Airport Beijing (China) - Capital International

Beijing Capital International Airport Bijng Shud Guójì Jchng
The new Terminal 3
Logo of Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited
IATA: officially : PEK unofficial : BJS ICAO: ZBAA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Civil Aviation Administration of China
Serves		Beijing
Location		Chaoyang District, Beijing
Elevation AMSL		116 ft / 35 m
Coordinates		40°0448N, 116°3504ECoordinates: 40°0448N, 116°3504E
Website		www.bcia.com.cn
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
18L/36R	3,800	12,468	Asphalt
18R/36L	3,200	10,499	Asphalt
01/19	4,551	14,930	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Passengers			53,736,923
Aircraft movements			399,986
Statistics from Airports Council International[1]

Beijing Capital International Airport
Traditional Chinese:
Simplified Chinese:
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: Bijng Shud Guójì Jchng Yue (Cantonese) - Jyutping:  ???

Beijing Capital International Airport, (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Bijng Shud Guójì Jchng) (IATA: PEK, ICAO: ZBAA) is the main international airport that serves the capital city of Beijing, People's Republic of China. The IATA Airport Code is PEK, reflecting Beijing's former Romanization Peking. The code BJS is also frequently used, reflecting the current pinyin spelling of Beijing and including all airports in the Beijing metropolitan area; currently, Beijing Capital (PEK) is the only civil aviation airport that falls under BJS.

The airport is located 20 km to the northeast of Beijing city center. Although many consider it to lie in Shunyi District, it is, in fact, an exclave of Chaoyang District, Beijing.

The airport is a primary hub of operations for Air China, which flies to around 120 destinations (excluding cargo). It is also a hub for Hainan Airlines and China Southern Airlines. The airport expansion is largely funded by a 500-million-euro (USD 625 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The loan is the largest ever granted by the EIB in Asia; the agreement was signed during the eighth China-EU Summit held in September 2005.^{[citation needed]}

Beijing Capital is today the busiest airport in the People's Republic of China, having registered double-digit growth annually since the SARS crisis of 2003. In 2004, it became the busiest airport in Asia by aircraft movements, overtaking Tokyo International Airport (Haneda). In terms of passengers, Beijing was the second-busiest airport in Asia after Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) and ninth-busiest worldwide in 2006. In 2007, it served 53,736,923 passengers and had 399,986 aircraft movements.^[1] It was the 23rd busiest airport in terms of traffic movements. It is also the 20th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic, having moved 1,028,908 million tonnes of cargo in 2006. It operates around 1100 flights a day, and is expected to rise to 1500-1600 at the Olympics in 2008. ^[2]

Contents 1 History 2 Future 3 Terminals 3.1 Terminal 1 3.2 Terminal 2 3.3 Terminal 3 3.3.1 System, Security and Luggage 3.3.2 The Look 3.3.3 Facilities 3.3.4 Transportation between the three terminals 4 Airlines and destinations 4.1 Destinations by region 4.2 Destinations by airlines 5 Connections 5.1 Connections by Road 5.2 Connections by Rail/Urban Public Transit 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

History

Beijing Airport was opened on March 2, 1958, and was the first in the People's Republic of China.^{[citation needed]} The airport consisted of one small terminal building, which still stands to this day, apparently for the use of VIPs and charter flights. On January 1, 1980, a newer, larger building -- green in colour -- opened, with docks for 1012 airplanes. The terminal was larger than the 1950s one, but by the mid 1990s it was too small. The terminal was then closed for renovation after the opening of Terminal 2.

In late 1999, to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, the airport was expanded again. This new terminal opened on November 1, and was named Terminal 2. September 20, 2004, saw the opening of a new Terminal 1 for a few airlines, including China Southern Airlines domestic and international flights from Beijing. Other airlines' domestic and international flights still operate in Terminal 2.

Another expansion, terminal 3 (T3) was completed in February 2008, in time for the Beijing Olympics. This colossal expansion includes a third runway and another terminal for Beijing airport, and a rail link to the city centre. It will become one of the largest airports in the world in terms of land size, and a major landmark in Beijing representing the growing and developing Chinese city.

