Beijing Daxing International Airport , is one of two
international airports
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serving
Beijing
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, the other one being
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). It is located northeast of Beijing's city center, in an exclave of Chaoyang District ...
(PEK).
It is located on the border of
Beijing
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and
Langfang, Hebei Province. It has been nicknamed "the
starfish
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." It was completed on June 30, 2019, and began operations on September 26, 2019.
The airport is south of
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square or Tian'anmen Square (; 天安门广场; Pinyin: ''Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng''; Wade–Giles: ''Tʻien1-an1-mên2 Kuang3-chʻang3'') is a city square in the city center of Beijing, China, named after the eponymous Tiananmen (" ...
, west of downtown
Langfang
Langfang () is a prefecture-level city of Hebei Province, which was known as Tianjin Prefecture until 1973. It was renamed Langfang Prefecture after Tianjin became a municipality and finally upgraded into a prefecture-level city in 1988. Lang ...
, northeast of
Xiong'an New Area
Xiong'an New Area () is a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, China. Established in April 2017, the area is located about 100 km southwest of Beijing and 50 km east of downtown Baoding. Its main function is to serve as ...
, and south of
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). It is located northeast of Beijing's city center, in an exclave of Chaoyang District ...
, and serves
Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. It is a hub for
SkyTeam
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alliance airlines and some
Oneworld
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members, while
Hainan Airlines
Hainan Airlines Co., Ltd. (HNA, ) is an airline headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China. The airline is rated as a 5-star airline by Skytrax. It is the largest civilian-run and majority state-owned air transport company, ma ...
and most
Star Alliance
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members have remained at
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). It is located northeast of Beijing's city center, in an exclave of Chaoyang District ...
.
After almost five years of construction, the
CN¥
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80 billion (US$11.4 billion) facility features a
terminal
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* Terminal (electronics), a device for joining electrical circuits together
* Terminal (telecommunication), a device communicating over a line
* Computer terminal, a set of primary input and output devic ...
, the world's largest single-building airport terminal, and sits on of land. The airport won awards for best hygiene measures and best in size and region in 2020, and both awards plus Voice of the Customer in 2021 by
Airports Council International
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.
Development history
A third airport for Beijing was proposed in 2008.
By 2012, the existing
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). It is located northeast of Beijing's city center, in an exclave of Chaoyang District ...
was running at near its full design capacity.
Initial proposals
Early media reports in September 2011 suggested that there could be up to nine runways at the new airport: eight runways for civil aviation plus one runway dedicated to military usage.
It would replace
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). It is located northeast of Beijing's city center, in an exclave of Chaoyang District ...
(which had 83 million passengers in 2013, second most in the world) as the main airport of Beijing, and be the largest in China. The airport was planned to be able to handle 120 to 200 million passengers a year, which, if capacity were fully used, would make it the
world's busiest airport by passenger traffic, surpassing
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport , also known as Atlanta Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport, Atlanta Airport, Hartsfield, Hartsfield–Jackson and, formerly, as the Atlanta Municipal Airport, is the primary internatio ...
by far.
Approval for construction
Official approval for construction by National Development and Reform Commission on December 22, 2014. It called for an airport to be constructed in the southern part of
Daxing District
Daxing District () is a district of Beijing, covering the southern suburbs of the city. It borders the Beijing districts of Tongzhou to the east/northeast, Fangshan to the west, Fengtai to the northwest, Chaoyang to the northeast, and the Hebe ...
of Beijing, along the border of Beijing and
Hebei
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Province. 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 has been completed as of September 2019
with a capacity of handling 75 million passengers by 2025. The cost of construction was initially estimated to be at least 70 billion RMB (US$11.2 billion), including the
Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway
The Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway or Jingxiong intercity railway () is a high-speed rail that connects Beijing and Xiong'an.
It is one of two lines connecting the urban area of Beijing to the Beijing Daxing International Airport. The other ...
(Beijing section), to
Beijing West railway station
Beijingxi (Beijing West) railway station (), colloquially referred to as ''West Station'' (), is located in western Beijing's Fengtai District. Opened in early 1996 after three years of construction, it was the largest railway station in As ...
