Beijing airport’s third runway ready
The 3,800 metre runway is part of an expansion project which also includes a new terminal building (420,000 square metres), 100 new aprons, a cargo zone and auxiliary facilities.
A Xinhua news agency report said the revamped airport would be able to accommodate 60 million passengers and handle 1.8 million tonnes of cargo each year.
“The new runway is able to accommodate the largest airliner in the world – Airbus A380,” Zhang Zhizhong, the airport’s general manager, was quoted saying.
Official forecasts show the peak monthly passenger arrivals at the airport will hit 5.56 million during the Olympics – the normal transport volume predicted for 2015.
The current two runways and two terminals can cope with 35 million passengers a year. It has been expanding since March 2004 to prepare for the Olympics, the report said.
The airport’s arrival and departure capacity would increase from 80 flights to 115 flights per hour when the third terminal goes into operation in February next year, the report said.
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