{"id":119844,"date":"2019-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/china-inaugurates-new-airport-in-beijing\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:22:58","slug":"china-inaugurates-new-airport-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/china-inaugurates-new-airport-in-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"China Inaugurates New Airport in Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On September 25, 2019, the new airport in Beijing was inaugurated, an ultra-modern starfish-shaped construction.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Daxing International Airport, located 46 km from the capital&#8217;s center, is expected to operate at full capacity in 2025, with 72 million passengers per year, which would mean a world record for a single terminal, according to its designers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The new infrastructure is intended to reduce pressure on the current Beijing International Airport, whose three terminals are located northeast of the metropolis of 21 million inhabitants.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The old airport, second in the world rankings after Atlanta Airport in the USA, has already reached saturation, with just over 100 million passengers annually.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), in the mid-2020s, China will overtake the USA to become the world&#8217;s leading aviation market. Under these conditions, the capital expects to receive 170 million passengers in 2025, divided between its two airports.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>With an area of 700,000 sqm, the new building becomes the largest airport terminal in the world.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Unlike classic airports, the new building is entirely elevated, with two levels for departures and as many for arrivals. A metro and train station is installed directly under the terminal.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>An express line is expected to allow passengers to reach the city center in about 20 minutes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The project cost 120 billion yuan (15 billion EUR). The amount reaches 400 billion yuan (50 billion EUR) if rail and road connections are also taken into account.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Where is the new Beijing Daxing International Airport located?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The airport is situated 46 km from the center of Beijing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the passenger capacity of the Daxing terminal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is designed to handle 72 million passengers annually by 2025, making it the world&#8217;s largest single terminal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the total investment for the Beijing Daxing project?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The total cost, including rail and road infrastructure, reached approximately 400 billion yuan (50 billion EUR).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 25, 2019, the new airport in Beijing was inaugurated, an ultra-modern starfish-shaped construction. Daxing International Airport, located 46 km from the capital&#8217;s center, is expected to operate at full capacity in 2025, with 72 million passengers per year, which would mean a world record for a single terminal, according to its designers. The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67799,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2853],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-119844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investment"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/investitii-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119844"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=119844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}