.
Design and contractors
The airport's master plan was prepared by NACO (Netherlands Airport Consultants) and will feature a ground transportation hub providing the airport with public transportation links to high-speed rail, metro, expressways, Beijing Airport Bus routes, local buses and inter-airport transportation system. The terminal building was designed by British architects
Zaha Hadid Architects
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Architectural work Conceptual projects
*Price Tower extension hybrid project (2002), B ...
, French planners
ADPI and partners, and executed by the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD). It consists of a central hub with six curved spokes. The façade was designed by XinShan Curtainwall and Beijing Institute of Architectural Design.
Arup was subcontracted by Beijing Institute of Architectural Design as the fire engineering consultant,
while China IPPR International Engineering was responsible for security system and baggage system designs.
BuroHappold Engineering
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, as part of the consortium, worked with the architects to integrate engineering solutions into the design of the airport.
Hong Kong design studio Lead 8 was appointed as lead designer of the integrated service building (the sixth pier) in 2018. The terminal, according to Lead 8, will encompass "a purposeful design of work spaces, with integrated retail, dining, and entertainment options for the large number of passengers expected," with plans to incorporate interactive pet hotels, a childcare and nursery, hybrid online retail and dining, and a showroom for companies.
Other contractors involved in the project include China Electronics Engineering Design Institute, Civil Aviation Electronic Technology, The Third Rail Survey and Design Institute Group Corporation (TSDI China), Beijing City Construction Design Research General Institute and Beijing General Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute.
Beijing TsingHua TonHeng Urban Planning and Design Institute, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Dtree, Lea-Elliot, Lighting Design Studio, and East Sign Design & Engineering were also involved in the project.
Suppliers include Xsight Systems, T-Systems, Schindler, Thales, Beijing EasySky Technology and Oasys.
Construction
Construction of the airport began on December 26, 2014,
and was led by chief engineer Guo Yanchi. By March 2017, the terminal had its concrete structure capped. On January 23, 2019, the first
flight inspection Flight inspection refers to the periodic evaluation of navigational aids used in aviation, such as flight procedures and electronic signals, to ensure they are safe and accurate. Unlike flight tests, which analyze the aerodynamic design and safety ...
began to be carried out and was expected to be completed in March.
On June 30, 2019, the airport officially finished construction and was in preparation for its September opening. The construction of the airport itself cost
CN¥
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120bn (approximately US$17
bn), with other projects in the periphery costing CN¥330bn (US$46.2bn), giving a total cost of CN¥450bn (US$63bn).
Opening
The airport opened on September 25, 2019—just six days before the
70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China
The 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China () was observed with a series of ceremonial events including a grand military parade as its spotlight to celebrate National Day of the People's Republic of China that took ...
—in a ceremony attended by the
Chinese president and
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Xi Jinping
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. Inaugural flights from seven Chinese airlines began later in the afternoon, although flights operating out of the airport on the day were member-only, with the first official flight out of the airport an
Airbus A380
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Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was annou ...
operated by
China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and is the largest airline in China. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of ...
.
Flights for the public began the following day on 26 September 2019.
The first commercial flight landed at Beijing Daxing at 10:12 (UTC+8), September 26, 2019.
The airport serves as the hub for
China United Airlines
China United Airlines Co., Ltd. () is a low-cost carrier and a subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines with its headquarters and main hub on the grounds of Beijing Daxing International Airport in Daxing District, Beijing, operating scheduled fl ...
immediately after its opening and all their services have been relocated to Beijing Daxing. Others, such as
China Eastern Airlines
China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (), also known as China Eastern, is an airline headquartered in the China Eastern Airlines Building, on the grounds of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Changning District, Shanghai. It is ...
and
China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and is the largest airline in China. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of ...
, will also relocate.
Upon opening of the Daxing Airport,
Beijing Nanyuan Airport
Beijing Nanyuan Airport was a military airbase and a secondary commercial airport of Beijing. Located in Fengtai District, south of the 4th Ring Road and from Tiananmen Square, Nanyuan Airport was first opened in 1910, making it the olde ...
