After only four year of construction, on Wednesday, September 25, 2019, the new Beijing International Airportlocated only 46 kilometers south of the capital city.
Designed by the late Anglo-Iraní architect Zaha Hadid and for the French company Aeroports de Paris (ADP), this imposing building was conceived to mitigate the congestion suffered by the current Beijing-Capital International Airportsaturated with more than 100 million user per year.
With a unique sea star shape, the Structure designed by Zaha Hadid Architects It had an approximate cost of 11,500 million dollars; It has an area of 700,000 m² and its roof with a surface equivalent to 25 soccer fields, making it the largest airport terminal in the world. In it, four tracks will operate that will open the airspace to an estimated 72 million travelers per year in 2025.
In addition, the New Beijing Airport It has one Metro station and a high -speed train To connect to Daxing district with the Beijing center on a journey of less than 20 minutes.