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For sure you will use Beijing Capital International Airport when traveling by plane either inbound or outbound to or from Beijing. The airport is situated close to Shunyi District, which is approximately 25 km northeast of the city centre. Due to the 2008 Olympic Games, the airport has already finished some renovations. The airport now boasts three terminals, with Terminal 3 being one of the largest terminal under one roof in the world. Most domestic and nearly international flights arrive at and depart from Beijing Capital Airport. The Capital Airport is the main hub for Air China (located in terminal 3). It links Beijing with almost every other Chinese city with regular air passenger service.

Other airports in the city include Beijing Liangxiang Airport, Beijing Nan Yuan Airport, Beijing Xijiao Airport, Beijing Shahe Airport and Beijing Badaling Airport. Nan Yuan serves as the hub for only one passenger airline, and these airports are primarily for military use and less well-known to the public.

As mentioned already, Beijing Capital Airport consists of two former terminals (terminal 1 and 2) and one new terminal (terminal 3) For some people it is sometimes confusing from which terminal their flight is departing or in which terminal they can pick up their arriving friends or relatives. Therefore we have this handy schedule:

Domestic
Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Air China	Baotou, Beihai, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chifeng, Chongqing, Dalian, Dandong, Daqing, Datong, Dazhou, Fuzhou, Guangyuan, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Huangshan, Jiamusi, Jingdezhen, Jinggangshan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Liuzhou, Mianyang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Ningbo, Ordos, Qingdao, Qiqihar, Quanzhou, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Taizhou (Zhejiang), Tongliao, Urumqi, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xiangfan, Xilinhot, Xining, Xuzhou, Yancheng, Yanji, Yantai, Yichang, Yinchuan, Yuncheng, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai	3C
China-Eastern Airlines	Changzhi, Changzhou, Dalian, Enshi, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinghong, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Lijiang, Linyi, Luoyang, Luzhou, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, Yantai, Yibin, Yinchuan	2
China-Southern Airlines	Beihai, Changchun, Changde, Changsha, Changzhi, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Daqing, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Heihe, Kunming, Mohe County, Nanchong, Nanjing, Nanning, Nanyang, Ningbo, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shantou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xining, Yanji, Yichun (Heilongjiang), Yinchuan, Yiwu, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhijiang (Hunan), Zhuhai	2
Chongqing Airlines	Chongqing	2
Deer Air	Baotou, Hohhot, Jixi, Lijiang	2
Grand China Air	Dalian, Guilin, Harbin, Nanchang, Nanning	1
Hainan Airlines	Baotou, Changsha, Changzhi, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dongying, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Hangzhou, Hefei, Hohhot, Jiamusi, Kunming, Lanzhou, Manzhouli, Mudanjiang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qiqihar, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhai, Xi'an, Xiamen, Yichang, Yinchuan	1
Northeast Airlines (China)	Chaoyang, Shenyang	2
Shandong Airlines	Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai	3C
Shanghai Airlines	Hangzhou, Harbin, Jiayuguan, Jining, Jiujiang, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Xi'an	3C
Shenzhen Airlines	Nanning, Shenzhen, Wuxi	2
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu, Chongqing, Jiuzhaigou, Kunming, Wanzhou, Xichang	3C
Tianjin Airlines	Anqing, Chifeng, Ulanhot, Weifang, Xi'an, Yan'an, Yulin, Zhongwei	1
Xiamen Airlines	Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Zhoushan	2
International
Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Aeroflot	Moscow-Sheremetyevo	2
Aerosvit Airlines	Kiev-Boryspil	2
Afriqiyah Airways	Tripoli	2
