The Beijing Daxing International Airport is under construction, on Oct 26, 2018. [Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/chinadaily.com.cn]

With four runways and a 700,000 square meter terminal area, the airport is expected to be the world’s largest upon completion.

The new airport is 46 kilometers from Tian’anmen Square, 26 km from downtown Langfang city in Hebei, 55 km from the Xiong’an New Area, and 67 km from the existing Beijing Capital International Airport, and is expected to serve as the airport hub for North China.

The first phase of the project is designed with an initial target of 72 million passengers, 20 million tons of cargo and mail, and 620,000 aircraft routes by 2025, with plans to handle 100 million passengers in the long term.