Beijing Airport
| Beijing Shoudu Guoji Jichang 北京 首都 国际 机场 |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | ZBAA |
| IATA code | PEK |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 35 m (115 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 29 km northeast of Beijing |
| Basic data | |
| opening | March 2, 1958 |
| operator | BCIA |
| surface | 961 ha |
| Terminals | 3 |
| Passengers | 95,786,442 (2017) |
| Air freight | 2,029,584 t (2017) |
| Flight movements |
597,259 (2017) |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
82,000,000 |
| Runways | |
| 18R / 36L | 3200 m × 50 m asphalt |
| 18L / 36R | 3800 m × 60 m asphalt |
| 01/19 | 3800 m × 60 m asphalt |
The Beijing airport ( Chinese 北京首都国际机场 , Pinyin Běijīng Shǒudū Guoji Jīchǎng - "Capital International Airport Beijing"), international and Beijing Capital International Airport ( BCIA called), located 29 kilometers northeast from downtown Beijing , the area Shunyi , more precisely, within the administrative area of the city district Chaoyang . It is the largest airport in China and Asia in terms of passenger volume and, after Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport , the second largest airport in the world. It is the fifteenth largest airport in the world in terms of freight volume and the fifth largest in terms of annual flight movements. He also serves as the most important and largest hub of Air China .
Transport links
- Subway: The airport line of the Beijing subway runs from the station " Dongzhimen " (connection to lines 2 and 13) via " Sanyuanqiao " (connection to line 10) to Terminal 3 and leads via the station " Terminal 2 " back.
- Bus: There are six bus routes to various parts of the city at the airport .
- Taxi: There are taxi ranks at the exits of the arrival areas . A taxi from Beijing Airport to the city center takes approximately 60 minutes.
- Car: The airport is connected to three toll roads . There is also a 24-hour valet parking service.
Airlines and Destinations
The airport is served by numerous national and international airlines. Daily A380 flights have been permitted since April 10, 2011 . For example, German Lufthansa now flies to Munich every day. Hainan Airlines flies to Berlin-Tegel several times a week . Emirates flies daily to Dubai and China Southern Airlines to Guangzhou. Initially, the Chinese civil aviation authority only allowed one A380 flight per week and justified this with handling problems.
Travel facilities
There are many restaurants, cafes, and bars at Beijing Airport. Most restaurants offer typical Asian food, but there are also more western-oriented restaurants. There are also various cafés or tea houses.
Five different banks have several counters at the airport. There are also several money exchange offices in Terminal 3 .
There are several stands with public coin or card phones in all terminals, and in Terminal 3 there are also multimedia phones. You can also use them to obtain information or send e-mails. In the Airport Business Centers , it is also possible to establish a wireless connection to the Internet via the hot spots . This service is free.
In Terminal 3 there are so-called Commercial Centers or Airport Business Centers in which office areas are available to passengers.
There are several hotels in the immediate vicinity of the airport . Information about them can be found in one of the five information centers of hotels .
Terminals
Terminal 1
Terminal 1 has an area of 60,000 m² and was opened on January 1, 1980. From the end of 1999 to September 20, 2004 it was closed for renovations. During this time, all flights were diverted to the newly opened Terminal 2. Terminal 1 was closed again from May 20, 2008 to June 27, 2008 due to renovation work on the lighting. Mainly domestic flights take place from Terminal 1.
Terminal 2
Terminal 2 opened on November 1, 1999. Due to its high capacity, it was able to accommodate all flights during the renovation work on Terminal 1. Until Terminal 3 opened, all international and national flights took place there. It is currently home to China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Air China, and Shanghai Airlines. Star Alliance and Skyteam members also fly from Terminal 2. The Oneworld -members have moved their entire flight to the terminal. 3
Terminal 3
The award of the 2008 Olympic Games to Beijing kicked off a huge investment program in the city and its surrounding infrastructure. In February 2008, for example, the international Terminal 3 was put into operation together with a third runway. This means that the airport's capacity has almost doubled from 35 to 60 million passengers per year. It was completed on November 23, 2007 and inaugurated on February 29, 2008. The steel and glass construction by the architect Norman Foster extends over 1.3 million square meters, making it the largest building in the world (as of 2013). The costs amount to the equivalent of 1.8 billion euros.
Initially, six Chinese and foreign airlines are using Terminal 3, on whose runways the Airbus A380 can take off and land. Other lines were added until the start of the Olympic Games on August 8th. The northern part of the terminal is intended for international flights, the southern part for national and regional flights. Both parts (between these there is a small control building) are connected with a simple monorail . According to the airport management, the construction time for the terminal, runway and most of the associated infrastructure was less than four years. The airport now has 137 taxiways , 114 passenger boarding bridges and 314 aircraft parking spaces. The luggage conveyor belts extend over a total of 68 kilometers. 19,200 pieces of luggage can be transported in one hour. The terminal has over 300 check-in counters as well as 64 restaurants and 90 shops. There are over 7000 parking spaces available in the multi-storey car park.
Passenger numbers
- 2000: 20 million
- 2004: 30 million
- 2006: 48.5 million
- 2007: 53.7 million
- 2008: 64 million
- 2009: 65.37 million
- 2010: 73.9 million
- 2011: 77.7 million
- 2012: 81.8 million
- 2017: 95.8 million
- 2018: 100.98 million
New building
In 2011, plans for the even larger Beijing Daxing Airport became known. It was built in the Daxing district to the south of the city center and will have up to eight runways and be designed for up to 120 million passengers. The first expansion phase should be completed on June 15, 2019 and opened in September 2019.
Trivia
Beijing Airport is the second airport after Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport to handle 100 million passengers in one year.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Passenger traffic for past 12 months. January 8, 2019, accessed April 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Cargo Traffic 2017 FINAL (Annual). ACI , January 8, 2019, accessed April 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Aircraft Movements 2017 FINAL (Annual). ACI , January 8, 2019, accessed April 20, 2019 .
- ↑ http://www.airliners.de/verkehr/netzwerkplanung/peking-erlaubt-taegliche-a380-fluege/23770
- ↑ Beijing Airport, the largest building in the world. Die Welt , accessed June 12, 2013 .
- ↑ Beijing Airport: The dragon opens its mouth. Spiegel Online , accessed June 12, 2013 .
- ^ Third runway for the Olympics. Focus Online , October 29, 2007, accessed June 12, 2013 .
- ↑ China: New Beijing airport is being built in a hurry - WELT. In: THE WORLD. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
- ↑ First plane lands in Beijing Daxing. aero.de, January 28, 2019, accessed on March 3, 2019 (German).
Web links
- Beijing Airport Official Website
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- “Beijing Air Terminal Goes All Out for the Games” , New York Times , May 2, 2008, with photo gallery and video
- Terminal 3 on welt.de