Beijing Capital International Airport
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Beijing Capital International Airport (IATA: PEK, ICAO: ZBAA) is the main international airport serving Beijing . It is located 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Beijing 's city center, in an enclave of Chaoyang District and the surroundings of that enclave in suburban Shunyi District. The airport is owned and operated by the Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited, a state-controlled company. The airport's IATA Airport Code, PEK, is based on the city's former romanized name, Peking.
Beijing Capital has rapidly ascended in rankings of the world's busiest airports in the past decade. It had become the busiest airport in Asia in terms of passenger traffic and total traffic movements by 2009. As of 2012, Beijing Capital International Airport is the second busiest airport in the world in terms of passenger throughput behind Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The airport registered 557,167 aircraft movements (take-offs and landings), which ranked 6th in the world in 2012. In terms of cargo traffic, Beijing airport has also witnessed rapid growth. By 2012, the airport had become the 13th busiest airport in the world by cargo traffic, registering 1,787,027 tonnes
Beijing Capital International Airport is the main hub for Air China, the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China, which flies to around 120 destinations (excluding cargo) from Beijing . Hainan and China Southern Airlines also use the airport as their hub.
To accommodate the growing traffic volume, Beijing Capital added the enormous Terminal 3 in 2008 in time for the Olympic Games, the second largest airport terminal in the world after Dubai International Airport's Terminal 3, and the fifth largest building in the world by area.
Ranks in China Biggest 100 Airports
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 th | 1 th | 1 th | 1 th | 1 th | 1 th | 1 th | 1 th |
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| 1 th | 1 th | 1 th | 1 th | 1 th | 1 th | 1 th |
Terminal 1 of Capital Airport
Just occupying an area of 60,000 square meters, Terminal 1 of Capital Airport has the longest history originating from January, 1980. While the larger T2 and T3 were put into use successively, T1 has been the operational base for Hainan Airlines' domestic flights. Currently, there is a convenient passage linking T1 and T2, which just takes 5 minutes on foot.
Airline Companies in T1: Beijing-Shanghai Air Express, Deer Jet (JD), Grand China Air Domestic (CN), Hainan Airlines Domestic (HU), Tianjin Airlines (GS)
Terminal 2 of Capital Airport
Covering an area of 336,000 square meters, T2 of Capital Airport was originally built on October, 1995 and put into use on November, 1999. Although it is the extension project for T1, T2 was built much larger than the previous one. Before the opening of T3, it played the vital role in the aerial transportation in China. Currently, T2 is the busiest terminal taking on the domestic airlines to and from Beijing although the Air China in T3 supplies frequent domestic flights. On the other hand, housing over 30 international airlines companies, this terminal is also one of the major ports for passengers to entry into and exit from China.
Terminal 3 of Capital Airport
T3 of Airport has been attracting much public attention since coming into use in 2008. It has a unique modernistic design and is the second largest airport terminal in the world, only after Terminal 3 of the Dubai International Airport. Some 26 national and international airlines have moved into this building that runs 2900 meters long from north to south.
Airport Transportation
Airport Express Train
The Airport Express Line of the Subway serves the airport from Terminal 3 to Terminal 2 and then takes passengers to Dongzhimen via Sanyuanqiao. This line was opened just prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics. It carries passengers to the airport in twenty minutes from the city center, covering a distance of 28 kilometers.
Airport Shuttle Bus
Currently, there are nine different shuttle bus routes connecting the airport with various locations in the downtown area, such as Xidan, Railway Station, West Railway Station, Nanyuan Airport and others.
