Beijing Capital International Airport

Beijing Capital International Airport is an international airport northeast of central Beijing, spanning Chaoyang and Shunyi districts. It served as the city’s primary international gateway before much traffic shifted to Beijing Daxing International Airport.

Terminal 3 (Beijing Capital International Airport): A large terminal complex at Beijing Capital International Airport, opened in 2008. Its scale and opening expanded the airport’s capacity ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games.
Air China: China’s flag carrier and one of the country’s largest airlines. The airline operates a major hub at Beijing Capital International Airport.
Beijing Daxing International Airport: An international airport south of central Beijing that opened in 2019. Its opening redirected airlines and passenger traffic from the capacity-constrained Capital Airport.
2008 Summer Olympics: The international sporting event held in Beijing from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Terminal 3 opened in the lead-up to the Games, when Beijing prepared for a surge in visitors.
Air China Flight 129: A Boeing 767 flight that crashed near Gimhae International Airport in South Korea in 2002 while approaching from Beijing. The accident illustrates the international routes operated from Capital Airport.
Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 1: The original terminal at Beijing Capital International Airport, opened in 1980 and later renovated. It shows how the airport’s facilities developed before its later expansion.
Hainan Airlines: A Chinese airline headquartered in Haikou that operates domestic and international services. It has used the airport as a major operating base.
Nanyuan Airport: A former military and civil airport in southern Beijing, closed to civilian flights in 2019. Its closure coincided with Daxing’s opening and changed Beijing’s airport system.
Airport capacity: The maximum passenger, aircraft, or cargo volume an airport can handle over a given period. Demand growth at Capital Airport helped prompt expansion and the construction of Daxing.
2008 Beijing Olympics airport operations: The airport planning and passenger operations supporting air travel for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. The event tested the airport’s expanded capacity during a concentrated influx of visitors.

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