On January 29, 2005, direct flights between Mainland China and Taiwan via the areas over Hong Kong and Macao took place after 56 years, mainly to allow families and relatives on the two sides of the strait to get together for Chinese New Year. Flying to Taiwan were planes from Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. This became known as a part of the Three Links.

The United States' Department of Transportation, in coordination with China's Civil Aviation Administration, have approved several U.S. carriers to fly routes between the countries. The coordination has been the work of several bilateral civilian air agreements, including the most recent one signed in 2004 that paved the way for the number of daily flights between China and the United States to increase by five-fold.^[3]

The third runway of BCIA opened on October 29, 2007 to relieve congestion on the other two runways. ^[4]

Due to the rapid growth of passenger and traffic movements and the limited space for expansion, and since 10,000 people had seen their homes destroyed for Terminal 3 and the new metro line, the Airport authority plans to build a new airport within Beijing, to begin construction in 2010 and finish at 2015. However, it will not affect Beijing Capital International Airport.^[5] From 2000 Beijing Capital International Airport handled 21.7 million passengers, ranking 42nd in the world and in 2006, it handled 48.5 million passengers, jumping from 42nd place to 9th place in only 6 years.

Future

Air China, China Eastern and China Southern have cut capacity on the Beijing-Shanghai routes. This is because of overcrowding and to increase safety. The CAAC will also ban any start-up airlines until 2010 because of overcapacity and major constraints. However, the opening of the 3rd runway has increased the number of movements to approximately 620,000. However, during the olympics, it will cut its movements to 1350 a day, to prevent airlines being stuck on the tarmac for periods of time.

The airport has been criticized because of the lack of shopping facilities and also had been rated the 2nd worst in terms of Punctuality, despite 84.88% of flights arriving and departing on time during the summer season. ^[6] The new terminal that will open will relieve traffic and create a better impression to the Chinese capital upon entry.

When Terminal 3 opens in March 2008, BCIA's terminal system will undergo major changes. As a main hub, Air China and Star Alliance, and Oneworld members will all move to Terminal 3. China Eastern, China Southern and SkyTeam members will remain at Terminal 2. The smallest terminal, Terminal 1, will be used exclusively by Hainan Airlines (for its domestic fights only). However, it is not exactly known where other international flights will move to. It may move to Terminal 2.

Upon opening, it will also become the largest airport in Asia in land size and one of the world's largest in capacity and land size. Terminal 3 will become far larger than HKIA's and Suvarnabhumi's main passenger terminals, with a land area of approximately 986,000 square meters. It is also larger than London Heathrow Airport's 5 terminals combined into one with another 17% to spare.

The airport will be expected to handle 64 million passengers in 2008, due to the high demand from the Olympics. It is expected to be in the top 5 airports in passenger traffic. The capacity of the airport will be an estimated 82 million when the new terminal opens, up from the current 35.5 million.^[7]

A new airport is also planned, starting construction in 2010, located approximately 40km South of downtown Beijing. Other preferred site is to the south of the city near the Yongding River, which forms a boundary between Beijing and Hebei Province. The Daxing county at Beijings south has been another proposed site. The capacity of the new planned super airport is around 70-100 million. Upon completion of the new airport, most domestic routes will be transferred to the new proposed airport. There are also other plans to expand BCIA with a 4th runway joined to the 3rd runway to further increase traffic movements.

Terminals

Terminal 1

Terminal 1, with 60,000m2 of space, was opened on January 1, 1980 and replaced the small existing terminal which was in operation since the 1950s^[8]. The Terminal was closed for renovation from 1999 to September 20, 2004, during which time all airlines operated from Terminal 2. Featuring 16 gates, it was the operational base for China Southern Airlines's domestic routes and a few other airlines such as Xiamen Airlines and Chongqing Airlines, and was originally planned to handle domestic traffic, excluding those to Hong Kong and Macau.

