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Beijing Capital International Airport PEK / ZBAA

Beijing · China · Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited (HKEX: 0694); majority-owned by Capital Airports Holding Company, a wholly state-owned enterprise under the CAAC
70.7Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAZBAA / PEK
OperatorBeijing Capital International Airport Company Limited (HKEX: 0694); majority-owned by Capital Airports Holding Company, a wholly state-owned enterprise under the CAAC
Coordinates40.0725°N, 116.5975°E
Elevation116 ft · 35 m
Time zoneCST (UTC+8, no DST)
Passengers / yr70,744,000 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded
AIP referenceZBAA — AIP China (CAAC / China eAIP)
Airport mapTerminals 1–3, Concourses C/D/E and the west cargo aprons · reference only
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Operating hoursH24
TerminalsThree terminals: T1 (reconfigured 2023 as a West Wing satellite for low-cost/regional carriers), T2 (Hainan Airlines hub and SkyTeam partners), and T3 (T3A/T3B/T3C-E, Air China's Star Alliance hub and one of the world's largest terminal buildings) — linked by an automated people mover; separate SF Airlines cargo terminal.
Runways (3)
  • 18L/36R · 3,800 m / 12,467 ft · 60 m wide · Asphalt · ILS CAT I
  • 01/19 · 3,800 m / 12,467 ft · 60 m wide · Concrete · ILS CAT I
  • 18R/36L · 3,200 m / 10,499 ft · 50 m wide · Asphalt · ILS CAT I
Air China's primary hub and Star Alliance's principal Beijing gateway, alongside Hainan Airlines and SkyTeam partners in T2 and SF Airlines' cargo hub. Since Beijing Daxing (PKX) opened in 2019 most China Southern/China Eastern traffic shifted south, but PEK kept growing post-pandemic: 67.4M passengers in 2024 (+27.4% YoY, world's 16th-busiest per ACI) followed by 70.7M in 2025 (+5.0% YoY, per Beijing municipal data).

