Beijing Capital International Airport

Beijing Capital International Airport

北京首都国际机场
Aerial view of the airport in December 2022
  • IATA: PEK
  • ICAO: ZBAA
  • WMO: 54511
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorBeijing Capital International Airport Company Limited
ServesJing-Jin-Ji Beijing
LocationShunyi, Beijing, China
Opened1 March 1958 (1958-03-01)
Hub for
  • Air China
  • Hainan Airlines
  • SF Airlines
Focus city for
  • Sichuan Airlines
  • Shenzhen Airlines
  • Shandong Airlines
Elevation AMSL116 ft / 35 m
Coordinates40°04′21″N 116°35′51″E / 40.07250°N 116.59750°E / 40.07250; 116.59750
Websitewww.bcia.com.cn
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Map
PEK/ZBAA
Location in Beijing
PEK/ZBAA
Location in China
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18L/36R 3,810 12,500 Asphalt
18R/36L 3,445 11,302 Asphalt
01/19 3,810 12,500 Concrete[1]
Statistics (2024)
Passengers67,367,428
Aircraft movements433,572
Cargo (metric tons)1,443,286
Statistics from Airports Council International,[2] China's busiest airports by passenger traffic by CAAC[3]

Beijing Capital International Airport (IATA: PEK, ICAO: ZBAA) is the busier of the two international airports serving Beijing, the capital city of China (the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport). The airport is located 32 km (20 mi) northeast of downtown Beijing, in an exclave of Chaoyang and the surroundings of that exclave in suburban Shunyi.[4] 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. The facility covers an area of 1,480 hectares (3,657 acres) of airport property.[5]

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  2. ^ "Preliminary world airport traffic rankings". 13 March 2019. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  3. ^ 2018年民航机场生产统计公报 (in Chinese). Civil Aviation Administration of China. 5 March 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  4. ^ Map from Maptown.cn. (Archive)
  5. ^ "Beijing Capital Int'l Airport Facts and Figures". reduper.com. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.