With the opening of Terminal 3, the terminal was closed for light refurbishment, and its airlines were moved to Terminal 2 on May 20, 2008^[9]. It reopened on June 27, 2008, and became the operational base for all domestic flights operated by the HNA Group, including those of Hainan Airlines, Grand China Air, Deer Air and Grand China Express Air, while the international flights and the ones between Hongkong, Macau, Taiwan and Beijing of the HNA Group remained in Terminal 2.^[10]

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 opened on November 1, 1999, a month after the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. This terminal was used to replace Terminal 1 while the later was undergoing renovation, cramping all airlines into this terminal despite it being far bigger than Terminal 1 and can handle twenty airplanes at docks connecting directly to the terminal building. Prior to the opening of Terminal 3, this terminal used to contain all other airlines' domestic and international flights. This terminal now houses China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Skyteam, and other domestic and international flights after Air China, Shanghai Airlines, Star Alliance members, Oneworld members moved operations to the new Terminal 3.

There is a passage linking the two terminals together; this is accessible at the public level (no passports needed). There is limited selection of food and dining options at Terminal 2. There is only one restaurant in the international area of the terminal once passengers are past security, and the prices are several times higher than similar food downtown Beijing. A Japanese set meal is advertised on the official airport website as RMB 88,^[11] four-times higher than a similar offering downtown. By comparison, the domestic area of Terminal 2 has a number of dining options, all at more reasonable prices. Kentucky Fried Chicken and Starbucks have opened outlets in the airport in both Terminals 1 and 2. KFC is available at the basement level in Terminal 2, while Starbucks is available on both landside and airsides.

Terminal 3

Construction of Terminal 3 started on March 28, 2004 and was opened in two stages. Trial operations commenced on February 29, 2008 when seven airlines, namely British Airways, El Al Israel Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Shandong Airlines and Sichuan Airlines moved into the terminal. 20 other airlines moved into the terminal when it became fully operational on March 26, 2008^[12]. Currently, it mainly houses Air China, Oneworld, Star Alliance, and other domestic and international flights.

It was designed by a consortium of NACO, Netherlands Airport Consultants B.V., UK Architect Foster and Partners and ARUP. The budget of the expansion is US$3.5 billion. Far grander in size and scale than the existing terminals, it is the largest airport terminal building complex built in a single phase with 986,000 square meters in total floor area.^{[citation needed]} It features a main passenger terminal (Terminal 3C), two satellite concourses (Terminal 3D and Terminal 3E) and five floors above ground and two underground, with the letters "A and B" omitted to avoid confusions with the existing Terminals 1 and 2. Terminal 3C is dedicated for domestic flights, Terminal 3E for international flights, and Terminal 3D, called the "Olympics Hall", will be used for charter flights during the Beijing Olympics, before its use by international flights.

System, Security and Luggage

A 300,000-sq.m transportation centre is located at the front of T3. 7,000 car parking spaces will be available if the two-level underground parking lot is fully employed. The transportation centre will have three lanes for different types of vehicles, airport buses, taxies and private vehicles, which will enable a smooth flow of passengers. People bound for T3 will exit their vehicles here and enter T3 via an aisle within five minutes. The transportation centre will also have a light-rail station on a line that begins at the Dongzhimen stop on the Beijing Subway in Central Beijing. Travel time from Dongzhimen to T3 will be about 18 minutes.

There are electrical outlets on either end of every row of seats in the terminal. There are 243 elevators, escalators or moving walkways; and every restroom is accompanied by a mothers room where diapers can be changed. There is also a room for travelers with disabilities.

One of Terminal 3's highlights is the US$240 million luggage-transfer system. The luggage system is equipped with yellow carts, each of which has a code, matching the bar code on every piece of luggage loaded on it, allowing easy and accurate tracking. More than 200 cameras will be used to monitor activities in the luggage area.

The luggage system can handle 19,200 pieces of luggage per hour. After luggage is checked in at any one of the 292 counters at Terminal 3C, they can be transferred at the speed of ten metres per second. Even for international routes, luggage can travel from T3C to T3E in five minutes. Arriving passengers should be able to begin retrieving their luggage within 4.5 minutes after airplanes are unloaded.

