Beijing Daxing International Airport

Beijing Daxing International Airport (Chinese: 北京大兴机场) or Beijing Capital (Second) International Airport (Chinese: 北京首都第二机场) is a planned new airport serving Beijing . The name of the future airport has not been made official yet.

The airport is to be built in Daxing District, located 46 km (29 mi) south of Tiananmen Square, Beijing's political center. The airport will be located on the southern part of Daxing along the border with Hebei province. The new airport is expected to serve Tianjin and Hebei province as well as Beijing . The airport will cover an area of 2,680 hectares.

The programmed completion date for the new airport is October 2018. A new 37 km (23 mi) high speed rail line is planned which will connect the airport to Beijing South railway station with a journey time of 30 minutes. All flights from Beijing Nanyuan Airport which only China United Airlines operate out of, would be transferred to Daxing.

The airport's master plan has been designed by airport consulting firm NACO and will feature a ground transportation centre providing the airport with public transportation links to high speed rail, metro and inter-airport trains. Other consulting firms are competing to design the termininal building.

Approval for construction

Official approval for construction by the Chinese State Council and officials was given on Sunday, 13 January 2013. It called for an airport to be constructed in the southern part of Daxing, along the Hebei border. No design or plans were released due to ongoing negotiations. It was stated that it would consist of 7 runways, 6 for civilian use and 1 for military purposes. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2018 with a capacity of handling 75 million passengers by 2025. The estimated cost of construction is at least 70 billionRMB (USD$11.2 Billion). 37 km (23 mi) rail link to Beijing South Railway Station has also been included.

Difficulties in getting the airport approved has been laid with dealing with airspace congestion and with the Chinese military maintaining priority over all airspace. Central Military Commission approval was delayed until late 2012, mostly concerning airspace conflicts from the mostly military airport Nanyuan Airport in neighbouring Fengtai district. All civil & commercial flights from Nanyuan airport will transfer to the new airport upon completion.

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