, the oldest airport in China, closed on the same day. A military airfield will coexist in Daxing, as was the case in Nanyuan.
Service development
It was initially planned for airlines of the
SkyTeam
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alliance to be relocated to the new airport, while
Star Alliance
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airlines would remain at Capital, effectively making both airports hubs. This was confirmed in 2016, when the
Civil Aviation Administration of China
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; ) is the Chinese civil aviation authority under the Ministry of Transport. It oversees civil aviation and investigates aviation accidents and incidents. As the aviation authority responsible f ...
announced that
China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and is the largest airline in China. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of ...
,
China Eastern Airlines
China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (), also known as China Eastern, is an airline headquartered in the China Eastern Airlines Building, on the grounds of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Changning District, Shanghai. It is ...
and
XiamenAir
XiamenAir, also known as Xiamen Airlines, is a Chinese passenger airline based in Xiamen, Fujian Province. The airline operates scheduled passenger flights out of Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and, to a lesser extent, Beijing Daxing Interna ...
along with other
SkyTeam
SkyTeam is one of the world's three major airline alliances. Founded in June 2000, SkyTeam was the last of the three alliances to be formed, the first two being Star Alliance and Oneworld, respectively. Its annual passenger count is 630 million ...
airlines would move to the new airport, while
Air China
Air China Limited () is the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China and one of the "Big Three" mainland Chinese airlines (alongside China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines). Air China's headquarters are in Shunyi District, ...
and other
Star Alliance
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carriers would remain at Capital. China Southern, China Eastern and
Beijing Capital Airlines
Beijing Capital Airlines (), commonly known as Capital Airlines, is a Chinese low-cost airline based in Beijing Daxing International Airport. It is a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines.
History
The company was established in 1995 as Deer Jet Airl ...
' intentions to move to Daxing were confirmed by a Xinhua report in December 2017.
Ten passenger airlines (
China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and is the largest airline in China. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of ...
,
China United Airlines
China United Airlines Co., Ltd. () is a low-cost carrier and a subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines with its headquarters and main hub on the grounds of Beijing Daxing International Airport in Daxing District, Beijing, operating scheduled fl ...
,
Shanghai Airlines
Shanghai Airlines () is an airline headquartered in Shanghai. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines, but its operations remain separate post-merger, retaining its distinct brand and livery. Shanghai Airlines operates domestic ...
,
Beijing Capital Airlines
Beijing Capital Airlines (), commonly known as Capital Airlines, is a Chinese low-cost airline based in Beijing Daxing International Airport. It is a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines.
History
The company was established in 1995 as Deer Jet Airl ...
,
Hebei Airlines
Hebei Airlines (河北航空公司 ''Héběi Hángkōng gōngsī'') is a Chinese airline which has its corporate headquarters in the Shijiazhuang World Trade Plaza Hotel (S: 石家庄世贸广场酒店, T: 石家莊世貿廣場酒店, P: ''Shíji ...
,
Spring Airlines
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,
Okay Airways
Okay Airways () is an airline headquartered in Daxing District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. It operates passenger flight services and dedicated cargo services. Its main hubs are Tianjin Binhai International Airport and Xi'an Xianyang Inter ...
,
Juneyao Airlines
Juneyao Air (), formerly known as Juneyao Airlines, is a carrier headquartered in Shanghai, operating both domestic and international services from two airports ( Shanghai Hongqiao and Shanghai Pudong). The company was founded in 2005 as a subsi ...
,
XiamenAir
XiamenAir, also known as Xiamen Airlines, is a Chinese passenger airline based in Xiamen, Fujian Province. The airline operates scheduled passenger flights out of Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and, to a lesser extent, Beijing Daxing Interna ...
and
Donghai Airlines
Donghai Airlines is an airline headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, with its base at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport.
History
The company was started in November 2002 as Jetwin Cargo Airline, with 2005 being the originally anticipated lau ...
