Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is the portal of China's third largest city, Guangzhou. It is located in the junction of Renhe Town in Baiyun District and Huashan Town and Huadong Town in Huadu District of Guangzhou City. The straight-line distance to the Haizhu Square in the downtown of Guangzhou City is about 28 km. The IATA code “CAN” of the airport comes from the abbreviations of Roman alphabet "Canton", which is the old name of Guangzhou City.
The domestic flights go to Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Kunming, Chongqing, Haikou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Guiyang, Ningbo and Lianyungang, etc. The direct international flights are to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Osaka, Seoul, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Tokyo, Jakarta, Taipei, Hong Kong, Sydney, Amsterdam, Frankfort, Paris and New York, etc.
Passport holders of 53 countries and regions are granted a visa-free stay of up to 144 hours when taking an international transfer via Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. 
Read details about 144-Hour Visa-Free Transit.

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International flights in the following cities

Countries	Cities
Seasonal charter flights: Langkawi, Saipan, Sapporo - New Chitose, Surat Thani, Phuket
Pakistan	Karachi
Burma	Yangon, Lumpur
Canada	Vancouver
Bengal	Dhaka
Cambodia	Siem Reap, Phnom Penh
Dubai	Dubai
Australia	Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Cairns [about to sail]
Egypt	Cairo
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
France	Paris/Charles de Gaulle
Korea	Seoul/Incheon, Jeju, Busan
Kenya	Nairobi
Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh City, Yangon, , Da Nang
Russia	Moscow/Bisceglie Burma Jie Wo, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk
Philippines	Manila, Cebu
India	Delhi
Indonesia	Jakarta/Soekarno Hatta, Bali(about to open), Manado
Singapore	Manila
Qatar	Doha
Thailand	Bangkok/Su Wan Knapp,
Turkish	Istanbul
Japan	Fukuoka, Nagoya/Central, Osaka/Kansai, Tokyo/Narita, Sendai
Cambodia	Phnom Penh
Malaysia	Kota Kinabalu, Penang, Kuala Lumpur
New Zealand	Auckland
Nepal	Kathmandu
UK	London/Heathrow
Sri Lanka	Colombo
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh, Jeddah
US	Amsterdam, Los Angeles