PEK
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport (IATA: PEK, ICAO: ZBAA) is a large airport in Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China. It opened on 2 Mar 1958. It has 3 runways; the longest is 3,800 m (12,467 ft). It is operated by Civil Aviation Administration of China. In 2024 it handled 52.9 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1958–195802 MAR 1958
OpenedBeijing Capital International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap18L/36R173° / 353° · LIT
LENGTH3,800 m12,467 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
01/19353° / 173° · LIT
LENGTH3,800 m12,467 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete
18R/36L173° / 353° · LIT
LENGTH3,200 m10,499 ftWIDTH50 m164 ftSURFACEPaved
Passengers per year
2012–202481.9M
83.7M
86.1M
89.9M
94.4M
95.8M
101M
100M
34.5M
32.6M
12.7M
52.9M
121314151617181920212224
Routes
109 destinations · 45 countriesYear-round108
HETHohhot Baita International AirportChina · Air China413 km257 miDLCDalian Zhoushuizi International AirportChina · Dalian Airlines441 km274 miBAVBaotou Donghe International AirportChina · Air China562 km349 miTGOTongliao AirportChina · Air China604 km375 miDDGDandong Langtou International AirportChina · Air China654 km406 miLYGLianyungang Huaguoshan International AirportChina · Air China670 km416 miRLKBayannur Tianjitai AirportChina · Air China754 km469 miFNJPyongyang Sunan International AirportNorth Korea · Air China782 km486 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Asiana Airlines, Korean Air902 km560 miGMPSeoul Gimpo International AirportSouth Korea · Asiana Airlines, Korean Air926 km575 miXIYXi'an Xianyang International AirportChina · Dalian Airlines934 km580 miWHAWuhu Xuanzhou AirportChina · Hainan Airlines1,015 km631 miAQGAnqing Tianzhushan Airport / Anqing North Air BaseChina · Grand China Air1,057 km657 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,099 km683 miJNHJiaxing Nanhu AirportChina · Air China1,106 km687 miHZGHanzhong Chenggu AirportChina · Air China1,139 km708 miCJUJeju International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air1,143 km710 miUBNUlaanbaatar Chinggis Khaan International AirportMongolia · Air China1,148 km713 miTXNHuangshan Tunxi International AirportChina · Air China1,160 km721 miJIUJiujiang Lushan AirportChina · Grand China Air1,181 km734 miLNLLongnan Chengzhou AirportChina · Hainan Airlines1,187 km738 miPUSGimhae International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air1,214 km754 miYYAYueyang Sanhe AirportChina · Hainan Airlines1,235 km767 miJUZQuzhou AirportChina · Air China1,253 km779 miHSFSuifenhe Dongning AirportChina · Air China1,267 km787 miJXAJixi Xingkaihu AirportChina · Hainan Airlines1,324 km823 miLIJLishui AirportChina · Air China1,335 km830 miVVOVladivostok International AirportRussia · Hainan Airlines, Air China1,340 km833 miJMUJiamusi Songjiang International AirportChina · Air China1,346 km836 miLZGLangzhong Gucheng AirportChina · Hainan Airlines1,346 km836 miJIQQianjiang Wulingshan AirportChina · Hainan Airlines1,371 km852 miJZHJiuzhai Huanglong AirportChina · Air China1,404 km872 miMIGMianyang Nanjiao AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines1,436 km892 miHNYHengyang Nanyue AirportChina · Air China1,530 km951 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Shenzhen Airlines1,546 km961 miCTUChengdu Shuangliu International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Air China1,558 km968 miKOWGanzhou Huangjin AirportChina · Air China1,591 km989 miIKTIrkutsk International AirportRussia · Hainan Airlines, Air China1,644 km1,022 miYBPYibin Wuliangye AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines1,664 km1,034 miJJNQuanzhou Jinjiang International AirportChina · Shenzhen Airlines1,709 km1,062 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · China Airlines, EVA Air1,723 km1,071 miXMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Dalian Airlines1,733 km1,077 miSWAJieyang Chaoshan International AirportChina · Air China1,838 km1,142 miLPFLiupanshui Yuezhao AirportChina · Air China1,842 km1,145 miDNHDunhuang Mogao International AirportChina · Air China1,848 km1,148 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · Shenzhen Airlines1,881 km1,169 miLZHLiuzhou Bailian Airport / Bailian Air BaseChina · Air China1,889 km1,174 miHUZHuizhou Pingtan AirportChina · Air China1,903 km1,182 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Hong Kong Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Air China1,992 km1,238 miZUHZhuhai Jinwan AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Air China2,032 km1,263 miBPXQamdo Bangda AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,054 km1,276 miYLXYulin Fumian AirportChina · Hainan Airlines2,055 km1,277 miHNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines2,092 km1,300 miNNGNanning Wuxu International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines2,099 km1,304 