Beijing Capital International Airport

Beijing Capital International Airport 北京首都国际机场 Běijīng Shǒudū Guójì Jīchǎng
IATA: PEK ICAO: ZBAA WMO: 54511
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited
Serves	Beijing
Location	Chaoyang-Shunyi
Hub for	Air China China Eastern Airlines China Southern Airlines Hainan Airlines
Focus city for	S7 Airlines Shandong Airlines Shenzhen Airlines
Elevation AMSL	116 ft / 35 m
Coordinates	40°04′21″N 116°35′51″E / 40.07250°N 116.59750°E / 40.07250; 116.59750Coordinates: 40°04′21″N 116°35′51″E / 40.07250°N 116.59750°E / 40.07250; 116.59750
Website	en.bcia.com.cn
Map
PEK 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
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 90,130,390 Aircraft movements 581,773 Tonnes of cargo 1,831,167 Economic & social impact $6.5 billion & 571.7 thousand
Statistics from Airports Council International,China's busiest airports by passenger traffic

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 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. China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines and China Southern Airlines also use the airport as their hub.

Beijing Capital added Terminal 3 in 2008 in time for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, the second largest airport terminal in the world after Dubai International Airport's Terminal 3, and the sixth largest building in the world by area. Beijing Capital International Airport covers 1480 hectares of land.

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. It has been the world's second busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic since 2010. The airport registered 557,167 aircraft movements (take-offs and landings), ranking 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.