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Capital International Airport

Location: The airport is located 28km (18 miles) northeast of Beijing
Airport code: PEK
ADDRESS:
Beijing Capital International Airport,
Airport Road,
Chaoyang District,
Beijing 100621
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China Telephone: (0)10 6456 3220 or 4247 or 3604
Fax: (0)10 6457 0487
E-mail: Via the airport's website
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Website: http://www.bcia.com.cn  (Chinese only) or http://www.bcia.com.cn/en/index.jsp  (English)
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Time Zone: GMT + 8

Transportation between airport and city as follows:
Subject to change without notice

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
By Road:
Taxi: Metered taxis are available at the airport
(journey time to the city center: 40-60 minutes);
Passengers should have the destination written in Chinese or indicated on a map.

Bus: The Airport-City Shuttle Bus departs from outside Arrivals and takes three routes into the city: Xidan, Gongzhufen and Zhongguancun. The most popular route is to Xidan in central Beijing, a short walk from the Forbidden City.
The other routes are to Gongzhufen in western Beijing and to Zhongguancun in the city’s northwest district; the shuttle also stops at major hotels.

Bus:(to/from Xidan, Xichanganjie) - fare: CNY 12
By Bus: Shuttle buses run around clock between China Aviation Building and airport every 30 minutes. Fare CNY16 / $2 USD

Taxi: - fare: CNY 90
From airport, by Taxi: 27 kilometers or 35 minutes / CNY80 - 100 / $9.60 - $12.00,USD.
By Car: Approx 17mls/28kms east of city

Airport tax: International Departure Flights: CNY 90
Exemption: * Transit passengers leaving within 24 hours * Children under 12 years old

Domestic Departure Flights: CNY 50
Exemption: * Children under 2 years old

Where and When to Pay:
When you arrive the departure hall of the airport, approach the airport tax payment counter, pay the tax and get a receipt coupon. You are required to show this receipt coupon to guards at passengers' entrance as well as to airline check-in staff.

Flying hours from Hong Kong on direct flights 3 hours.


Arrivals and Departures Info Tel #: Call Your Airline. Go to Airline numbers
Baggage declaration forms must be completed upon arrival noting all valuables (cameras, watches, jewelry, etc);
A copy must be presented to customs upon leaving for checking.

Reconfirmation of departure reservations are essential to avoid being stranded when flights are overbooked or reservations are not reconfirmed.

Airport:

The Beijing Capital International Airport terminal officially opened on October 1, 1999, marking the 50th anniversary of Chinese Communist rule.
The new four-story terminal (including basement level) covers an area of 336,000 square meters, three times the size of the former terminal and puts much more emphasis on passenger comfort. The complex also includes a large-scale public parking building and a cargo station.

Laser scan technology is used for luggage inspections. Computer-aided aircraft guiding systems, security equipment, and information display boards are all first-rate. Electronic display boards are installed throughout the airport, providing arrival and departure information in both Chinese and English. The Unisys Airport Passenger Processing System (APPS) is used at the airport. APPS provides Windows style graphical screens for use by airport personnel, enabling them to check in passengers and baggage and complete reservations and departure control processes quickly and efficiently. This state-of-the-art terminal will be in full operation, by the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It will be able to handle 190,000 flights, 35 million passengers, and 780,000 tons of cargo a year. The building has 51 elevators, 63 escalators, and 26 moving sidewalks to make maneuvering around the airport easy.

Beijing is served by international carriers such as:
Northwest, United, Canadian Airlines, Lufthansa, SAS, Dragon Air, Japan Airlines, ANA, British Airways, Malaysian Air, Austrian Airlines, Air France, Alitalia, Korean Air, Pakistan Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Thai International, Air China, China Southern, and China Northern.

There are multimedia payphones located throughout the terminal. A phone card, available at airport counters, is required to make calls.

There are no English-language travel books or maps available at the airport, but tourist information and maps can be found at the front desks of most hotels.

Free baggage carts are available on the concourse outside the departure hall. There are no porters at the airport. The airport offers lockers for passengers to store their baggage. The lockers are located on the second level. Bags may be stored for anywhere from an hour to seven days.

Facilities:

Facilities include a bank, several bureaux de change, an ATM, telephones and a post office. Eating and drinking: There are cafés and restaurants at the airport.

Shopping: There are shops, including duty-free.

Other facilities: There is a 24-hour medical center at the airport.

NUMBER OF TERMINALS = 2

TRANSFER BETWEEN TERMINALS
Shuttle buses run between the two terminals.

CAR PARKING
The airport has a multi-level car park.

CONFERENCE AND BUSINESS FACILITIES:
The airport has a business center with Internet access, fax and computer facilities. Business services, including fax, photocopying and computer facilities, are also available in the VIP lounges. Alternatively, there are hotels close to the airport which provide business services. These include the Airport Garden Hotel (phone: (0)10 6456 3388) and the Capital Airport Hotel (phone: (0)10 6456 4466).

