Air Freight from Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN) to Los Angeles (LAX) — Per-Kilo Rates

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) is the home hub of China Southern Cargo, which gives this lane something no other Chinese origin can offer: a daily direct freighter to Los Angeles with genuine local capacity behind it.

Airline rate levels and transit times: CAN to LAX

The table below shows the published per-kilogram levels recorded from the carriers' tariffs on this lane. Rates are indicative reference levels in CNY per kg — the live market moves weekly, and the applicable rate is always confirmed at booking.

All rates are CNY per kg against chargeable weight and exclude fuel, security and local handling surcharges. They are retained as a reference for the structure of the market — request a live quote before you plan a shipment.

Airlines serving Guangzhou – Los Angeles

Carriers offering air cargo service from Guangzhou Baiyun to Los Angeles include MU China Eastern, HU Hainan Airlines, NH ANA (All Nippon Airways), CZ China Southern, OZ Asiana Airlines and QR Qatar Airways Cargo. Each carrier builds a different rotation, and the same airline can sell several different routings out of the same airport.

Take Hainan Airlines as an example: its tariff lists a multi-sector routing that departs Guangzhou, transits an intermediate Chinese gateway, works the US West Coast via Los Angeles and Seattle, and returns through Los Angeles — total journey time of roughly three to five days from uplift to final delivery at LAX. Where Hainan stops and how long it dwells depends on load factors on the day.

When the China Southern direct freighter is the right answer

For time-critical cargo — Christmas season stock, exhibition and trade-show freight, engineering project spares, fresh fruit and flowers, ornamental fish and aquatic products, live animals and other goods that must be at LAX within a defined 24-hour window — the CZ China Southern nonstop freighter is the default choice out of Guangzhou.

That differentiated service matters commercially: Guangzhou and the whole Pearl River Delta manufacturing belt sit inside China Southern's catchment, so shippers moving cargo to California and the US West Coast can reach the airport, tender the freight and fly it the same day.

Why China Southern's CAN capacity is hard to beat

Guangzhou is China Southern's headquarters and its largest base, so more lift departs from CAN than from any other airport in its network. Three practical consequences follow:

• Rate level: CZ per-kilo rates from Guangzhou to Los Angeles typically run a few CNY per kg below the equivalent Shanghai departure;
• Frequency: a fixed daily rotation means you are not waiting for a weekly flight to fill; and
• Flexibility: whatever the shipment size or the deadline, there is a departure available within 24 hours.

Among China's three big state carriers, China Southern operates the largest number of departures and the most capacity to the United States, which is why we treat it as the baseline option for Guangzhou-origin air freight to California.