Along with X-ray scanners, additional equipment conducts checks such as for explosives. Passengers will be able to check in their luggage at the airport several hours or even a day before their flight. The airport will store them in its luggage system and then load them on the correct airplane.

The Look

A 98.3-meter monitoring tower stands at the southern end of T3, the highest building at the airport. The roof of T3 is red, the Chinese color for good luck. The terminals ceilings use white strips for decoration and to indicate directions. Under the white strips, the basic color of the ceiling is orange with light to dark tones indicating where a passenger is inside the building. It is light orange in the center and deepens as it extends to the sides in T3E and is the other way round in T3C.

The roof of T3 has dozens of windows to let in daylight. Light angles can be adjusted to ensure adequate interior lighting. Many traditional Chinese elements will be employed in the terminals interior decoration, including a Menhai, a big copper vat used to store water for fighting fires in the Forbidden City, and the carvings imitating the famous Nine-Dragon Wall (Jiulongbi).

An indoor garden is constructed in the T3E waiting area, in the style of imperial gardens such as the Summer Palace. In T3C, a tunnel landscape of an underground garden has been finished with plants on each side so that passengers can appreciate them inside the mini-train.

Facilities

The T3 food-service area is called a global kitchen, where 72 stores will provide food ranging from formal dishes to fast food, from Chinese to western, from bakery goods to ice cream. Airport officials have promised that people who buy products at the airport will see the same prices as in Central Beijing.

In addition to food and drink businesses, there will be a 12,600-sq.m domestic retail area, a 10,600-sq.m duty-free-store area and nearly 7,000-sq.m convenience service area, including banks, business centres, Internet services and more. At 45,200 sq.m, the commercial area will be twice the size of Beijings Lufthansa Shopping Centres.

Transportation between the three terminals

To get from Terminal 3C to 3D and 3E, both domestic and international travellers will have to get boarding passes at T3C, but international passengers have to board from T3E. The two-kilometer trip between the two buildings is too far for walking, so the airport will have a free mini-train that shuttles between the two in three minutes.

To help passengers that go to the right terminal, the airport will provide bus transportation between T3 and the old terminals for free from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The buses set out every ten minutes from 8 a.m. to 8p.m., and every 20 minutes during other times.^[13]

When completed, it will provide 66 more aerobridges or jetways - further complemented with remote parking bays which will bring the total of gates to 120 for the terminal alone. An additional runway is also projected to be constructed at that time. It will also have an extra capacity of 50 million people bringing the total to approximately 82 million passengers yearly. Upon completion, it is reported that passengers will be able to travel from the entrance of Terminal 3 to the farthest gate in less than 5 minutes.^[14]

Airlines and destinations

After slots were given to Federal Express, Continental Airlines began non-stop flights between Newark and Beijing on June 15, 2005. On September 25, 2007, American Airlines and US Airways were awarded nonstop flights to Beijing from Chicago-O'Hare and Philadelphia, respectively, with the American Airlines' Chicago-O'Hare flight to begin on March 25, 2009 and the US Airways' Philadelphia flight to begin in 2010. This became US Airways' first destination in Asia. Both of these airlines will operate from the new Terminal 3 as they are part of Star Alliance (US Airways) and oneworld (American Airlines).

The airport has three terminals. Terminal 1 is currently closed for renovation, Terminal 2 serves China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, SkyTeam, and other domestic and international flights. Terminal 3, the newest terminal at Beijing Airport, serves Air China, Shanghai Airlines, Star Alliance, Oneworld, and other domestic and international flights that do not operate from Terminals 1 and 2.

According to the Forbes magazine, the airport has been voted the 2nd worst in 2007 in terms of punctuality. However, airport general manager Dong Zhiyi said official statistics showed that 86.28 percent of its take-offs were on schedule, much higher than Forbes's reported 33 percent. These figures would substantially lift it in the Forbes ratings, far above Europe's worst airport, Charles De Gaulle in Paris, which had only 50 percent of departures leaving on time. ^[15] In addition, 84.88% of PEK's flights from the June - August period took off or landed in time, despite heavy periods of lightning and rain.