) and one cargo airline (
China Postal Airlines
China Postal Airlines (, T: 中國郵政航空, P: ''Zhōngguó Yóuzhèng Hángkōng'') is a cargo airline based on the 11th through 14th floors of the Ziyu Office Building (S: 紫玉写字楼, T: 紫玉
寫字樓, P: ''Zǐyù Xiězìlóu'') in ...
) signed agreements with the Capital Airport Group to enter the new airport.
CAAC
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; ) is the Chinese civil aviation authority under the Ministry of Transport. It oversees civil aviation and investigates aviation accidents and incidents. As the aviation authority responsible fo ...
required each Mainland Chinese airline (other than
China Postal Airlines
China Postal Airlines (, T: 中國郵政航空, P: ''Zhōngguó Yóuzhèng Hángkōng'') is a cargo airline based on the 11th through 14th floors of the Ziyu Office Building (S: 紫玉写字楼, T: 紫玉
寫字樓, P: ''Zǐyù Xiězìlóu'') in ...
) to serve only one Beijing-area airport following the opening of Daxing, but allowed foreign airlines (including
Hong Kong
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,
Macau
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and
Taiwan
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-based airlines) to operate from both airports if they wished to do so. China Eastern Group and China Southern Group were each allocated 40% of landing slots with the remaining 20% for smaller Mainland China and international airlines. However, on 1 May 2019, this plan was changed by CAAC, with China Eastern Group relinquishing 10% of its allocated slots (to give it 30% of slots) to Air China Group in exchange for the China Eastern group continuing to operate its Shanghai-Beijing flights at Beijing Capital Airport.
SkyTeam
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members are slowly moving services to Daxing.
China Eastern Airlines
China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (), also known as China Eastern, is an airline headquartered in the China Eastern Airlines Building, on the grounds of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Changning District, Shanghai. It is ...
has moved some select domestic destinations to Daxing while retaining a large presence at Capital. It will launch new international routes to Paris and Tokyo at the end of March 2020. Similarly,
XiamenAir
XiamenAir, also known as Xiamen Airlines, is a Chinese passenger airline based in Xiamen, Fujian Province. The airline operates scheduled passenger flights out of Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and, to a lesser extent, Beijing Daxing Interna ...
will move it hub routes to Fuzhou and Xiamen at the end of March 2020 whilst retaining other domestic destination at Capital. Their global partners
Delta Air Lines
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will supposedly move at the end of April and
Aeroflot
PJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines (russian: ПАО "Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии", ), commonly known as Aeroflot ( or ; russian: Аэрофлот, , ), is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Russia. The ...
will move at the beginning of June.
The
Oneworld
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alliance announced in February 2019, that its member airlines were considering a formal co-location scheme at Daxing, particularly as many of them, now have codeshare partnerships with
China Southern
China Southern Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and is the largest airline in China. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of the CAAC Airlines that acqu ...
. Alliance members,
British Airways
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and
Malaysia Airlines
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moved their London-Heathrow and Kuala Lumpur to Beijing flights to Daxing whilst
Finnair
Finnair ( fi, Finnair Oyj, sv, Finnair Abp) is the flag carrier and largest airline of Finland, with its headquarters in Vantaa on the grounds of Helsinki Airport, its hub. Finnair and its subsidiaries dominate both domestic and internationa ...
flies from Helsinki-to-Daxing as well as retaining a daily flight to Capital.
S7 Airlines
S7 Airlines, legally JSC Siberia Airlines (russian: АО «Авиакомпания "Сибирь"», "АО Aviakompania Sibir"), is an airline headquartered in Ob, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, with offices in Moscow. As of 2008, it was Russia's ...
will move all its flights covering five Russian destinations to Daxing from Capital on March 29, 2020.
Qatar Airways
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has also announced its intention to move to Daxing between June and August 2020.
Royal Air Maroc
Royal Air Maroc (; ar, الخطوط الملكية المغربية, , literally ''Royal Moroccan Lines'' or ''Royal Moroccan Airlines''; ber, ⴰⵎⵓⵏⵉ ⴰⵢⵍⴰⵍ ⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⴽⵓⵛ, ''Amuni Aylal Age ...
which joined the alliance on 1 April 2020 already operates out of Daxing.
Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (CPA), more widely known as Cathay Pacific (), is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline's operations and subsidiaries have sc ...
reportedly intends to stay at Capital.
Some foreign
Star Alliance
Star Alliance is the world's largest global airline alliance. Founded on 14 May 1997, its CEO is Jeffrey Goh and its headquarters is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. , Star Alliance is the largest of the three global alliances by passenger ...
airlines are joining full member Air China and connecting partner Juneyao at Daxing. In January 2020,
LOT Polish
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launched a 4-weekly flight from Warsaw, complementing its three-weekly flight to Capital. Also in January 2020,
Lufthansa
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and
Swiss International Air Lines
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announced that they will move their Frankfurt- and Zurich-Beijing flights from Capital to Daxing at the end of March 2020. However, these plans did not materialize because of the worldwide
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
On October 25, 2020, China Southern Airlines transferred all its Beijing flights to Daxing Airport.
Airport facilities
The first phase of the airport project is designed with a target of 72 million passengers,
2 million tons of cargo and mail,
and 620,000 aircraft movements in the long term.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
Ground transportation
The airport is linked to the city through various means of transportation, and a ground transportation center was constructed beneath the terminal building for this purpose. Two underground railway stations (for
Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway
The Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway or Jingxiong intercity railway () is a high-speed rail that connects Beijing and Xiong'an.
It is one of two lines connecting the urban area of Beijing to the Beijing Daxing International Airport. The other ...
and
Intercity Railway Connector
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)
and three metro stations (
Daxing Airport Express
Daxing Airport Express, also spelled as Tahsing Airport Express of the Beijing Subway () is an airport rail link from (located at the Southern 3rd Ring Road) to the Beijing Daxing International Airport. It is colored blue on subway maps. The l ...
,
Line 20 (Line R4) and another planned metro line)
were built beneath the terminal building. Currently, only one of the metro lines (
Daxing Airport Express
Daxing Airport Express, also spelled as Tahsing Airport Express of the Beijing Subway () is an airport rail link from (located at the Southern 3rd Ring Road) to the Beijing Daxing International Airport. It is colored blue on subway maps. The l ...
) and one of the railway lines (
Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway
The Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway or Jingxiong intercity railway () is a high-speed rail that connects Beijing and Xiong'an.
It is one of two lines connecting the urban area of Beijing to the Beijing Daxing International Airport. The other ...
) are in operation. The airport is also served by a highway system including and connecting the airport and Beijing city.
Intercity rail
A high-speed railway service, the
Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway
The Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway or Jingxiong intercity railway () is a high-speed rail that connects Beijing and Xiong'an.
It is one of two lines connecting the urban area of Beijing to the Beijing Daxing International Airport. The other ...
starts from
Beijing West railway station
Beijingxi (Beijing West) railway station (), colloquially referred to as ''West Station'' (), is located in western Beijing's Fengtai District. Opened in early 1996 after three years of construction, it was the largest railway station in As ...
. It will connect the urban area of Beijing,
Daxing District
Daxing District () is a district of Beijing, covering the southern suburbs of the city. It borders the Beijing districts of Tongzhou to the east/northeast, Fangshan to the west, Fengtai to the northwest, Chaoyang to the northeast, and the Hebe ...
of Beijing,
Bazhou, and
Xiong'an
Xiong'an New Area () is a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, China. Established in April 2017, the area is located about 100 km southwest of Beijing and 50 km east of downtown Baoding. Its main function is to serve as ...
to the new airport. The section between the airport to Beijing will operate at speeds of and the section between the airport to
Xiong'an
Xiong'an New Area () is a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, China. Established in April 2017, the area is located about 100 km southwest of Beijing and 50 km east of downtown Baoding. Its main function is to serve as ...
will operate at speeds of .
