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Beijing Airport

PEK (IATA)
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The Beijing airport is located 32 km (20 miles) northeast of the city centre, at Chaoyang District, in the suburban district of Shunyi.
Currently, PEK Airport is one of the world’s busiest airports and it is the busiest airport in Asia in terms of total passengers traffic.
There is another airport in Beijing called Beijing Nanyuan Airport, only used by China United Airlines.
Beijing Airport serves as the main hub for Air China, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines and China Eastern Airlines.
Air China is the main airline in the airport with more than 120 destinations.

Beijing Airport Transit

There is a free shuttle bus connecting all 3 terminals, departing every 15 minutes. Journey to the furthest located terminal 3 takes about 30 minutes. There is also a free shuttle train to travel among Terminal 3 parts.  

Minimum Connection Times

Terminal 3
  • Domestic - Domestic: 50 minutes
  • International - Domestic: 120 minutes
  • International - International: 60 minutes Tips: For passengers of incoming international flights with domestic stopovers, the MCT in T3 is 120 minutes.
Between T3 and T2
  • Domestic - Domestic: 120 minutes
  • International - Domestic: 160 minutes
  • International - International: 120 minutes
Between T3 and T2
  • Domestic - Domestic: 120 minutes
  • International - Domestic: 160 minutes

Beijing Airport Transfer

Airport – City centre (High Speed Train)

The fastest way travel to Beijing city from the airport is a high-speed train.

  • The train departs from Terminal 2 and 3 every 10 minutes between 6:00 and 2:30.
  • Train’s final destination is Dongzhimen station where you will change to metro line No. 2 to city centre (possible to change onto different lines along the way to different parts of the city centre.)
Fares
High speed train One way to Dongzhumen - 
25 CNYcurrently £2.83

Metro fare depends on distance travelled 
- 
6 CNYcurrently £0.68
 upto 6km
- 
100 CNYcurrently £11.34
 upto 100km

Travel times

  • Terminal 2 -> Dongzhimen: 21 minutes
  • Dongzhimen -> Terminal 2: 35 minutes
  • Terminal 3 -> Dongzhimen: 30 minutes
  • Dongzhimen -> Terminal 3: 16 minutes

Airport – City centre (Bus)

There is many shuttle buses available to different parts of city centre at the airport.

  • Buses depart approx. every 30 minutes
  • The journeys from the airport to city centre take about 60 minutes
Fares
The fare depends on the journey's lenght and range from 
15 CNYcurrently £1.70
 to 
30 CNYcurrently £3.40

Read more about the bus lines on offical website.
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