The major long-haul international destinations from Beijing are Frankfurt, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, New York, Paris-CDG, San Francisco and Vancouver. Other destinations becoming increased include Chicago, Dubai, Sydney, Toronto and Washington.

Destinations by region

Destinations by Region

Domestic (People's Republic of China) - Baotou, Beihai, Changchun, Changde, Changsha, Changzhi, Changzhou, Chaoyang, Chengdu, Chifeng, Chongqing, Dalian, Dandong, Datong, Daxian (Dachuan), Dongying, Dunhuang, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Heihe, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Huangyan, Jiamusi, Jinan, Jinggangshan, Jinghong (Xishuangbanna), Jiujiang, Jiuzhaigou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lianyungang, Lijiang, Liuzhou, Luoyang, Luzhou, Macau, Manzhouli, Mianyang, Mohe, Mudanjiang, Nanchang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Nanyang, Ningbo, Ordos, Qingdao, Qiqihar, Quanzhou, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tongliao, Tongren, Ulanhot, Ürümqi, Wanzhou, Weifang, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Wuhan, Wuxi, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xiangfan, Xilinhot, Xining, Xuzhou, Yan'an, Yancheng, Yanji, Yantai, Yibin, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Yulin, Yuncheng, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhijiang, Zhoushan, Zhuhai Africa - Addis Ababa, Algiers, Cairo, Harare, Lagos, Luanda [pending gov't approval] Asia Central Asia - Almaty, Ashgabat, Tashkent East Asia - Busan, Cheongju, Daegu, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Gwangju, Jeju, Kaohsiung (cross-strait charter), Nagoya-Centrair, Okayama, Osaka-Kansai, Pyongyang, Sapporo-Chitose, Sendai, Seoul-Incheon, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan (cross-strait charter), Taipei-Songshan (cross-strait charter), Tokyo-Narita, Ulaanbaatar South Asia - Colombo, Delhi, Dhaka, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Malé [Seasonal] Southeast Asia - Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila-Ninoy Aquino, Phnom Penh, Singapore, Yangon Southwest Asia - Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jeddah, Kuwait, Riyadh, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv Europe - Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin-Tegel [begins 5 September 2008], Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva [awaiting gov't approval], Helsinki, Irkutsk, Kemerovo (cargo), Khabarovsk, Kiev-Boryspil, Krasnoyarsk, London-Heathrow, Luxembourg (Cargo), Madrid, Manchester [begins March 2009], Milan-Malpensa [begins October 2009], Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Munich, Novosibirsk, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino, St. Petersburg, Stockholm-Arlanda, Vienna, Vladivostok, Warsaw [begins October 2008], Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Zürich [begins March 2009] North America - Anchorage (Cargo), Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth (Cargo), Detroit [begins March 2009], Los Angeles, Philadelphia [begins Spring 2010], Portland (Cargo), New York-JFK, Newark, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Washington-Dulles Oceania - Auckland, Melbourne, Saipan [seasonal], Sydney South America - São Paulo-Guarulhos

