Beijing Capital International Airport

History

Beijing Airport was opened on 1 March 1958. The airport then consisted of one small terminal building, which still stands to this day, apparently for the use of VIPs and charter flights, along with a single 2,500 m runway on its eastern side, which was extended to 3,200 m in 1966 and 3,800 m in 1982 respectively. Another 3200 m runway on the west was completed in October 1978. On 1 January 1980, a newer, larger Terminal 1 – green in color – opened, with docks for 10 to 12 aircraft. The terminal was larger than the one built in the 1950s but, by the mid-1990s, its size had become inadequate.

The first international flight to China and Beijing Capital International Airport was of Pakistan International Airlines from Islamabad.

In late 1999, to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, the airport underwent a new round of expansion. Terminal 2 opened on 1 November of that year and Terminal 1 was temporarily closed for renovation. 20 September 2004 saw the opening of the renovated Terminal 1 which, at that time, only handled China Southern Airlines' domestic and international flights from Beijing. Other airlines' domestic and international flights still operated in Terminal 2.

More expansion began in 2007. A third runway opened on 29 October 2007, to relieve congestion on the other two runways. Terminal 3 (T3) was completed in February 2008, in time for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. The significant expansion included a rail link to the city center.

At its opening, the new Terminal 3 was the largest man-made structure in the world in terms of area covered, and a major landmark in the developing Chinese capital. The expansion was largely funded by a 30 billion yen loan from Japan and a 500-million-euro (US$625 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The loan was the largest ever granted by the EIB in Asia, and the agreement was signed during the eighth China-EU Summit held in September 2005.

Following the 2008 Summer Olympics and the addition of adding the new terminal building, Beijing Capital overtook Tokyo Haneda as the busiest airport in Asia based on scheduled seat capacity.

Due to limited capacity of Beijing Capital International Airport, plans were announced for the construction of a new airport at Daxing. The project was given final approval on 13 January 2013. Construction began in late 2014 and was completed in 2019. The new Daxing Airport became the Beijing home of China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, and China United Airlines, while Air China and Hainan Airlines remained at Capital.

Terminals

Shuttle buses connect the airport's three terminals. Terminal 2 serves Hainan Airlines and SkyTeam with the exception of China Airlines, Oneworld member SriLankan Airlines, and also other domestic and international flights. Terminal 3, the newest terminal, serves Air China, Star Alliance, Oneworld members with the exception of SriLankan Airlines, plus SkyTeam member China Airlines, and some other domestic and international flights that do not operate from Terminals 2.

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 opened on 1 November 1999, with a floor area of 336000 m2. This terminal was used to replace Terminal 1 while the latter was undergoing renovation, cramping all airlines despite being far bigger than Terminal 1. It can handle twenty aircraft at docks connecting directly to the terminal building. Prior to the opening of Terminal 3, all international flights (and the majority of domestic flights) operated from this terminal. This terminal now houses Hainan Airlines (all international, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan flights), SkyTeam with the exception of China Airlines, which uses Terminal 3, Oneworld member SriLankan Airlines, Air Koryo, and other domestic and international flights other than those operated by Shanghai Airlines, Star Alliance members and Oneworld members. A gate capable of handling the A380 (gate 21) was also built at the terminal. Star Alliance member Air China also uses Terminal 2 for some of its domestic flights.

Terminals 1 and 2 are linked by a public walkway that takes about 10–15 minutes to traverse.

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Westwing Satellite Terminal (formerly Terminal 1)

Terminal 1, with 60000 m2 of space, opened on 1 January 1980, and replaced the smaller existing terminal, which had been in operation since 1958. Terminal 1 was closed for renovation from 1 November 1999 to 20 September 2004, during which all airlines operated from Terminal 2. Featuring 16 gates, it was the operational base for the domestic routes of China Southern Airlines and a few other airlines such as XiamenAir 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 20 May 2008. Terminal 1 reopened for a second time on 27 June 2008, and became the operational base for all domestic flights operated by the HNA Group including those of Hainan Airlines, Grand China Air and Tianjin Airlines, while all HNA Group's international, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan flights remain in Terminal 2.