DISABLED FACILITIES
The airport is accessible to disabled travelers. The Beijing Airport Ground Service Corporation can provide assistance for travelers with physical disabilities.

Air Travel Guide:

Facilities Amenities: Note, subject to change without notice!
Customs Duty Free Allowance - 400 cigarettes (600 cigarettes for stays over 6 months); 2 liters of alcoholic beverages; reasonable amount of perfume for personal use. Prohibited items: Arms, ammunition, radio transmitters or receivers, exposed but undeveloped film. Baggage declaration forms must be completed upon arrival noting all valuables (cameras, watches, jewelry, etc). Copy presented to customs upon leaving for checking.
Currency Local and foreign currency up to USD $5000 may be imported or exported.
Advised (or sometimes even enforced) to declare valuable goods, like cameras, video recorders, money, etc.

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Entry Regulations:
Upon arrival in China, the following procedures, are required for foreigners.

Health Check:

Upon arrival, the first check you have to pass is the Quarantine Check.
At the checkpoint, you will be required to show your visa and passport and fill in a Health Declaration Form.
Anyone with listed diseases such as yellow fever, cholera, VD, leprosy, infectious pulmonary tuberculosis or AIDS will be prohibited entry.
Those coming from areas with epidemics yellow fever must show their valid certificates of inoculation against this disease. Those with symptoms of fever, diarrhea, vomiting or rashes must declare this information accurately and immediately.

Frontier Inspection:

During this procedure, you are required to fill in Entry Registration Cards, and present your passport, visa and quarantine certificates for inspection.

The frontier inspection station has the right to deny entry to China for any of the following reasons:

Those who hold no exit-entry certificates
Holders of invalid, false, altered exit-entry certificates
Holders of other persons certificates
Those who refuse to receive the health check and the frontier inspection
Those who fail to pass through the port specified
Those who are forbidden to enter by the Ministry of Public Security of the State Council
and/or the Ministry of State Security
Those who are not permitted according to the Chinese laws and administrative regulations

Luggage Check:

The frontier inspection station has the right to check all  luggage entering China.

Old and waste materials, food, micro-organisms, biological products, portions of human body, blood or its products, or animals that may spread infectious diseases among humans are forbidden to enter.
Any printed material, film, tapes, CD's that are detrimental to China's politics, economy, culture and ethics are also forbidden to bring into China.

Note: Each traveler is recommended to "take no more than one Bible into China".
(Never, ever, pass out free bibles).

Also during this process, customs declaration will be made.
Only when you pass all the procedures are you legally entered into China.

Banks and ATMs:

There are 12 ATMs and four auto cash exchange machines conveniently located throughout the terminal and they accept the following cards:

Cirrus
American Express
Visa
Visa Interlink
MasterCard

The following banks have windows set up at the airport for foreign currency exchange: Bank of China, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Agricultural Bank of China, and the Construction Bank of China. Some of these banks can also provide cash advances with a Visa card. The ATM machines are available 24 hours a day while the bank windows are open during normal flight and arrival departure hours. The Bank of China in the international separating area on the second floor also provides foreign currency exchange for passengers.

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Travel Tax:

Travelers departing Beijing on an international flight must pay a RMB90 airport construction tax. Those flying to domestic destinations must pay RMB50. Payment must be made at counters in the departure area prior to checking-in for your flight. Keep your receipt.

Airport Transportation:

The airport is 26 kilometers, or 40 minutes, from the center of Beijing.

Modes of transport (available during normal flight arrival and departure times) include:

Bus: The airport bus is available on the lower level just outside the Arrivals area. There is just one government-run airport bus shuttle.
Many hotels run their own airport shuttle bus services.

Taxi: Available on the lower level just outside the Arrivals area. There is no real difference between the various taxi companies in Beijing.

When arriving at the airport, AVOID drivers who approach you in the terminal or outside the terminal as these are almost always price-gougers, who will ask triple or more the actual price. There is a taxi line just outside the terminal. Drivers should use their meter; make sure that the driver puts down the flag, as some drivers will say they forgot and ask for a ridiculous amount of money.

The cost to midtown Beijing is normally around RMB70 depending on the type of taxi, plus RMB15 for the highway toll. There is no need to tip taxi drivers in Beijing unless they render extra assistance with bags, etc.

Many of the better hotels provide a card with the taxi's license plate when you get in a taxi at the front door. Retain this card should you have a problem with the driver, or should you leave something in the taxi. If you lose something, and don't have the number of the taxi, try either your destination or departure point as it is not unusual for taxi drivers to turn lost goods in to these places. Women are advised to sit in the back seat to avoid any possible harassment.

It's a good idea to always carry the name of your hotel and any destination in Chinese because very few drivers in Beijing speak English. You can ask the staff at the front desk of your hotel to write your destination in Chinese.