Beijing Capital International Airport PEK
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport, coded PEK, link the Chinese capital with cities across Europe, among them Warsaw, Budapest, Istanbul, Chisinau, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Brussels and Vienna. The airport shares Beijing with Beijing Daxing International, so check which airport your ticket names before you travel. Airlines and fares shift with the season and with how far ahead you book, so compare the dated prices here before you commit.
Beijing Capital International Airport at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 52.9 M (2024)
- Hub for
- Air China, Hainan Airlines
- Elevation
- 116 m
- Opened
- 1958
- Official website
- en.bcia.com.cn
- Population of Beijing
- 21.9 M (2020)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
Plan the transfer before you land, not after. Beijing Capital sits away from the city centre, and the journey in takes longer than most first-time visitors expect, so leave a generous buffer before any onward train, meeting or hotel check-in. Check which airport your booking names: Beijing Daxing International serves the same city from a different side, and mixing them up costs you the day. Keep the terminal details your airline sends you close at hand, and on the way back allow extra time rather than cutting it fine, particularly at busy periods.