Beijing Capital International Airport

Beijing Capital International Airport or "Capital Airport" for short, is located in Shunyi District, Beijing.It is the busiest international airport in China. Beijing Capital International Airport is an important gateway for foreign exchanges.

Capital Airport was built in 1958. For more than 50 years of operation, the annual passenger throughput of Beijing Capital International Airport increased from 1.03 million in 1978 to 86.128 million in 2014, ranking No.1 in Asia and No. 2 in the world.

On September 4, 2015, Beijing Capital Airport ranked the 10th in the top 100 airports in the world by Skytrax, a certification authority of the international civil aviation authority. The selection covers more than 240 airports around the world. According to waiting experience, waiting time, cleanliness and shopping experience, the final result is generated by questionnaires and polls of 110 million travelers worldwide.

December 14, 2016, Capital Airport annual passenger throughput officially exceeded 90 million people mark.