Destinations by airlines

Airlines and destinations out of Beijing Capital International Airport

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal	Remarks
Aeroflot	Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Novosibirsk[16]	2
Aeroflot-Cargo	Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Novosibirsk[16]	Cargo
Aerosvit Airlines	Kiev-Boryspil	2
airberlin	Düsseldorf	2
AirBridgeCargo Airlines	Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, St. Petersburg[16]	Cargo
Air Algérie	Algiers [begins in 2008] [17]	3E
Air Astana	Almaty	2
Air China (Domestic)	Baotou, Changchun, Changde, Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Dandong, Daxian, Datong, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Jiamusi, Jinggangshan, Jiuzhaigou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Mianyang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Ningbo, Ordos, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tongliao, Urumqi, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xiangfan, Xilinhot, Xining, Xuzhou, Yancheng, Yanji, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yuncheng, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai	3C
Air China (International)	Athens, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Busan, Daegu, Delhi, Dubai, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jakarta, Kaohsiung (cross-strait charter), Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid, Malé [seasonal], Manchester [begins March 2009], Melbourne, Milan-Malpensa [begins October 2009], Moscow-Sheremetyevo,[16] Munich, Nagoya-Centrair, New York-JFK, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pyongyang, Rome-Fiumicino, Saipan [seasonal], San Francisco, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Sapporo-Chitose, Sendai, Seoul-Incheon, Singapore, Stockholm-Arlanda, St. Petersburg, Sydney, Taipei-Taoyuan (cross-strait charter), Toronto-Pearson [begins March 2009], Tokyo-Narita, Ulaanbaatar, Vancouver, Vienna [begins October 2009], Warsaw [begins October 2008], Washington-Dulles [begins March 2009], Yangon, Zurich [begins March 2009]	3E
Air China Cargo	Anchorage, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Portland (OR)	Cargo
Air Canada	Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver	3E
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle	2
Air Koryo	Pyongyang	2
Air Macau	Macau	3E
Air New Zealand	Auckland [begins July 18]	3E
All Nippon Airways	Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita	3E
Air Zimbabwe	Harare, Singapore	2
American Airlines	Chicago-O'Hare [begins March 25]	3E
Asiana Airlines	Busan, Cheongju, Gwangju, Seoul-Incheon	3E
Austrian Airlines	Vienna	3E
British Airways	London-Heathrow	3E
Cargolux	Luxembourg	Cargo
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong	3E
China Airlines (cross-strait charter)	Taipei-Taoyuan	2
China Eastern Airlines (Domestic)	Changzhou, Dalian, Dunhuang, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Jinghong, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Lijiang, Luoyang, Luzhou, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, Yantai, Yibin, Yinchuan	2
China Eastern Airlines (International)	Delhi, Dhaka, Fukuoka, Jeju, Nagoya-Centrair, Okayama, Osaka-Kansai, Seoul-Incheon, Tokyo-Narita	2
China Southern Airlines (Domestic)	Beihai, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhi, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Heihe, Kunming, Lhasa, Liuzhou, Mohe County, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Nanyang, Ningbo, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shantou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Tongren, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xining, Yanji, Yiwu, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhijiang, Zhuhai	2
China Southern Airlines (International)	Algiers [Pending gov't approval], Amsterdam, Detroit [begins March 2009] [18], Dubai, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Irkutsk, Jakarta, Lagos, London-Heathrow [begins March 2009][18], Manila, Newark [begins July 2009] [18], Phnom Penh, Seoul-Incheon, Tehran-Imam Khomeini	2
Chongqing Airlines	Chongqing	2
Continental Airlines	Newark	2
Dalavia	Khabarovsk[16]	2
Domodedovo Airlines	Moscow-Domodedovo[16]	2
Dragonair	Hong Kong	3E
EgyptAir	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Cairo	3E
El Al	Tel Aviv	3E
Emirates Airline	Dubai	3E
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa, Delhi	2
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi	3E
EVA Air (cross-strait charter)	Taipei-Taoyuan	3E
FedEx Express	Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai-Pudong	Cargo
Finnair	Helsinki	3E
