On September 27, 2020, the third phase of the expansion project of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport officially started, which marked Guangdong Airport Group pressing the fast-forward button to become a world-class airport group.

It is reported that the third-phase expansion project of Baiyun Airport mainly includes: airport engineering, air traffic control engineering, fuel supply engineering, with the second and east third runways, the T3 terminal building, the transportation center, and the T2 terminal building East 4 and West 4 corridors as the airport. structural work. The third-phase expansion of the airport engineering flight area index is 4E. The second runway is 3400 meters long and 45 meters wide at 915 meters west of the current West First Runway, and 3,600 meters long is built at 1530 meters east of the current East Second Runway. , 45 meters wide East Third Runway.

Newly build a 422,000 square meter T3 terminal building, 144,000 square meter T2 terminal East 4th and West 4th corridors, and a 242,000 square meter comprehensive transportation center and parking building. In addition, the third phase of the expansion also includes new aprons with more than 190 aircraft seats, as well as freight, production and living auxiliary rooms and public supporting facilities.

The most eye-catching aspect of the third-phase expansion project is the T3 terminal. According to the introduction of Guangdong Provincial Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., the designer of the terminal, the design goal of the T3 terminal is to create a terminal that is people-oriented, intelligent and future-oriented. The designer hopes to make full use of new technologies such as 5G, big data, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence under the framework of "new infrastructure" to create a terminal with smart services, smart operations, and smart management.

In terms of high-speed rail, it is planned to set up Baiyun Airport high-speed rail station at T3. Two high-speed rails will be introduced on the main line: Guangzhou-Zhuhai-Australia high-speed rail and Guanghe high-speed rail. The Guangning connecting line of Guizhou-Guangzhou high-speed railway forms a cross high-speed railway channel.

As for the intercity railway, the new Baiguang Intercity (Xintang via Baiyun Airport to Guangzhou North Station) and the Guangfo Donghuan Intercity (via Guangzhou South Railway Station, Pazhou, and Financial City) are under construction. The two lines will be introduced into Baiyun Airport in Zhuliao. After the establishment of stations at T3, T1 and T2, Guangzhou North Railway Station will be introduced to connect with the Guangqing Intercity under construction and the planned and planned Guangfo West Ring Intercity, so as to enhance the distance between Baiyun Airport and the two cities of Guangfo and Qingyuan. Quick contact.

Due to the latecomer advantage, the third-phase expansion T3 will become the terminal with the strongest external traffic function of Baiyun Airport. The above-mentioned rail transportation introduced into the airport will all converge in the integrated transportation center of T3, and the high-speed rail line is exclusive to T3-because T3 has the best conditions to plan a new high-speed rail station in front of the terminal.

Baiyun Airport is a large-scale international aviation hub airport and the core airport of the Pearl River Delta Airport Group. It is an important hub node of China's air transportation network. In the future, after the third phase of the expansion project is completed and put into use, Baiyun Airport will realize a planning pattern of 5 runways and 2 terminal areas, gathering aviation, highways, high-speed rail, urban rail and other transportation means, connecting the sky and the ground. A modern integrated transportation system. Editor/He Yuting