Airport Intercity Bus
Capital Airport— Tianjin City |
Capital Airport—Tanggu, Tianjin City |
Captial Airport—Langfang City |
Capital Airport—Baoding City |
Capital Airport— Qinhuangdao City |
Capital Airport— Tangshan City |
Airlines and destinations
Please note: this table contains some of the Destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo |
Aeroflot | Seasonal:Khabarovsk |
AirAsia X | Kuala, Lumpur |
Air Algérie | Algiers |
Air Astana | Almaty, Astana |
Air Canada | Toronto-PearsonVancouver |
Aksu , Baotou , Bayannur , Beihai , Changchun , Changsha , Changzhou , Chaoyang , Chengdu , Chifeng , Chongqing , Dalian , Dandong , Daqing , Datong , Dazhou , Fuyang , Fuyuan , Fuzhou , Ganzhou , Guangyuan , Guangzhou , Guilin , Guiyang , Haikou , Hailar , Hami , Hangzhou , Harbin , Hefei , Hohhot , Hotan , Jiamusi , Jieyang , Jingdezhen , Jinggangshan , Jiuzhaigou , Karamay , Kashgar , Korla , Kunming , Lanzhou , Lhasa , Lijiang , Liuzhou , Mianyang , Mudanjiang , Nanchang , Nanjing , Nanning , Nantong , Ningbo , Ordos , Qingdao , Qiqihar , Sanya , ShanghaiHongqiao , ShanghaiPudong , Shenyang , Shenzhen , Taiyuan , Yangzhou , Tonghua , Tongliao , Ulanhot , Urumqi , Weihai , Wenzhou , Wuhai , Wuhan , Wuxi , Xiamen , Xian , Xiangyang , Xilinhot , Xining , Xuzhou , Yancheng , Yangzhou , Yanji , Yantai , Yibin , Yichang , Yinchuan , Yining , Yiwu , Yuncheng , Zhangjiajie , Zhanjiang , Zhengzhou , Zhuhai , Zunyi | |
Addis, Ababa, (resumes 25 October 2015), Astana, (begins 1 June 2015), Athens, Auckland, (resumes 25 October 2015), Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Budapest, Busan, Chiang, Mai, Chita, Daegu, Delhi, Dubai-International, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Geneva, Hakodate, (begins 3 July 2015), Havana, (begins 20 September 2015), Hiroshima, Ho, Chi, Minh, City, HongKong, Honolulu, Houston-Intercontinental, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Jeju, (resumes 12 June 2015), Johannesburg-O.R., Tambo, (begins 30 August 2015), Kuala, Lumpur, (resumes 25 October 2015), London-Heathrow, Los, Angeles, Macau, Madrid, Manila, Medan, Melbourne, (begins 1 June 2015), Milan-Malpensa, Minsk-National, Montréal-Trudeau, (begins 20 September 2015), Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Mumbai, (begins 25 October 2015), Munich, Nagoya-Centrair, Naha, New, York-JFK, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles, de, Gaulle, Phuket, Pyongyang, Rome-Fiumicino, San Francisco, São, Paulo-Guarulhos, Sapporo-Chitose, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul-Incheon, Sendai, Siem, Reap, Singapore, Stockholm-Arlanda, Sydney, Taoyuan , Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita, Ulaanbaatar, Vancouver, Vienna, Washington-Dulles, Yangon | |
Air China | |
Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
Air Koryo | Pyongyang |
Air Mauritius | Mauritius |
All Nippon Airways | Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita |
American Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth |
Asiana Airlines | Busan, Cheongju, Muan, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul-Incheon |
Austrian Airlines | Vienna |
Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku |
Erenhot , Haikou , Hohhot , Jixi , Lanzhou , Lijiang , Sanya , Shenyang , Urumqi , Xiamen , Yichang | |
Cheongju | |
British Airways | London-Heathrow |
Cebu Pacific | Manila |
Baoshan , Baotou , Changchun , Dali , Dalian , Dongying , Dunhuang , Enshi , Hangzhou , Hanzhong , Harbin , Hefei , Huaian , Huangshan , Jiagedaqi , Jiayuguan , Jining , Jixi , Kunming , Lanzhou , Lhasa , Lianyungang , Lijiang , Linyi , Luoyang , Luliang , Luzhou , Mangshi , Nanchang , Nanjing , Ningbo , Puer , Qianjiang , Qingdao , ShanghaiHongqiao , ShanghaiPudong , Shenyang , Taiyuan , Tengchong , Tongliao , Wenzhou , Wuhan , Wuxi , Xian , Xining , Jinghong , Yantai , Yinchuan | |
