The 2nd Airport Expressway (), officially numbered S51, is a toll expressway that connects eastern
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the Capital city, capital of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's Li ...
with Terminal 3 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 ...
. It opened on February 29, 2008, just prior to the
2008 Beijing Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
. It runs for 11.5 km from Yaojiayuan Road in
Chaoyang District to Terminal 3. It was built to serve the new Terminal 3, and to reduce pressure of
Airport Expressway, which has been heavily congested.
Expressways in Beijing
Expressways in China
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