On 3 May 2020, Terminal 1 temporary closed for reproposing, after Hainan Airlines moved its all domestic routes to Terminal 2. The Terminal 1 was reopened on 1 August 2023 as Westwing Satellite Terminal as part of Terminal 2.

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Terminal 3

Construction of Terminal 3 started on 28 March 2004, and the terminal opened in two stages. Trial operations commenced on 29 February 2008, when seven airlines including El Al, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Shandong Airlines and Sichuan Airlines moved into the terminal. Twenty other airlines followed when the terminal became fully operational on 26 March 2008. Currently, it mainly houses Air China, Star Alliance, Oneworld with the exception of SriLankan Airlines, which uses Terminal 2, SkyTeam member China Airlines, and other domestic and international flights that are not operated from Terminal 2. Star Alliance members LOT Polish Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, United Airlines, Air Canada, Turkish Airlines, Thai Airways International, Singapore Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines and Air China use Terminal 3-E as part of the Move Under One Roof program to co-locate alliance members.

Terminal 3 was designed by a consortium of Netherlands Airport Consultants (NACO), Foster + Partners, Arup and the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD). Lighting was designed by UK lighting architects Speirs and Major Associates. The budget for the expansion is US$3.5 billion. Much larger in size and scale than the other two terminals, Terminal 3 was the largest airport terminal-building complex in the world to be built in a single phase, with 986000 m2 in total floor area at its opening.

At the time of its opening, Terminal 3 was the largest airport passenger terminal building in the world. Its title as the world's largest passenger terminal was surrendered on 14 October 2008 to Dubai International Airport's Terminal 3, which has 1713000 m2 of floor space.

On 20 July 2013, a man in a wheelchair detonated small homemade explosives in Terminal 3 of the Beijing International Airport. The bomber, reported to be Ji Zhongxing, was injured and taken to a hospital for his injuries. No other people were hurt.

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System, security and luggage

Terminal 3 has a 300000 m2 transportation hub with a 7,000-car garage. The transportation center has designated traffic lanes for airport buses, taxis, and private vehicles. Travelers bound for T3 can exit their vehicles and enter T3 within five minutes. There is also a station for the Capital Airport Express of the Beijing Subway.

Terminal 3 has 243 elevators, escalators or moving walkways.

One of Terminal 3's highlights is the US$240 million luggage-transfer systems. The luggage system is equipped with yellow carts, each of which has a code that matches the bar code on every piece of luggage loaded and allows easy and accurate tracking. More than 200 cameras are 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 of the 292 counters in Terminal 3C, it can be transferred at a speed of ten meters per second. Hence, a suitcase 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.

Besides X-ray scanners, additional equipment is used to conduct baggage screening. Passengers will be able to check-in their luggage at the airport from several hours to even a day before their flights. The airport will store the luggage in its luggage system and then load it on the correct aircraft.

Appearance

The highest building at the airport, a 98.3 m monitoring tower, stands at the southern end of T3. The roof of T3 is red, the Chinese color for good luck. The terminal's 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. The roof is light orange in the center. The color deepens as the roof extends to the sides in T3E and goes the other way round in T3C.

The roof of T3 has dozens of triangular windows to let in the daylight. Light angles can be adjusted to ensure adequate interior lighting. Many traditional Chinese elements will be employed in the terminal's 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.

An indoor garden in the T3E waiting area is built 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 provide food ranging from formal dishes to fast food, from Chinese to Western, and from bakery goods to ice cream. Airport officials have promised that people who buy products at the airport will find the same prices in central Beijing. In addition to food and beverage areas, there is a 16200 m2 domestic retail area, a 12600 m2 duty-free-store area and a nearly 7200 m2 convenience-service area, which includes banks, business centers, Internet services and more. At 45200 m2, the commercial area is twice the size of Beijing's Lufthansa Shopping Center.

