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Beijing Airport was opened on 1 March 1958. [7]: 20 The airport then consisted of one small terminal building, which still stands to this day, apparently for the use of VIPs and charter flights, along with a single 2,500-meter (8,200 ft) runway on its eastern side, [7]: 18 which was extended to 3,200 meters (10,500 ft) in 1966 and 3,800 meters (12,500 ft) in 1982 respectively.
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Beijing Capital International Airport: Beijing: China: 3 PEK/ZBAA Beijing Daxing International Airport: Beijing/Langfang: China: 4 (5) PKX/ZBAD After expansion, the airport will have 5 parallel runways capable of quadruple parallel landings. Cairo International Airport: Cairo: Egypt: 3 CAI/HECA Changi Airport: Changi: Singapore: 3 SIN/WSSS
Beijing Daxing International Airport (IATA: PKX, ICAO: ZBAD) is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the capital of China (the other one being Beijing Capital International Airport). [3] [4] The airport is located on the border of Beijing and Langfang, Hebei. It has been nicknamed "the starfish". [5]
The characters between international airport and national airport were published by General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC). [ 3 ] As of 10 January 2024 [update] , there were 259 certified civil airports and 106 certified general airports.
Beijing has two of the world's largest airports. Beijing Capital International Airport (IATA: PEK) is located in bordering Shunyi and being 32 kilometres (20 mi) northeast of the city center in Chaoyang. It is the second busiest airport in the world after Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. [10]
It borders Nanfaxin and Houshayu Towns to the north, and Tianzhu Town to other three directions. It hosts Terminal 1 and 2 of the Beijing Capital International Airport, and as of 2020, it had a population of 16,837. [1] Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport is located in Tianzhu, Shunyi District, Beijing.
The business airport since 2023 is Dubai International Airport. As of 2018, China has 19 airports in the top 50, while Japan has five, India has four, South Korea has three and Indonesia , Saudi Arabia , Vietnam , UAE , Thailand and Turkey ( Asian part ) have two each.