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Spring Airlines Japan2,134 km1,326 miZHAZhanjiang Wuchuan International AirportChina · Air China2,144 km1,332 miBHYBeihai Fucheng AirportChina · Air China2,174 km1,351 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, Air China2,333 km1,450 miAATAltay Xuedu AirportChina · Hainan Airlines2,421 km1,504 miJHGXishuangbanna Gasa International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines2,507 km1,558 miMNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Philippine Airlines2,876 km1,787 miDACHazrat Shahjalal International AirportBangladesh · Air China3,041 km1,890 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Air China3,272 km2,033 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Thai Airways, Air China3,317 km2,061 miKHGKashgar Laining International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines, Hainan Airlines3,436 km2,135 miBSZManas International AirportKyrgyzstan · Air China3,483 km2,164 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Air China3,811 km2,368 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Air China3,943 km2,450 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · Air China3,991 km2,480 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Singapore Airlines4,491 km2,791 miASBAshgabat International AirportTurkmenistan · Turkmenistan Airlines4,944 km3,072 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Azerbaijan Airlines5,503 km3,419 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air China5,956 km3,701 miLEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Hainan Airlines6,057 km3,764 miBSRBasra International AirportIraq · Iraqi Airways6,189 km3,846 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Air China6,597 km4,099 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Hainan Airlines6,984 km4,340 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Air China7,054 km4,383 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines, Air China7,061 km4,388 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Hainan Airlines7,142 km4,438 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Air China7,195 km4,471 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Air China7,330 km4,555 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Hainan Airlines7,358 km4,572 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Hainan Airlines7,425 km4,614 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Hainan Airlines7,462 km4,637 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Air China7,535 km4,682 miZAGZagreb Franjo Tuđman International AirportCroatia · Air China7,637 km4,745 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Air China7,722 km4,798 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Air China7,883 km4,898 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Air China7,902 km4,910 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Hainan Airlines7,936 km4,931 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Air China7,946 km4,937 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Air China8,166 km5,074 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France8,190 km5,089 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Hainan Airlines8,268 km5,137 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air Canada8,492 km5,277 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Hainan Airlines8,679 km5,393 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Air China8,964 km5,570 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Air China9,112 km5,662 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Air China9,494 km5,899 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines10,037 km6,237 miTIJGeneral Abelardo L. Rodriguez International AirportMexico · Hainan Airlines10,242 km6,364 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Hainan Airlines, Air China10,561 km6,562 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Hainan Airlines10,816 km6,721 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · Air China11,113 km6,905 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Hainan Airlines12,436 km7,727 miHAVJosé Martí International AirportCuba · Air China12,731 km7,911 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · Air China17,577 km10,922 miMost destinationsAir China 58Hainan Airlines 25Korean Air 4Sichuan Airlines 4Shenzhen Airlines 4Dalian Airlines 3
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PEK. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Beijing Capital International Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
14 channelsAPPBEIJING APP AREA 1119.600
APPBEIJING APP AREA 2126.100
APPBEIJING APP AREA 3120.600
APPBEIJING APP AREA 4119.700
APPBEIJING APP AREA 5127.750
APPBEIJING APP AREA 6121.100
ATISBEIJING ATIS127.600
CLDBEIJING DEL121.600
GNDGND EAST121.700
GNDGND WEST121.900
GNDBEIJING GND121.700
TWRBEIJING EAST TWR118.500
TWRBEIJING WEST TWR124.300
TWRRWY 01/19 TWR118.600