AirportsBeijing Capital International Airport is a large airport serving Beijing, in Beijing Municipality, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is PEK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- PEK
- ICAO code
- ZBAA
- City
- Beijing
- State or region
- Beijing Municipality
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 40.0773° N, 116.5967° E
- Elevation
- 35 m (116 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,800 m (12,467 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, PEK means Beijing Capital International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZBAA. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 40.0773° N, 116.5967° E. It stands 35 metres (116 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Shanghai, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Beijing Capital International Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,800 metres (12,467 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 22.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,800 m 12,467 ft | 60 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 18L/36R | 3,800 m 12,467 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 18R/36L | 3,200 m 10,499 ft | 50 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Beijing Daxing International AirportBeijing | PKX | 66 km |
| Tianjin Binhai International AirportTianjin | TSN | 124 km |
| Tangshan Sannühe AirportTangshan (Fengrun) | TVS | 126 km |
| Zhangjiakou Ningyuan AirportZhangjiakou | ZQZ | 159 km |
| Chengde Puning AirportChengde | CDE | 170 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,811 km | 5 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,765 km | 6 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,846 km | 7 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,154 km | 10 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,979 km | 13 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,037 km | 12 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,491 km | 5 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 2,092 km | 3 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,964 km | 11 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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