- The world’s largest airport at 7.5 million square feet (700,000 square meters).
- Its starfish-shaped form will initially usher through 45 million passengers in its first year. By 2025, that number will jump to 72 million., then eventually service up to 100 million passengers annually.
- The architects claim the radial design means the farthest gate is just an 8 minute walk away from check-in
Beijing Daxing International Airport (IATA: PKX, ICAO: ZBAD) (nicknamed "starfish", located on the border of Beijing and Langfang, Hebei Province, is Beijing's second international airport. The name of the airport was announced on September 14, 2018. The terminal building is the largest single-structure airport terminal in the world, with an area of more than 1,000,000 m2 (11,000,000 sq ft). It was completed on June 30, 2019. The opening ceremony for the airport was held on September 25, 2019, with the airport opened to the public on September 26, 2019. The first commercial flight landed at Beijing Daxing at 10:12 (UTC+8), September 26, 2019.
The airport is 46 kilometres (29 mi) south of Tiananmen Square, 26 kilometres (16 mi) west of downtown Langfang, 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Xiong'an New Area, and 65 kilometres (40 mi) south of Beijing Capital International Airport, and is expected to serve Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei. It serves as a hub for SkyTeam alliance airlines and some Oneworld members, while Star Alliance members will stay at Beijing Capital International Airport (with exception of LOT Polish Airlines, which also will serving Daxing). Hainan Airlines, which accounted for 10% of Beijing Capital International's passenger seat capacity in 2016, but is not part of any major alliance, remains at Capital Airport.
After almost five years of construction, the $63 billion facility features a 7.5 million square foot terminal and sits on 18 sq mi (47 km2) of land, making it the world’s largest airport. Despite its size, it promises short walking distances of around 8 minutes from the center to your Gate .
By 2025, the airport will be able to serve 72 million passengers a year, and ultimately expected to handle 100 million passengers a year. Combined with the existing Beijing Capital International Airport’s annual capacity of 96 million passengers, that would make Beijing one of the world’s busiest city airport systems, rivaling for top spot the 170 million carried by London’s six airports, based on 2017 figures.