The terminal provides 72 aerobridges or jetways and is further complemented with remote parking bays that bring the total number of gates to 150. Terminal 3 comes with an additional runway. It increases BCIA's total capacity by 72 million passengers per year to approximately 90 million.

Airbus A380

The terminal has gates and a nearby runway that can handle the Airbus A380. This capability was proven when Singapore Airlines briefly offered A380 flights to Beijing in August 2008 during the Summer Olympics. Emirates started its scheduled daily operation to Dubai on 1 August 2010. Singapore Airlines has been using an A380 since June 2014 and increased to two A380s in 2015. China Southern Airlines operated two flights to Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, Chongqing Jiangbei Airport, and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport starting from 2011, 2013, and 2015 before retiring them in 2023. Lufthansa has been using these facilities since October 2010 to handle up to five A380 flights per week.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

| Air Algérie | Algiers | Air Astana | Almaty | Air Canada | Vancouver | Air China | Aksu, Almaty, Astana, Athens, Auckland, Abu Dhabi, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Baotou, Barcelona, Bayannur, Beihai, Brussels (begins 24 March 2026), Budapest, Busan, Cairo, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhi, Changzhou, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chiang Mai, Chita, Chongqing, Copenhagen, Dali, Dalian, Dandong, Daqing, Dazhou, Dhaka, Dubai–International, Dunhuang, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Fuyang, Fuyuan, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Geneva, Guangyuan, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hami, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Harbin, Havana, Hefei, Hengyang, Hiroshima, Ho Chi Minh City, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Hotan, Huangshan, Huizhou, Irkutsk, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Jeju, Jiamusi, Jiansanjiang, Jieyang, Jingdezhen, Jinggangshan, Jiuzhaigou, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Karachi, Karamay, Kashgar, Korla, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lianyungang, Lijiang, Linfen, Lishui, Liupanshui, Liuzhou, London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Lüliang, Madrid, Manila, Melbourne, Mianyang, Milan–Malpensa, Minsk, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Mudanjiang, Munich, Nagoya–Centrair, Naha, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, New York–JFK, Ningbo, Nyingchi, Ordos, Osaka–Kansai, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Qingdao, Qiqihar, Quzhou, Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino, San Francisco, Sanya, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Sapporo–Chitose, Sendai, Seoul–Gimpo, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shangrao, Shaoyang, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shiyan, Singapore, Songyuan, Stockholm–Arlanda, Suifenhe, Sydney, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Taizhou, Tashkent, Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita, Tonghua, Tongliao, Toronto–Pearson, Tumxuk, Ulaanbaatar, Ulanhot, Ürümqi, Vancouver, Vienna, Vladivostok, Warsaw–Chopin, Washington–Dulles, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xichang, Xilinhot, Xining, Yan'an, Yancheng, Yangon, Yangzhou, Yanji, Yantai, Yibin, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yining, Yiwu, Yuncheng, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai, Zunyi–Maotai | Air China Inner Mongolia | Xiamen | Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle | Air Koryo | Pyongyang | Air Macau | Macau | All Nippon Airways | Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Haneda | Asiana Airlines | Seoul–Gimpo, Seoul–Incheon | Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku | Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong | China Airlines | Taipei–Taoyuan | China Eastern Airlines | Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong | Dalian Airlines | Dalian, Xiamen, Xi'an | Egyptair | Cairo | Emirates | Dubai–International | Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa | EVA Air | Taipei–Taoyuan | Fuzhou Airlines | Fuzhou | Grand China Air | Anqing, Hailar, Harbin, Jiujiang, Manzhouli, Yinchuan | Hainan Airlines | Altay, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Belgrade, Berlin, Boston, Brussels, Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Dalian, Dongying, Dublin, Edinburgh, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Holingol, Irkutsk, Jiamusi, Jixi, Kashgar, Lanzhou, Longnan, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Nanchang, Nanning, Osaka–Kansai, Oslo, Phuket, Prague, Qianjiang, Qionghai, Saint Petersburg, Sanya, Seattle/Tacoma, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tel Aviv, Tijuana, Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita, Toronto–Pearson, Ürümqi, Vladivostok, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yichang, Yueyang, Yulin (Guangxi), Yulin (Shaanxi), Zhangye | Hong Kong Airlines | Hong Kong | Iraqi Airways | Baghdad, Basra | Japan Airlines | Tokyo–Haneda | Jeju Air | Jeju | KLM | Amsterdam | Korean Air | Busan, Jeju, Seoul–Gimpo, Seoul–Incheon | Kunming Airlines | Kunming | Loong Air | Hangzhou | Lucky Air | Kunming | Lufthansa | Munich | Mahan Air | Tehran–Imam Khomeini | Maldivian | Malé | MIAT Mongolian Airlines | Ulaanbaatar | Pakistan International Airlines | Islamabad | Philippine Airlines | Manila | Shandong Airlines | Fuzhou, Qingdao, Xiamen, Yantai, Zhuhai | Shenzhen Airlines | Chengdu–Tianfu, Guangzhou, Nanning, Nantong, Quanzhou, Shenzhen, Wuxi, Xiangyang, Yichun (Jiangxi) | Sichuan Airlines | Cairo, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Kashgar, Zhongwei | Singapore Airlines | Singapore | Spring Airlines Japan | Tokyo–Narita | SriLankan Airlines | Colombo–Bandaranaike | Thai Airways International | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi | Tibet Airlines| Chengdu–Shuangliu, Lhasa, Qamdo | Turkish Airlines | Istanbul | Turkmenistan Airlines | Ashgabat | United Airlines | Los Angeles, San Francisco | Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent | Vietnam Airlines | Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang

Cargo

| AirBridgeCargo | Moscow–Sheremetyevo | Air China Cargo | Amsterdam, Anchorage, Atlanta, Chicago–O'Hare, Frankfurt, Glasgow–Prestwick, Los Angeles, Munich, Nanjing, New York–JFK, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Narita | Air Koryo Cargo | Pyongyang | Asiana Cargo | Seoul–Incheon | Cargolux | Luxembourg | China Airlines Cargo | Taipei–Taoyuan | China Cargo Airlines | Shanghai–Pudong | China Postal Airlines | Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen | DHL Aviation operated by Air Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Etihad Cargo | Abu Dhabi, Almaty | EVA Air Cargo | Taipei–Taoyuan | FedEx Express | Osaka–Kansai, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong | Garuda Cargo | Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta | Korean Air Cargo | Seoul–Incheon | Lufthansa Cargo | Frankfurt | SF Airlines | Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Macau, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Wuxi | Singapore Airlines Cargo | Singapore | Suparna Airlines Cargo | Hangzhou, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen

Ground transportation

Intraterminal transportation

Terminal 3 consists of three sub-concourses. Both domestic and international travellers check in at concourse T3C. Gates for domestic flights are in T3C, and gates for domestic flights operated by Air China are also located in concourse T3D. All international, Hong Kong, and Macau, and Taiwan flights are handled in concourse T3E.

In conjunction with the construction of the new terminal, Bombardier Transportation installed a 2 km automated people mover which connects T3C and T3E via T3D in a 2–5-minute one-way trip. The line uses Innovia APM 100 vehicles running at 6-minute intervals at a maximum speed of 55 km/h.

New Innovia APM 300 vehicles were being delivered to Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 People Mover in July 2021.

Interterminal transportation

The airport provides a free interterminal shuttle bus between Terminals 1/2 and 3. They operate every 10 minutes from 6 am to 11 pm, and every 30 minutes from 11 pm until 6 am. Terminals 1 and 2 are connected by a lengthy corridor.

