Beijing Airport Transport

Currently, there are five airports in Beijing: Beijing Capital International Airport is the country's largest civilian airport; Beijing Nanyuan Airport are dual-use airport; Beijing Liangxiang Airport, Beijing Shahe Airport and Beijing Badaling Airport are mainly used for military purposes.

Beijing Capital International Airport

Beijing Capital International Airport is the biggest international airport and Asia's second-largest international airport. It plays am important role in the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China, including almost all the domestic flights and the international flights. It is China's busiest civilian airport and the base for international airlines, and it worked as the air gateway and hub of foreign relations between China and other world. Capital Airport in 2006 ranked the ninth in the world throughput, among one of the world's ten busiest airport. This implies that Beijing has more frequent political, economic and cultural exchanges with foreign countries.

How to Get to Beijing Capital International Airport

Beijing Capital Airport is in the north-east of urban area, between Shunyi District and Chaoyang District. There is more than twenty kilometres from the Beijing Centre to the airport with developed traffic flow around. Beijing Airport Express way connected airport and the city centre, only 40 minutes required to reach the airport. In order to meet the 2008 Olympic Games, Chinese government also built the Beijing Airport metro line, only 16 minutes required from the urban area (Dongzhimen) to the capital airport. There are a number of airport bus lines from the city to the airport, two-way interval start 10-15 minutes; additionally, there are also taxi stops in the airport.


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Airport Metro Line :
Capital International Airport—Dong Zhi Men
stops： Dongzhimen Station(change tube line 2 and 13)、San Yuan Qiao Station(change tube line 10)、Terminal 2 Station、Terminal 3 Station
Timetable: Dong Zhi Men station: First bus: 6:00，Last bus22:30;T3 stationFirst bus: 6:21，Last bus: 22:51;T2 station First bus: 6:35，Last bus: 23:10;Start interval of 15 minutes.

Airport Buses:
Line 1：
Capital International Airport－Fang Zhuang
First bus:7：30，Last bus:22：30
Fang Zhuang－Capital International Airport
First bus：5：30，Last bus：19：30

Line 2：
Capital International Airport-Xi Dan(Civil Aviation Business Building)
First bus:7：00，Last bus: The end of the day of flight
Xi Dan－Capital International Airport
First bus:5:40, Last bus:21:00

Line 3：
Capital International Airport-Beijing station
First bus:7:30,Last bus:The end of the day of flight
Beijing Station -Capital International Airport
First bus：6：00，Last bus：19：30

Line 4：
Capital International Airport-Gong Zhu Feng
First bus:7：00，Last bus:22：30
Gong Zhu Feng-Capital International Airport
First bus:5:40，Last bus:21:00

Line 5：
Capital International Airport-Zhong Guan Cun
First bus:8：30，Last bus:21：30
Zhong Guan Cun-Capital International Airport
First bus：7：00，Last bus：19：30

Beijing NanYuan Airport

Beijing NanYuan Airport was built during the war of resistance against Japan, and initially it is the most important air force airport in the suburb of Beijing. In the 20th century 90's, the airport opened a dozen domestic freight lines, in which way Nanyuan Airport was transferred from a military airport into a dual-use airport. Airlines offered by NanYuan Airport are mainly for domestic use, including the cities of Changsha, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Shengyang, Chengdu, Chongqing and so on.

How to Get to Beijing NanYuan Airport:

Airport Buses :
Line 6：
NanYuan Airport-Xi Dan
Timetable：12:40、17:10、20:50 (adjusted With the flight departure time)
Xi Dan-NanYuan Airport
Timetable：6:00、10:40、15:10(adjusted With the flight departure time)

Others Airports in Beijing

Others airports in Beijing includes Beijing Liangxiang Airport, Beijing Shahe Airport and Beijing Badaling Airport, and they rarely open to the public, mainly for military purposes.