World’s largest airport terminal to be inaugurated in Beijing

Posted by stephen on February 28, 2008

Beijing’s new international airport terminal, which will open for trial operations on February 29, will be the largest and most advanced airport building in the world. The $3.5 billion project was designed by UK architects Foster & Partners and was completed in just four years.

Terminal 3 has a dragon-like form with a soaring aerodynamic roof and evokes traditional Chinese colors and symbols. It features a main passenger terminal, two satellite concourses, and five floors above ground and two underground. The total area of the complex is 1.3 million sq. meters, including the terminal building and the transportation centre.

T3 will be fully operational on March 26 and will be the gateway to the city as it welcomes athletes from around the world to the twenty-ninth Olympiad in 2008.