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Beijing Capital International Airport

北京首都国际机场
PEK-ZBAA鸟瞰图.png
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited
Serves Beijing
Location Chaoyang–Shunyi
Hub for
Focus city for
  • Sichuan Airlines
  • Shenzhen Airlines
  • Shandong Airlines
Elevation AMSL 116 ft / 35 m
Coordinates 40°04′21″N 116°35′51″E / 40.07250°N 116.59750°E / 40.07250; 116.59750
Maps
CAAC Airport Chart
CAAC Airport Chart
PEK is located in Beijing
PEK
PEK
Location in Beijing
PEK is located in China
PEK
PEK
Location in China
PEK is located in Asia
PEK
PEK
Location in Asia
PEK is located in Earth
PEK
PEK
Location in Earth
Runway
Runway 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 (2018)
Passengers 100,983,290
Aircraft movements 614,022
Tonnes of cargo 2,074,005
Economic & social impact $6.5 billion & 571.7 thousand
Statistics from Airports Council International, China's busiest airports by passenger traffic by CAAC

Beijing Capital International Airport (IATA: PEK, ICAO: ZBAA) is the main international airport serving Beijing. It is located in the Chaoyang District.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines Destinations 
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Vladivostok
Seasonal: Khabarovsk


Air Algérie Algiers


Air Astana Almaty, Nur-Sultan


Air Canada Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver


Air China Aksu, Athens, Auckland, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Baotou, Barcelona, Bayannur, Beihai, Budapest, Busan, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhou, Chaoyang, Chengdu, Chiang Mai, Chifeng, Chongqing, Copenhagen, Dali, Dalian, Dandong, Daqing, Datong, Dazhou, Delhi, Dubai–International, Dunhuang, Düsseldorf, Erenhot, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Fuyang, Fuyuan, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Geneva, Guangyuan, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hami, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Harbin, Havana, Hefei, Hiroshima, Ho Chi Minh City, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Hotan, Houston–Intercontinental, Huangshan, Huizhou, Islamabad, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Jeju, Jiamusi, Jiansanjiang, Jieyang, Jingdezhen, Jinggangshan, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Karachi, Karamay, Kashgar, Korla, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lijiang, Linfen, Liupanshui, Liuzhou, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manila, Melbourne, Mianyang, Milan–Malpensa, Minsk, Montréal–Trudeau, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Mudanjiang, Mumbai, Munich, Nagoya–Centrair, Naha, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, New York–JFK, Newark, Ningbo, Nur-Sultan, Ordos, Osaka–Kansai, Panama City, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Pyongyang, Qingdao, Qiqihar, Rome–Fiumicino, San Francisco, Sanya, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Sapporo–Chitose, Sendai, Seoul–Gimpo, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shaoyang, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shihezi, Shiyan, Singapore, Songyuan, Stockholm–Arlanda, Sydney, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Taizhou, Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita, Tonghua, Tongliao, Turpan, Ulaanbaatar, Ulanhot, Ulanqab, Urumqi, Vancouver, Vienna, Warsaw–Chopin, Washington–Dulles, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xichang, Xilinhot, Xining, Yancheng, Yangon, Yangzhou, Yanji, Yantai, Yibin, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yining, Yiwu, Yuncheng, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai, Zunyi–Maotai, Zunyi–Xinzhou, Zürich


Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle


Air Koryo Pyongyang


Air Macau Macau


AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur–International


All Nippon Airways Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita


American Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles


Asiana Airlines Busan, Cheongju, Seoul–Gimpo, Seoul–Incheon


Austrian Airlines Vienna


Azerbaijan Airlines Baku


Beijing Capital Airlines Baotou, Erenhot, Haikou, Hangzhou, Lijiang, Macau, Malé, Meixian, Nanchang, Qingdao, Sanya, Urumqi, Xiamen, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Yichang, Yushu
Seasonal: Lisbon


British Airways London–Heathrow


Cambodia Angkor Air Siem Reap, Sihanoukville (begins 12 June 2019)