Services

Available On request / PPR Seasonal / ageing Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling Available · 4 providers
Beijing Aviation Ground Services Co., Ltd. (BGS)
China's first Sino-foreign JV ground-service company (est. 1994); passenger check-in, special-passenger handling, high-end lounge, load balancing, ramp/baggage turnaround for 44 airlines (13 domestic, 31 international) at PEK, ~60% ground-handling market share; documented via Capital Airports Holding company profile (cah.com.cn) and AC-U-KWIK directory. Airline count and share figure not.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Beijing South Airlines Ground Service Co., Ltd.
Self-handled, China Southern Airlines; wholly-owned China Southern Group subsidiary (est. 2004) also contract-handles 20+ carriers at PEK and Daxing (check-in, boarding, lounge, baggage) confirmed to include American Airlines and Malaysia Airlines among others (Aeroflot, Rossiya, Saudia, Kuwait Airways, Thai Nok Air, S7/Ural, Philippine Royal Air, MIAT); documented via cgs.csair.com company profile.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
ExecuJet Haite Aviation Services China
Holds the exclusive ground-handling contract for business jets at Beijing Capital International Airport (ZBAA) since October 2024, under agreement with Capital Airport Holding Business Aviation Management (CBM); confirmed via press coverage dated 21 Oct 2024 describing ExecuJet Haite beginning business-jet ground handling at ZBAA under an exclusive CBM contract.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Universal Aviation China
FBO/ground handler for business aviation at ZBAA covering ramp access, baggage handling, customs & immigration and maintenance coordination; 24/7 line •••, hours 0830-1730 daily with minimum/emergency coverage outside that window; documented on Universal Aviation's own ZBAA service page. Phone digits not (page could not be re-fetched) but format matches genuine Beijing (010) numbering. · 0830-1730 daily; minimum coverage 1731-0100; emergencies only 0100-0829
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel Available
China National Aviation Fuel Co., Ltd. Beijing Branch
Into-plane jet-fuel supplier headquartered inside PEK (China Aviation Oil North China office building) since Nov 2005; parent CNAF Group is confirmed as a major state-owned Beijing-headquartered jet-fuel supplier and one of China's largest; the specific claims of sole CAAC-airworthiness certification for North China and exact counts (113 airlines, 94 GA customers, 32-airport network) are plausible for CNAF's scale but were not; documented via company registry listing (gongsi.com.cn) and CNAF group profile.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing Seasonal
Beijing Aviation Ground Services Co., Ltd. (BGS)
Aircraft de-icing/anti-icing operations listed among BGS's services at PEK; Beijing has cold, snowy winters (sub-zero average January temperatures) genuinely requiring seasonal de-icing; documented via cah.com.cn company profile.
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Seasonal
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 line maintenance Available
AMECO Beijing (Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation)
Line maintenance for Air China and other operators at its Beijing Base located at PEK, part of the Air China (75%)/Lufthansa Technik (25%) AMECO joint venture; confirmed via Lufthansa Technik's Ameco page and company profile.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance Available
AMECO Beijing (Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation)
Heavy airframe checks, overhaul and painting at Beijing Base, including a hangar built in 2008 sized for the Airbus A380 plus dedicated paint hangars; confirmed via Lufthansa Technik's Ameco page. The draft's specific "~11,000 employees" and "two separate 4-bay hangars" figures were not and may reflect AMECO's group-wide (multi-city China) headcount rather than the Beijing base alone; treat those two numbers as unconfirmed.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Component shops & overhaul Not listed
Flight catering Available
Beijing Air Catering Co., Ltd.
Flight-kitchen catering for 50+ airlines at PEK, holding roughly 70% of the airport's flight-catering market with daily output over 100,000 meals (peak 124,700) and 30M+ meals/year; China's first Sino-foreign joint venture, established 1 May 1988 under Foreign Investment Examination No. (1980) 001 (a partnership between the former CAAC Beijing Management Bureau and Hong Kong China Air Catering Ltd.); establishment date and "first Sino-foreign JV"/No.001 status both confirmed via baike.baidu.com company profile.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning Available
Beijing Aviation Ground Services Co., Ltd. (BGS)
Aircraft interior cleaning listed among BGS's standard ground-service lines at PEK; documented via cah.com.cn company profile.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment Available · 2 providers
Beijing Aviation Ground Services Co., Ltd. (BGS)
Operates the ramp special-vehicle fleet (GPU, belt loaders, tow tractors, etc.) supporting turnarounds for its 44 airline customers at PEK; documented via cah.com.cn company profile.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cavotec
Supplied 100+ cable-reel coiler units, service cables and 400Hz fixed ground-power connectors across PEK's three terminals, plus an installation/commissioning service package; documented via Airport World trade press coverage of the Cavotec contract. Not independently re-fetched (source page unreachable); flagged for spot re-check next pass rather than dropped, since it is a specific named-contract claim, not generic marketing.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling Available · 3 providers
Beijing Aviation Ground Services Co., Ltd. (BGS)
Cargo and mail ramp handling included in BGS's ground-service package for its airline customers at PEK; documented via cah.com.cn company profile.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Beijing South Airlines Ground Service Co., Ltd.
Ramp cargo handling included among the company's ground-service lines for China Southern and its contracted carriers at PEK; documented via cgs.csair.com company profile.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Air China Cargo Beijing Cargo Terminal
Cargo terminal at 566-17 Shunping Road, Shunyi District, ~5km from PEK's T3, handling acceptance, weighing, storage, build-up/breakdown, EDI documentation, loading/unloading and ramp cargo transport for 40 international and domestic freighter/passenger carriers, including oversized/overweight, temperature-controlled, dangerous-goods, live-animal and valuable-cargo handling; documented on Air China Cargo's own PEK service page. Not independently re-fetched (site unreachable); Air China Cargo's PEK terminal role itself is well-established industry knowledge.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security Available
Capital Airport Security Company
Capital Airports Holding subsidiary (首都机场安保公司) responsible for passenger, baggage and checkpoint security screening at PEK, including MM-wave smart-security-check lanes trialled/deployed in Terminal 2; documented via multiple China Civil Aviation News (caacnews.com.cn) articles and the airport's own passenger-service pages (bcia.com.cn). Phone number removed: the draft's ••• is the airport group's general public hotline, not this company's own contact, and reusing it here was a misattribution.
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Available
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Passenger & crew transport Available · 2 providers
Universal Aviation China
Car rental and ground transportation arranged for crews/passengers of business-aviation flights at ZBAA, per Universal Aviation's listed ZBAA services.
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On request
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Beijing Capital Airport Bus Co.
Operates the official PEK shuttle-bus network (regular city lines plus intercity routes toward Langfang and Tianjin) connecting the airport's terminals to Beijing and the surrounding region, with ticket booths at T2 and T3; documented via the airport's own transport pages and Wikipedia. Primarily a general passenger service; dedicated crew-only contracts are not confirmed. Exact line count (9) not.
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Available
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Flight support Available · 2 providers
Universal Aviation China
Trip-support services for business aviation at ZBAA including flight-plan filing, permit coordination and weather briefings; documented on Universal Aviation's ZBAA service page.
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Available
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Capital Airport Holding Business Aviation Management (CBM)
State-owned entity managing business-aviation FBO operations at Beijing Capital International Airport; holds the ground-handling concession it awarded exclusively to ExecuJet Haite in Oct 2024; confirmed via press coverage dated 21 Oct 2024.
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Available
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Hotel & travel Unconfirmed · 3 providers
Beijing Capital Airport Hotel
3-star, 215-room hotel (北京首都机场宾馆) built and wholly owned by Capital Airport Group, located inside PEK adjacent to T1/T2 with free shuttle service; commonly used for transit and crew stays given airport-group ownership and location, and PEK is separately confirmed to run airline crew-hotel service contracts (e.g. China Postal Airlines' 2026-2028 PEK crew-hotel tender), but a specific airline contract naming this hotel is not confirmed; documented via baike.baidu.com and visitbeijing.com.cn listings. Phone number removed: the draft's ••• is the airport group's general public hotline (also wrongly attached to the unrelated Capital Airport Security Company entry), not this hotel's own number.
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Unconfirmed
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hilton Beijing Capital Airport
International-branded hotel adjacent to PEK's T3 with a dedicated complimentary 24-hour shuttle (existence confirmed via Wikipedia's PEK article, which names the on-site Hilton); commonly used by airlines for crew and passenger layover at this hub given its proximity, but a specific airline crew contract is not confirmed in available sources.
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Unconfirmed
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cordis Beijing Capital Airport
International-branded hotel next to PEK's T3 with a complimentary 24-hour shuttle; commonly used by airlines for crew and passenger layover at this hub given its proximity, but a specific airline crew contract is not confirmed in available sources.
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Unconfirmed
Verified 4 weeks ago · unconfirmed source