Garuda Indonesia	Jakarta, Singapore	2
Grand China Air	Dalian, Guilin, Harbin, Nanchang, Nanning, Sanya	1
Grand China Express Air	Chifeng, Ulanhot, Weifang, Yan'an, Yulin	1
Hainan Airlines (Domestic)	Baotou, Changsha, Changzhi, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dongying, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Hefei, Hohhot, Jiamusi, Kunming, Lanzhou, Manzhouli, Mudanjiang, Ningbo, Qiqihar, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Xi'an, Xiamen, Yichang, Yinchuan, Zhangjiajie	1
Hainan Airlines (International)	Algiers [Begins 2008], Berlin-Tegel [begins September 5, 2008], Brussels, Budapest, Chicago-O'Hare [begins June 2009] [19], Dubai, Geneva [awaiting gov't approval], Luanda [pending gov't approval], Novosibirsk,[16] Newark [begins October 2009] [20], Osaka-Kansai, Seattle/Tacoma, St. Petersburg, Taipei-Songshan (cross-strait charter), Toronto-Pearson [begins October 2008][21]	2
Hong Kong Express Airways	Hong Kong	2
Iran Air	Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tokyo-Narita	2
Japan Airlines	Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita	3E
KLM	Amsterdam	2
Korean Air	Busan, Daegu, Jeju [seasonal], Seoul-Incheon	2
Korean Air Cargo	Seoul-Incheon	Cargo
KrasAir	Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk[16]	2
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich	3E
Malaysia Airlines	Kuala Lumpur	2
Malaysia Airlines Kargo	Kuala Lumpur	Cargo
MIAT Mongolian Airlines	Ulaanbaatar	2
Northeast Airlines (China)	Chaoyang, Shenyang	2
Northwest Airlines	Seattle/Tacoma [begins March 2][22], Tokyo-Narita	2
Pakistan International Airlines	Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Tokyo-Narita	2
Philippine Airlines	Manila	2
Qantas	Sydney	3E
Qatar Airways	Doha	3E
Rossiya	St. Petersburg[16]	2
S7 Airlines	Irkutsk, Novosibirsk[16]	3E
SAS Cargo Group	Copenhagen, Shanghai-Pudong, Stockholm-Arlanda	Cargo
SAT Airlines	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	2
Saudi Arabian Airlines	Jeddah, Riyadh	2
Scandinavian Airlines System	Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda	3E
Shandong Airlines	Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai	3C
Shanghai Airlines	Jiujiang, Nanjing, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Xi'an	3C
Shenzhen Airlines	Huangyan, Nanning, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Wenzhou, Wuxi	2
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu, Chongqing, Kunming, Wanzhou	3C
Singapore Airlines	Singapore	3E
Singapore Airlines Cargo	Singapore	Cargo
SriLankan Airlines	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Colombo	2
TESIS Aviation Enterprise	Kemerovo, Novosibirsk[16]	Cargo
Thai Airways International	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi	3E
Turkmenistan Airlines	Ashgabat	2
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul-Atatürk	3E
United Airlines	Chicago-O'Hare, San Francisco, Washington-Dulles	3E
US Airways	Philadelphia [begins Spring 2010]	3E
Uzbekistan Airways	Tashkent	2
Vietnam Airlines	Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City	2
Vladivostok Air	Vladivostok[16]	2
Volga-Dnepr	Krasnoyarsk[16]	Cargo
Xiamen Airlines	Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Zhoushan	2

Connections

Connections by Road

The airport was remote when it was first built, with a narrow road serving it from Sanyuanqiao. In the early 1990s, a 20 km stretch of toll expressway -- the Airport Expressway -- connecting downtown Beijing from the Northeastern 3rd Ring Road at Sanyuanqiao directly to the airport -- was opened.

By 2008, four expressways will link to the airport:

• Airport Expressway, from the south
• 2nd Airport Expressway, from the east (southeast)
• Northern Airport Line, from the northwest
• Litian Expressway, from the east

All of these expressways, except for the Airport Expressway are under construction.

Connections by Rail/Urban Public Transit

There are no light rail or underground routes serving the airport at this point in time; however, the Airport Extension to the Beijing subway began construction in 2005 and is set to be completed on June 30, 2008, in time for the 2008 Olympics. Buses run from the airport to many parts of the city.

See also

• Beijing Nanyuan Airport
• China's busiest airports by traffic movements
• China's busiest airports by passenger traffic
• China's busiest airports by cargo traffic
• List of airports in the People's Republic of China
• Megaproject

References

External links

• Beijing Capital International Airport Co. Ltd.
• Official website (Simplified Chinese, with English version)
• Airport information for ZBAA at World Aero Data

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