Air Algérie	Algiers	2
Air Astana	Almaty	2
Air China	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Busan, Daegu, Delhi, Dubai, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid, Melbourne, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Munich, Nagoya-Centrair, New York-JFK, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pyongyang, Rome-Fiumicino, San Francisco, São Paulo-Guarulhos [resumes 20 December], Sapporo-Chitose, Sendai, Seoul-Inch eon, Singapore, Stockholm-Arlanda, Sydney, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita, Ulaanbaatar, Vancouver, Yangon, Yekaterinburg	3E
Air Canada	Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver	3E
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle	2
Air Koryo	Pyongyang	2
Air Macau	Macau	3E
Air New Zealand	Auckland	3E
All Nippon Airways	Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita	3E
All Nippon Airways operated by Air Nippon	Osaka-Kansai	3E
Air Zimbabwe	Harare, Singapore	2
American Airlines	Chicago-O'Hare	3E
Asiana Airlines	Busan, Muan, Seoul-Inch eon	3E
Austrian Airlines	Vienna	3E
British Airways	London-Heathrow	3E
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong	3E
China Airlines	Taipei-Taoyuan	3E
China-Eastern Airlines	Delhi, Dhaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya-Centrair, Okayama, Osaka-Kansai, Seoul-Inch eon,Tokyo-Narita	2
China-Southern Airlines	Amsterdam, Dubai, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Khabarovsk, Lagos, Manila, Phnom Penh, Seoul-Inch eon,Tehran-Imam Khomeini	2
Continental Airlines	Newark	3E
Delta Air Lines	Seattle/Tacoma [begins 6 June][20]	2
Dragonair	Hong Kong	3E
EgyptAir	Cairo	3E
El Al	Tel Aviv	3E
Emirates Airline	Dubai	3E
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa, Delhi	2
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi	3E
EVA Air	Taipei-Taoyuan	3E
Finnair	Helsinki	3E
Hainan Airlines	Berlin-Tegel, Brussels, Budapest, Dubai, Irkutsk,Khartoum [begins 17 November], Krasnoyarsk, Luanda, Novosibirsk, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Seattle/Tacoma, St. Petersburg, Taipei-Taoyuan	2
Garuda Indonesia	Jakarta, Singapore	2
Hong Kong Express Airways	Hong Kong	2
Iran Air	Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tokyo-Narita	2
Japan Airlines	Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita	3E
KLM	Amsterdam	2
Korean Air	Busan, Jeju, Seoul-Inch eon	2
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich	3E
Malaysia Airlines	Kuala Lumpur	2
MIAT Mongolian Airlines	Ulaanbaatar	3E
Northwest Airlines	Tokyo-Narita	2
Pakistan International Airlines	Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Tokyo-Narita	2
Philippine Airlines	Manila	2
Qatar Airways	Doha	3E
Rossiya	St. Petersburg [seasonal]	2
S7 Airlines	Novosibirsk, Irkutsk	3E
SAT Airlines	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	2
Scandinavian Airlines System	Copenhagen	3E
Singapore Airlines	Singapore	3E
SriLankan Airlines	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Colombo	2
TAAG Angola Airlines	Luanda	2
Thai Airways International	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi	3E
Turkmenistan Airlines	Ashgabat	2
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul-Atatürk	3E
United Airlines	Chicago-O'Hare, San Francisco, Tokyo-Narita [seasonal], Washington-Dulles [seasonal]	3E
Ural Airlines	Yekaterinburg	2
Uzbekistan Airways	Tashkent	2
Vietnam Airlines	Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City	2
Vladivostok Air	Khabarovsk, Vladivostok	2
Cargo
Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Aeroflot-Cargo	Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Novosibirsk	Cargo
AirBridgeCargo Airlines	Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, St. Petersburg	Cargo
Air China Cargo	Anchorage, Chicago-O'Hare,Dallas/Fort Worth, Milan-Malpensa, Los Angeles, Portland (OR), Vienna	Cargo
Cargolux	Luxembourg	Cargo
FedEx Express	Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai-Pudong	Cargo
Korean Air Cargo	Seoul-Inch eon	Cargo
Air Koryo	Pyongyang	Cargo
Malaysia Airlines Kargo	Kuala Lumpur	Cargo
SAS Cargo Group	Copenhagen, Shanghai-Pudong, Stockholm-Arlanda	Cargo
Singapore Airlines Cargo	Singapore	Cargo
Volga-Dnepr	Krasnoyarsk	Cargo