Canton Pai Yuen Airport (former) / 廣州舊白雲機場


Canton BàakWan International Airport or Pai Yuen Airport was the main airport in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, until August 5, 2004, when it was replaced by the identically named Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, some 17 kilometers north away. The airport was opened in 1932. "Baiyun" means "white clouds" in Chinese. The airport got this name as it was located beside the Baiyun Mountain.

Aerial views of the old airport now shows re-development of the airport is underway. Roads now criss-cross across the old runways and the terminal complex is surrounded by new residential buildings and other developments. Several aircraft are now located at the former airports taxiways.

The current Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the former airport site.

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On October 2, 1990, Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 from Xiamen to Guangzhou, a Boeing 737-247 jetliner, hijacked shortly after it took off from Xiamen, landed at the airport, sideswiped a China Southwest Airlines Boeing 707, and crashed into a China Southern Airlines Boeing 757, caused a total of 128 fatalities. The three other aircraft in the apron were destroyed. See 1990 People's Republic of China airliner collision.
On June 6, 1994, China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 broke up in mid-air and crashed near Xian, en route to Guangzhou from Xian. A maintenance error was responsible. All 160 people on board died.

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