Rail

Main article: Capital Airport Express

Beijing Capital International Airport is served by the Capital Airport Express, a dedicated rail link operated as part of the Beijing Subway system. The 30.0 km line runs from Terminal 3 to Terminal 2 and then to the city with stops at Sanyuanqiao and Dongzhimen before ending at Beixinqiao. The line opened on 19 July 2008, in time for the 2008 Summer Olympics, while a one-stop extension to Beixinqiao station was opened on 31 December 2021. A one-way trip takes approximately 16–20 minutes.

Bus

Main article: Beijing Capital Airport Bus

There are 18 bus routes to and from points throughout the city including Xidan, Beijing railway station, Beijing South railway station, Beijing West railway station, Zhongguancun, Fangzhuang and Shangdi. The airport buses run to each of the three terminals and cost up to ¥30 per ride depending on the route. The airport buses accept only paper tickets that are sold at each terminal and certain bus stops in the city. The airport also offers intercity bus services to and from neighboring cities including Tianjin, Qinhuangdao, Baoding, Langfang and Tangshan.

Car

The airport is accessible by four expresses tollways, two of which run directly from northeastern Beijing to the airport. The other two connect to the airport from nearby highways.

• The Airport Expressway is a 20 km toll road that runs from the northeastern 3rd Ring Road at Sanyuanqiao directly to Terminals 1 and 2. It was built in the 1990s and has served as the primary road connection to the city.
• The 2nd Airport Expressway, opened in 2008, is a 15.6 km toll road that runs east from Yaojiayuan Lu at the eastern 5th Ring Road and then north to Terminal 3.
• The Northern Airport Line, opened in 2006, is an 11.3 km toll road that runs east from the Jingcheng Expressway to Terminals 1 and 2.
• The Southern Airport Line, opened in 2008, is a toll road that runs parallel and to the south of the Northern Airport Line from the Jingcheng Expressway to the eastern Sixth Ring Road at the Litian Bridge. This highway crosses the Airport Expressway and 2nd Airport Expressway, and enables drivers on the former to reach Terminal 3 and the latter to head to Terminals 1 and 2.

Accolades

• 2009 – first on the ranking of the World's Best Airport by Condé Nast Traveler magazine, based on its satisfaction survey.
• 2011 – third Best Airport Worldwide of the Airport Service Quality Awards by Airports Council International.
• 2011–2022 – ACI Director General's Roll of Excellence by Airports Council International
• 2020, 2021 – best airport in the Asia-Pacific serving over 40 million passengers per year by Airports Council International
• 2021 – best hygiene measures in the Asia-Pacific by Airports Council International
• 2021 – Voice of the Customer by Airports Council International

Statistics

Climate

Other facilities

Beijing Capital Airlines has its headquarters in the Capital Airlines Building () at the airport.

Accidents and incidents at or near PEK

On December 5, 1968, the airport was the site of two fatal accidents in less than 24 hours;

• A Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Ilyushin Il-14 on approach plunged towards the ground for undetermined reasons (possibly wind shear), broke apart and caught fire, and killed 13 out of the 14 occupants on board.
• Another CAAC Ilyushin Il-14 crashed 1.2 km (0.8mls) from PEK during a nighttime approach in poor visibility because of an incorrect altimeter setting and the absence of the flight instructor in the cockpit during the approach. Both occupants died. On August 27, 2019, an Air China Airbus A330 caught fire while parked at the gate during boarding. All 161 passengers and crew evacuated safely, but the aircraft was substantially damaged and written off.

Sister airports

• O'Hare International Airport
• Helsinki Airport
• Hong Kong International Airport
• Los Angeles International Airport
• Manchester Airport
• Munich Airport
• Suvarnabhumi Airport
• Sydney Airport
• Stockholm Arlanda Airport
• Zayed International Airport

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