Beijing Capital International Airport
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The Beijing Capital International Airport (Chinese北京 首都 国际 机场, Pinyin Beijing Shoudu Guoji Jichang, Beijing Capital International Airport '), internationally well Beijing Capital International Airport ( BCIA ) called is, 29 kilometers northeast of downtown Beijing, in the area Shunyi, more precisely, within the administrative area of the Chaoyang District. He is in passenger volumes of China's and Asia's largest airport. Terms of passenger traffic, he is after the Atlanta Airport is the second largest airport in the world. On freight, it is the fourteenth largest and the annual flight movements of the twelfth-largest airport in the world.
Transport links
- Metro: The Airport line of Beijing subway runs from the station " Donghzimen " ( access to lines 2 and 13 ) on " Sanyuanqiao " ( after line 10 ) to Terminal 3 and runs through the station " Terminal 2 " back.
- Bus: At the airport, there are six bus routes in different districts.
- Taxi: There are taxi ranks at the outputs of the arrival areas. A taxi ride from Beijing airport to the city center takes about 60 minutes.
- Car: The airport is connected to three toll highways due. For this purpose, there is a 24 -hour valet parking.
Airlines and destinations
The airport is served by numerous national and international forms airlines. Since April 10, 2011 daily A380 flights may take place. So, for example, the German Lufthansa flies daily to Frankfurt now. Initially, the Chinese civil aviation authority had allowed only one A380 flight a week, arguing that problems with the clearance.
Travel facilities
At Beijing airport, there are many restaurants, cafes and bars. Most restaurants offer typical to Asian food, but there are also Western - oriented restaurants. In addition there are various cafes or tea houses.
Five different banks have several counters at the airport. In Terminal 3, there are several money exchange offices.
There are in all terminals several stands with public pay phones or cards, in Terminal 3 with multimedia phones. On them you can also request information or send e -mails. In the Airport business centers, it is also possible to set up a wireless connection to the Internet through the hot spots. This service is free.
In Terminal 3, there are so-called Commercial Center or Airport Business Center where passengers are office spaces available.
In the immediate vicinity of the airport there are several hotels. Information about them can be found in one of the five Information Center of Hotels.
Terminals
Terminal 1
Terminal 1 has an area of 60,000 square meters and was opened on 1 January 1980. From the end of 1999 to 20 September 2004, it was closed for renovations. During this time all flights have been rerouted to the newly opened Terminal 2. Because Sanierarbeiten at the lights Terminal 1 was closed again on 20 May 2008 to 27 June 2008. From Terminal 1 take place mainly domestic flights.
Terminal 2
Terminal 2 opened on 1 November 1999. Due to its high capacity, it could accommodate all flights during the renovation works at Terminal 1. Until the opening of Terminal 3 found all international flights as well as all state held there. Currently, it is home to the China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Air China, Shanghai Airlines. These fly Star Alliance and Skyteam members of Terminal 2. The Oneworld members have moved their entire flights to Terminal 3.
Terminal 3
The awarding of the 2008 Olympic Games to Beijing has pushed a huge investment program in the city and its surrounding infrastructure. Now, even the international Terminal 3 was put together with a third airstrip into operation in February 2008. Thus, the capacity of the airport has abruptly almost doubled from 35 million to 60 million passengers per year. It was completed on 23 November 2007 and inaugurated on 29 February 2008. The steel and glass structure of the star architect Norman Foster extends over 1.3 million square meters, and thus is considered the largest building in the world (as of 2013). The cost to the equivalent of 1.8 billion euros.
First, use six Chinese and foreign carriers to Terminal 3, can run on its tracks and the Airbus A380 and land. Other lines have been added to the start of the Olympic Games on August 8. The northern part of the terminal is provided for the International, the southern part of national and regional flights. Both parts ( between these there is a small control building ) are connected with a simple monorail. According to airport management, the construction time for terminal, runway and most of the associated infrastructure was less than four years .. The airport now has 137 runways, 114 passenger boarding bridges and 314 parking spaces for aircraft. The baggage conveyor belts extend over a total length of 68 kilometers. It can be 19,200 pieces of luggage per hour. The terminal has 300 check- in desks and 64 restaurants and 90 shops. In the parking garage are over 7,000 parking spaces available.
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
New
In 2011 it was announced that an even larger airport, the airport Beijing Daxing, is being planned. It is south of the city center built in the city Daxing District, and is up to eight start and runways and be designed for up to 120 million passengers. He expected to be completed in 2018 and would be the world's largest airport.