class airport clusters in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and support the strategy of civil aviation power.

According to the relevant plan released by Guangzhou in 2019, using the inter-city rail, the Baiyun Airport can reach the Guangzhou Railway Station and the Pazhou area within 20 minutes, and the high-speed highway can reach the old city and Tianhe central area within 30 minutes. On internal traffic, the travel time between terminals will be controlled within 10 minutes, and between functional areas within 15 minutes.

Statistics show that in 2019, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport's passenger throughput exceeded 73 million passengers, nearly 500,000 flights took off and landed, and cargo and mail throughput exceeded 1.9 million tons. At present, Baiyun Airport has two terminals and three runways. The route network covers more than 230 destinations worldwide, including more than 90 international and regional destinations.

Baiyun Airport has a superior geographical location, which can connect various cities in the interior and cover Southeast Asia. The route covers a wide range and has the advantage of a natural network connecting Europe, America and Australia. In the future, Baiyun Airport will build a comprehensive transportation center and interchange hub integrating air transportation, high-speed rail, subway, intercity rail and expressway, and build a new round of opening up in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Play a greater role in Editor / Zhao Jing

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