Guangzhou Airport Departures

Baggage delivery and getting boarding card
Passengers should check in by the check-in counters of the corresponding airlines, with their flight tickets and valid personal identifications, for baggage delivery and getting boarding cards.

Tips
To ensure catching the flights, psease arrive at the depot terminal 90 min ahead of take-off time.

Please take with yourself important artictly enforced in the new airport therefore each passenger should carry one piece of hand baggage, with the volume and weight not exceeding 20*40*50cm and 5 kg.

Security Check
Passengers should have their boarding cards, flight tickets, valid personal identifications and vouchers of airport construction fee ready before the security check. To ensure flight safety passengers are required to pass through metal-detecting doors, and their hand-baggage is subject to x-ray inspections.

Waiting and boarding
According to the gate number on the boarding card, passengers could find and relax in the corresponding waiting area. Boarding starts generally 30 minutes ahead of flight take-off, and will be announced in public addressing.

Tips
For efficiency of boarding the boarding card should be taken good care of. Do not fold the boarding card.

International Departure

Inspection and Quarantine
It is necessary for Chinese citizens who will be traveling abroad for more than one year to hold valid health certificates.

Passengers traveling to infected area of certain diseases should take necessary vaccination against the diseases.

Customs
Passengers with items to declare to the customs should take the Red Channel (declaration), those with nothing to declare could take the Green Channel (declaration-free).

Baggage delivery and getting boarding card
Passengers should check in by the check-in counter of the corresponding airline with their flight tickets, valid passports and visa, for baggage delivery and getting boarding cards.

Tips
1) To ensure catching the flight it is recommended to arrive at the depot terminal 25 to 3 hours ahead of take-off time. The check-in process closes 30 to 60 minutes before take-off, depending on rules of the airlines. Please pay attention to the corresponding notice on the flight tickets.

2) Please take with yourself important articles including your passport, visa, travel credentials, cash and business bills, etc.

Passport control
Passengers being foreign citizens should show their valid passports, visa and Exit Registration Cards, and should leave the country within the valid period of entry visa.
Passengers being Chinese citizens, including those from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, should show valid passports, visa, Departure Registration Cards and credentials for going abroad issued by the administrations.

Security check
Passengers should have their boarding cards, flight tickets, valid passports and vouchers of airport construction fee ready before the security check. To ensure flight safety passengers are required to pass through metal-detecting doors, and their hand-baggages are subject to x-ray inspections.

Waiting and Boarding
According to the gate number on the boarding card, passengers could find and relax in the corresponding waiting area. Boarding starts generally 40 minutes ahead of flight take-off. Please pay attention to reminding public addressing and flight information on the displays.

Passengers should get their boarding cards ready while boarding the plane. Passport re-inspection is needed for some flights.