The airport-to-Beijing section was opened on September 26, 2019,
while the airport-to-
Xiong'an
Xiong'an New Area () is a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, China. Established in April 2017, the area is located about 100 km southwest of Beijing and 50 km east of downtown Baoding. Its main function is to serve as ...
section is expected to open in late 2020.
It will take 28 minutes from
Beijing West railway station
Beijingxi (Beijing West) railway station (), colloquially referred to as ''West Station'' (), is located in western Beijing's Fengtai District. Opened in early 1996 after three years of construction, it was the largest railway station in As ...
to the new airport.
Another intercity railway, the
Intercity Railway Connector
InterCity (commonly abbreviated ''IC'' on timetables and tickets) is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to regional, local, or commuter trains) generally call at ma ...
, will connect
Langfang
Langfang () is a prefecture-level city of Hebei Province, which was known as Tianjin Prefecture until 1973. It was renamed Langfang Prefecture after Tianjin became a municipality and finally upgraded into a prefecture-level city in 1988. Lang ...
,
Yizhuang, Beijing Sub-administrative Center in
Tongzhou District and
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). It is located northeast of Beijing's city center, in an exclave of Chaoyang District ...
to Daxing Airport. Phase I of the intercity railway connector (Daxing Airport to Langfang East railway station) is under construction. Phase 1 of the railway will be finished in December 2022.
The speed will be 200 km/h.
Another high-speed railway service, the
Tianjin–Daxing Airport intercity railway, will connect
Tianjin West railway station
The Tianjinxi (West) Railway Station () is a high-speed railway station in Tianjin. It is served by the Beijing–Shanghai railway and Jinbao Intercity Railway and by the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway.
Extension Project
In 2008, renovat ...
with Daxing Airport.
Operation is projected to commence in the first half of 2023. The speed will be 250 km/h.
Subway
The
Daxing Airport Express
Daxing Airport Express, also spelled as Tahsing Airport Express of the Beijing Subway () is an airport rail link from (located at the Southern 3rd Ring Road) to the Beijing Daxing International Airport. It is colored blue on subway maps. The l ...
of the
Beijing Subway
The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing Municipality that consists of 25 lines including 20 rapid transit lines, two airport rail links, one maglev line and 2 light rail lines, and 463 stations. The rail network extends acro ...
connects the airport to the urban area of Beijing and began operation on September 26, 2019. The line links station on
Line 10 to the airport. Initially, only the Caoqiao-to-airport segment was opened, with a northern extension to scheduled to begin construction in 2020 and finish in 2022. A southern extension of the line, also known as (or Xiong'an to Daxing Airport Express), from Daxing Airport to Xiong'an Terminal is under construction.
In the long term planning of the Beijing Subway,
Line 20 (Line R4) of the Beijing Subway is planned to terminate at the new airport.
Statistics
Below is the passenger data and development for Beijing Daxing International Airport as of year 2022:
See also
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List of busiest airports by cargo traffic
The world's thirty busiest airports by cargo traffic for various periods (data provided by Airports Council International). Numbers listed refer to loaded and unloaded freight in metric tonnes, including transit freight.
2021 final statistics
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List of busiest airports by passenger traffic
The world's busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by total passengers (data from Airports Council International), defined as passengers enplaned plus passengers deplaned plus direct-transit passengers. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta In ...
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List of the busiest airports in China
China's busiest airports are a series of lists ranking the 100 busiest airports in Mainland China according to the number of total passengers, including statistics for total aircraft movements and total cargo movements, following the official ...
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List of airports in China
This is a list of public airports in the People's Republic of China grouped by provincial level division and sorted by main city served. It includes airports that are being built or scheduled for construction, but excludes defunct airports and ...
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Civil aviation in China
As of December 2017, there are 229 commercial airports in China.
Around 500 airports of all types and sizes were in operation in 2007, about 400 of which had paved runways and about 100 of which had runways of 3,047 m or shorter. There also we ...
Notes
References
External links
Official Website (Chinese)
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Airports in Beijing
Buildings and structures in Daxing District
Airports established in 2019
2019 establishments in China
Guangyang District
Airports in Hebei