Cathay Dragon Hong Kong


Cathay Pacific Hong Kong


Cebu Pacific Kalibo, Manila


China Airlines Kaohsiung, Taipei–Taoyuan


China Eastern Airlines Baoshan, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chiang Mai, Chongqing, Dali, Dalian, Da Nang, Delhi, Denpasar/Bali, Dongying, Enshi, Fukuoka, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Huai'an, Jiagedaqi, Jiayuguan, Jining, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Lincang, Linfen, Linyi, Luoyang, Lüliang, Luzhou, Mangshi, Nagoya–Centrair, Nanchang, Nanjing, Naypyidaw, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai, Pu'er, Qianjiang, Qingdao, Saipan, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Sydney, Taiyuan, Tengchong, Vientiane, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Xishuangbanna, Yantai, Yinchuan, Zhangye, Zhaotong
Seasonal: Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Charter: Krabi, Siem Reap


China Southern Airlines Amsterdam, Anshan, Beihai, Changchun, Changde, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Daqing, Diqing, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Heihe, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Huaihua, Istanbul, Jieyang, Korla, Kunming, Mohe, Nanchong, Nanning, Phnom Penh, Sanya, Seoul–Gimpo, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Tongren, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xining, Yanji, Yichun, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Zhangjiajie, Zhuhai, Zunyi–Xinzhou


Delta Air Lines Detroit, Seattle/Tacoma


Donghai Airlines Shenzhen, Yichang
EgyptAir Cairo


El Al Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion


Emirates Dubai–International


Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa


Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi, Nagoya–Centrair


EVA Air Taipei–Taoyuan


Fiji Airways Seasonal charter: Nadi


Finnair Helsinki


Garuda Indonesia Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta


Grand China Air Guilin, Harbin, Sanya, Yinchuan


Hainan Airlines Almaty, Anqing, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Baotou, Berlin–Tegel, Boston, Brussels, Calgary, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhi, Chengdu, Chicago–O'Hare, Chongqing, Dalian, Dongying, Dublin, Edinburgh, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hohhot, Irkutsk, Jiamusi, Kunming, Lanzhou, Las Vegas, Manchester, Manzhouli, Mexico City, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Nanchang, Nanning, Ningbo, Oslo–Gardermoen, Phuket, Prague, Saint Petersburg, San Jose (CA), Sanming, Sanya, Seattle/Tacoma, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Tijuana, Tokyo–Haneda, Tongren, Toronto–Pearson, Urumqi, Weifang, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yan'an, Yichang, Yulin


Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong


Iraqi Airways Baghdad, Basra


Japan Airlines Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita


Jeju Air Daegu


Jiangxi Air Nanchang


Juneyao Airlines Shanghai–Hongqiao


KLM Amsterdam


Korean Air Busan, Jeju, Seoul–Gimpo, Seoul–Incheon


Lion Air Charter: Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta


Loong Air Hangzhou


LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin


Lucky Air Mangshi, Tengchong


Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich


Mahan Air Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur–International


MIAT Mongolian Airlines Ulaanbaatar


NordStar Airlines Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo


Pakistan International Airlines Islamabad, Lahore


Philippine Airlines Kalibo, Manila


Qantas Sydney


Qatar Airways Doha


S7 Airlines Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Novosibirsk, Ulan–Ude, Vladivostok


Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen


Shandong Airlines Chongqing, Guilin, Hangzhou, Jinan, Kunming, Nanyang, Qingdao, Rizhao, Ulanqab, Weihai, Xiamen, Yantai, Yinchuan, Zhuhai


Shanghai Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Hangzhou, Shanghai–Hongqiao


Shenzhen Airlines Chengdu, Nanning, Nantong, Osaka–Kansai, Quanzhou, Sanya, Shenzhen, Wuxi, Xiangyang, Yichun
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu, Chongqing, Harbin, Kunming, Panzhihua, Sanya, Urumqi, Wanzhou, Xichang, Xishuangbanna, Zhongwei


Singapore Airlines Singapore


SriLankan Airlines Colombo


Sriwijaya Air Charter: Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta


Swiss International Air Lines Zürich


Tajik Air Dushanbe


Thai Airways Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Phuket


Tibet Airlines Lhasa


Turkmenistan Airlines Ashgabat


Turkish Airlines Istanbul


Ukraine International Airlines Kiev–Boryspil


United Airlines Chicago–O'Hare, Newark, San Francisco, Washington–Dulles
Seasonal charter: Guam


Ural Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Krabi, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent


Vietnam Airlines Hanoi
Seasonal: Nha Trang


XiamenAir Changsha, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu, Quanzhou, Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenzhen, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Zhoushan

Cargo

Airlines Destinations 
AirBridgeCargo Moscow–Sheremetyevo


Air China Cargo Anchorage, Atlanta, Chicago–O'Hare, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Tokyo–Narita, Taipei–Taoyuan, Nanjing


Air Koryo Pyongyang


Asiana Cargo Seoul–Incheon


Cargolux Luxembourg City


China Airlines Cargo Taipei–Taoyuan


China Cargo Airlines Shanghai–Pudong


China Postal Airlines Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing


DHL Aviation
operated by Air Hong Kong		 Hong Kong


EVA Air Cargo Tapei–Taoyuan


Etihad Cargo Abu Dhabi, Almaty


FedEx Express Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Osaka–Kansai


Korean Air Cargo Seoul–Incheon


Lufthansa Cargo Frankfurt


SF Airlines Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai–Pudong, Wuxi, Shenzhen, Macau

Images for kids

  • Beijing Capital International Airport in 1959

    Capital Airport in 1959

  • Beijing Airports

    Beijing Airports

  • Arrival of Air Force One in Peking - NARA - 194412

    Capital Airport in 1972, when an Air Force One carrying US President Richard Nixon arrived at Beijing on February 21.

  • Ilyushin Il-62M, Aeroflot AN1228251

    Capital Airport in 1988, with an Aeroflot [[Ilyushin Il-62

  • Air China Boeing 747-4J6 B-2464 (24628702009)

    Ground view of Terminals 1 (foreground) and Terminal 2 (with blue roof, in background) in 2005. Terminal 2's air traffic control tower in the background has since been demolished

  • Airport, Airport Overview JP6592103

    Aerial view of PEK Terminal 1 and 2

  • Airbus A330-343X, China Eastern Airlines AN1839733

    Take-off view of Beijing Capital's Terminal 2, captured from China Eastern Airlines Airbus A330.

  • Beijing Capital International Airport on 18 February 2018 - SkySat (2)

    Terminal 3 exterior.

  • Vfiew from Beijing Capital International Airport

    Flight view of Beijing Capital International Airport

  • Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 Baggage Claim Hall 20140516

    Terminal 3 Baggage Claim Hall

  • A03959D at ZBAA T3 GTC (20211216155156)

    Inter-Terminal Shuttle Bus (landside)

  • Bus stop of Beijing Capital International Airport T1

    Bus station of PEK's T1

  • AirportExpresswayTollStation

    Toll plaza at Xiaotianzhu on the Airport Expressway, which goes to Terminals 1 and 2.

  • VM Beijing Airport - Terminal 3 station and parking lot entrance 4352

    Toll plaza on the 2nd Airport Expressway and entrance to parking garage at Terminal 3.

  • Airport, Terminal JP6426888

    Curbside departure view of Terminal 1

  • 北京机场T1航站楼 - panoramio

    A Boeing 737 being serviced at Terminal 1

  • Beijing Capital International Airport T1 Departure hall 201209151526

    Departure Entrance of Terminal 1

  • Airport, Terminal JP6367265

    Entrance to Terminal 2

  • Beijing Capital International Airport T2 201707232

    Terminal 2

  • Interior of Beijing Capital International Airport T2 20170723

    Terminal 2 Check-In

  • Beijing Capital International Airport T2

    Terminal 2 Departure Waiting Hall

  • Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 2 view 2

    A Hainan Air Boeing 737 (foreground) at gate along with China Eastern and Xiamen Airlines aircraft parked at Terminal 2

  • Shunyi, Beijing, China - panoramio (1)

    Curbside of departure level at Terminal 3

  • 2014.10.01.105731 Terminal 3 Airport Bejing

    Terminal 3 Departure Entrance

  • Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 Interior 20090818

    Main hall of Terminal 3

  • Landed in Beijing today, airport roof looks pretty trippy (9325746675)

    Triangular roof of Terminal 3

  • T3航站楼内 Beijing Airport Terminal 3 - panoramio

    Sign displaying gate locations in Terminal 3 of PEK

  • Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 Passage of reach exit 20131122

    Hall in Terminal 3

See also

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