Located 46 kilometres (29 miles) south of Tiananmen Square, the Beijing Daxing International Airport will operate at full capacity in 2040, with eight runways and the potential to receive 100 million passengers per year. Journalists walk at the terminal hall after the launching ceremony for the new Daxing International Airport. - Soaring growth -At 700,000 square metres (173 acres) -- about the size of 100 football pitches -- the new structure will be one of the world’s largest airport terminals. Atlanta airport in the United States -- the world’s busiest airport -- can receive more than a hundred million passengers, but across two terminals. The current Beijing Capital International Airport -- the world’s second largest -- is already overflowing, with just over 100 million passengers annually.

Source: Hindustan Times September 25, 2019 06:56 UTC