More Than You Might Think: A Look At Beijing’s Various Airports

Starting from this article, Simple Flying plans to gradually introduce our readers to the interesting civil aviation stories in each provincial-level administrative unit of China in a series of articles. We will begin by introducing regions that are more familiar to everyone, and today, we will start with China’s capital, Beijing, one of the four directly administered municipalities. Illustrator: Su Wu Overview of Beijing’s airports As the capital of China, Beijing has the highest number of airports per unit area among all the provincial-level administrative units in mainland China. Despite its relatively small size, with an area of approximately 16,400…