- IATA
- PEK
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- ZBAA
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1958
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 52.9M
- in 2024
History & name
Beijing Capital International Airport opened in 1958 and is operated by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. It lies 25 km from Beijing, has 3 runways up to 3,800 m long and handled 52.9 million passengers in 2024.
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Beijing Capital International Airport
- Serves
- Beijing, China
- City centre
- 25 km from Beijing
- Opened
- 1958
- Operator
- Civil Aviation Administration of China
- Passengers
- 52.9 million in 2024
- Runways
- 3 runways, longest 3,800 m
- Elevation
- 116 ft (35 m)
- Website
- en.bcia.com.cn ↗
Where it sits
40.1°N, 116.6°E puts PEK in the northern hemisphere, 4,456 km from the equator and 5,551 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 175th most northerly, which makes it the 487th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 40.1°S, 63.4°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Presidente Perón (NQN) in Argentina, still 426 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Beijing Daxing (PKX), 66 km away in a straight line. It is the only one within 100 km.
Distances from PEK
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air. The longest is Los Angeles, at 10,037 km.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai | PVG | 1,099 km | 1h 52m |
| Hong Kong | HKG | 1,992 km | 2h 58m |
| Munich | MUC | 7,722 km | 10h 06m |
| London | LHR | 8,154 km | 10h 38m |
| Los Angeles | LAX | 10,037 km | 12h 58m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
What you won’t find: terminal maps, airline lists, shops or live departures. Orbit is a logbook, not a flight tracker, and a page that guessed at those would be worse than one that leaves them out.
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