Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was built in the 1930s, is one of the three major domestic aviation hub airports in China's civil airports layout has a pivotal position. 1994 Baiyun Airport in China's 500 largest service enterprises and industry evaluation was listed as China's largest service enterprises in the airports of the second. 1995, Baiyun Airport was listed as one of the top 500 state-owned enterprises. 1998 by the Civil Aviation Administration of China as a "civilized airport". In 1995, Baiyun Airport was listed as one of the top 500 state-owned enterprises, and in 1998, Baiyun Airport was awarded "Civilized Airport" by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
August 5, 2004, a total investment of 19.8 billion yuan of Guangzhou New Baiyun International Airport officially put into operation. It is the first aerodrome in China designed and built according to the concept of a hub airport. The airport covers an area of 15 square kilometers, the first phase of the project flight area of two parallel runways in accordance with the 4E standard, the terminal area to meet the requirements of the 2010 passenger throughput of 25 million people designed. The first phase of the new airport's terminal building covers an area of 320,000 square meters, which is the largest terminal building of any airport in China, and all the facilities and equipment in the building are up to today's international advanced level. Currently, Baiyun Airport has established business relations with 33 airlines, and has opened more than 110 routes to more than 100 cities at home and abroad, guaranteeing nearly 30 types of aircraft. It is the base airport of China Southern Airlines Group Corporation and Shenzhen Airlines.
The newly completed first phase of the airport project*** is divided into three major areas: the terminal area is located in the central part of the field; the flight area is divided into the east and west sides; the work area is located in the south and north sides; the concentration of the airport authority, the base of the airline and other units of the office area and the tanker area, cargo area, aircraft maintenance area, etc. The terminal area is the core area, including the airport authority, the base of the airline and other units of the office area and the fuel depot area, cargo area, aircraft maintenance area. The terminal area is the core area, including the passenger terminal building, air traffic control tower, and comprehensive building, parking and airport hotel.
The main facilities are:
1: Terminal Building. The terminal building mainly consists of the main building, connecting building, finger corridors and elevated corridors and other four major architectural structures, east and west of the two connecting building will be the main building, elevated corridors, airport hotels, parking lots and so on through the road system connected to become a whole. The north and south sides of the main terminal building are symmetrically set up on the north and south side of the elevated road, through which departing passengers go straight to the main building on the second floor of the ticketing hall, while arriving passengers are quickly evacuated through the various exits on the first floor of the connecting building. With more than 300,000 square meters of construction area of the terminal building, can meet the annual passenger throughput of 25 million passengers, 1 million tons of cargo, the typical peak hour aircraft landing and takeoff 90-100, passenger throughput of 9,300 people's requirements.
2: Ticketing Hall: Ticketing Hall high in the main building on the second floor, ride to the airport passengers, once the car can enter the departure hall located in the terminal building, the eye-catching electronic screen shows the time of entry and exit of passengers, gates and so on. The hall is very spacious, with 15 columns in both directions connecting the ground and the roof, and the columns and the roof are connected. The pillars and the roof are made of white material to make the space more spacious, and the floor is covered with fire-fighting material so that even if there is a fire, it will not ignite. There are 168 check-in counters, any one of which can be used for check-in, changing the pattern of domestic airports where fixed flights must be checked in at fixed counters. At the same time, passengers can handle baggage transportation, the counter next to the baggage conveyor belt in front of an electronic display screen, used to show whether the baggage is overweight, whether to pay the fee. Then after purchasing insurance, you can enter the waiting room through the security check.
3: Passenger security channel: passenger security channel is set up in the two connecting buildings, the new airport has introduced the world's most advanced five-stage rapid security system, any bombs, dangerous substances will be detected, and even for medical examination of the CT system is also used in the security check, very strict, accurate, and the new airport has introduced the world's most advanced five-stage rapid security system, any bombs, dangerous substances will be checked, and even for medical examination of CT system is also used in the security check, very strict, accurate. Passengers who have gone through the security check will wait for their flights in different areas of the 4 finger corridors and board their flights through the 46 boarding bridges connected to the finger corridors. The boarding bridges have a scissor-port structure, so that departing and arriving passengers do not interfere with each other and are automatically separated from each other. Arriving passengers exit the boarding bridge, through the finger corridor and the second floor of the connecting building access, down to the first floor of the connecting building to collect baggage.
4: Domestic and International Transit Passenger Channels: Domestic and international transit passenger channels are also located on the second floor of the terminal building. It is equipped with battery-operated ferry buses, so that when passengers transfer between the various finger corridors, they do not have to walk long distances, do not have to re-security checks, and do not have to go out of the segregated area to do the formalities. In order to shorten the walking distance of passengers, the terminal building is also equipped with walking paths, escalators and elevators **** more than 160 for passengers to use. A variety of transmission equipment to enable passengers to check-in and boarding walking distance, up to 70 meters and 200 meters. In addition, the new airport more than 100 restrooms are built in accordance with five-star standards. 5: security system and other facilities: the terminal building has also established a security system, automatic baggage sorting system, departure system and flight information display system, such as 10 modern information systems, as well as restaurants, stores and recreational facilities, these facilities to effectively ensure that real-time operation of the airport information **** enjoy to provide a full range of attentive These facilities effectively guarantee real-time information about airport operations and provide a full range of services. The automatic baggage sorting system, including check-in, sorting and other seven sub-systems, including the airport's departure, transit and arrival of the three major baggage sorting system, valued at 22 million U.S. dollars. This system can sort 10,000 pieces of baggage per minute on average. The entire process from sorting to loading onto the transportation truck takes only 4 minutes. The system can also greatly shorten the time of transit by plane, travelers transit only need to check in for transfer procedures, the baggage handling system can automatically transfer the passenger's baggage to the passengers will be sitting on the next flight, to ensure that the baggage at any time to follow the master.
6: airport runway and ATC tower: the new airport has two runways. The east runway is 3800 meters long and 60 meters wide, and the west runway is 3600 meters long and 45 meters wide. Flight area class index is 4E. There are advanced radar surveillance system, instrument landing system and navigational aids light system. Can meet the world's various types of large aircraft full weight takeoff and landing requirements, to ensure that the aircraft in special weather safety landing. The first phase of the project passenger apron 66, of which 46 near the aircraft position, 18 far aircraft position, 2 special aircraft position, ATC tower up to 106 meters high, is the highest control tower in China's civil airports, the top of the snow-white sphere soaring into the clouds, in the blue sky under the backdrop of the shining, it is the airport's landmark building, costing about 68,450,000 yuan. The ATC system implements radar control and realizes multiple coverage of radar and communication, so that information related to aircraft flight can be processed and transmitted automatically.