5 things we know about Beijing Daxing International Airport, the ‘alien starfish’ opening soon
Beijing Daxing International Airport opens at end of September – handling 300 take-offs and landings an hour, with 45 million passengers by 2021 – and will eventual be the world’s busiest
Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA), the capital’s main aviation hub, is full. The world’s second busiest airport is also one of the world’s worst for delays
However, that is not surprising when you consider that it served just over 100 million passengers last year, against a theoretical capacity of 85 million – despite adding an extra terminal as recently as the 2008 Olympics.
Fortunately, help is at hand: taking up the slack and then some is Beijing Daxing International Airport.
Located south of the capital, it opens at the end of September – after construction was completed in June – and is expected to eventually become the world’s busiest.
Beijing Daxing International Airport will be able to handle 45 million passengers by 2021, with plans for 72 million by 2025 and 100 million by 2040 and its initial capacity will be 300 take-offs and landings an hour
Check out what we know so far about Beijing’s new mega-airport.
Its numbers are pretty mind-boggling