Delhi, Fukuoka, Jeju, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Saipan, Sydney, Tokyo-Narita | |
Anshan , Beihai , Changbaishan , Changchun , Changde , Changsha , Changzhi , Chengdu , Chongqing , Dalian , Daqing , Ganzhou , Guangzhou , Guilin , Guiyang , Haikou , Hangzhou , Harbin , Heihe , Huaihua , Jieyang , Kunming , Lhasa , Mohe , Nanchong , Nanning , Nanyang , Sanya , ShanghaiHongqiao , Shenyang , Shenzhen , Tongren , Urumqi , Wuhan , Xiamen , (ends 19 May 2015), Xian , Xining , Yanji , Yichun , Yinchuan , Yiwu , Yongzhou , Zhangjiajie , Zhengzhou , Zhuhai , Zunyi | |
Amsterdam, Hong Kong , Manila, (ends 19 May 2015), Phnom, Penh, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul-Incheon, Tashkent | |
China Southern Airlines | |
Delta Air Lines | Detroit, Seattle/Tacoma |
EgyptAir | Cairo |
El Al | TelAviv-BenGurion |
Emirates | Dubai-International |
Ethiopian Airlines | Addis, Ababa |
Etihad Airways | Abu, Dhabi, Nagoya-Centrair |
EVA Air | |
Finnair | Helsinki |
Garuda Indonesia | Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta |
Baotou , Changchun , Changsha , Changzhi , Chengdu , Chongqing , Dalian , Dongying , Fuzhou , Guangzhou , Guiyang , Haikou , Hangzhou , Hohhot , Jiamusi , Kunming , Lanzhou , Manzhouli , Mudanjiang , Nanning , Ningbo , Qiqihar , Sanya , ShanghaiHongqiao , Shenzhen , Urumqi , Weifang , Wenzhou , Wuhai , Wuhan , Xiamen , Xian , Yanan , Yichang , Yulin | |
Almaty, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Berlin-Tegel, Boston, Brussels, Chicago-O'Hare, Denpasar/Bali, Irkutsk, Malé, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Osaka-Kansai, (begins 11 July 2015), Phuket, San, Jose, (CA), (begins 15 June 2015), Seattle/Tacoma, St. Petersburg, Taoyuan , Tel, Aviv-Ben, Gurion, (begins 1 September 2015), Tokyo-Haneda, (begins 3 July 2015), Toronto-Pearson, Yekaterinburg | |
Hawaiian Airlines | Honolulu |
Iran Air | Tehran-Imam, Khomeini |
Japan Airlines | Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita |
Jeju Air | Daegu |
KLM | Amsterdam |
Korean Air | Busan, Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul-Incheon |
LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw-Chopin |
Lufthansa | Frankfurt, Munich |
Mahan Air | Tehran-Imam, Khomeini |
Malaysia Airlines | Kuala, Lumpur |
Mega Maldives | Malé |
MIAT Mongolian Airlines | Ulaanbaatar |
NordStar Airlines | Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo |
Pakistan Int'l Airlines | Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore |
Philippine Airlines | Manila |
Qatar Airways | Doha |
S7 Airlines | Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo, Novosibirsk, Ulan-Ude, Vladivostok, Yakutsk |
Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen |
Jinan , Jiujiang , Qingdao , Weihai , Xiamen , Yantai , Yinchuan | |
Osaka-Kansai, (begins 1 July 2015) | |
Chengdu , Chongqing , Haikou , Kunming , Panzhihua , Wanzhou , Xichang , Zhongwei | |
Singapore Airlines | Singapore |
SriLankan Airlines | Colombo |
Swiss International Air Lines | Zürich |
TAAG Angola Airlines | Luanda |
Thai Airways | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi |
Transaero Airlines | Moscow-Vnukovo |
Turkmenistan Airlines | Ashgabat |
Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
Ukraine Int'l Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil |
United Airlines | Chicago-O'Hare, Newark, San Francisco, Washington-Dulles |
Ural Airlines | Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg |
Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent |
Vietnam Airlines | Hanoi |
Changsha , Fuzhou , Quanzhou , ShanghaiHongqiao , Wuyishan , Xiamen , Zhoushan | |
Yakutia Airlines | Krasnodar, Yakutsk |
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