Beijing : world's largest airport will open in 2019

The Beijing New Airport, opening in the southern Daxing district in 2019, will serve as a way to meet the growing needs of air transport in Beijing and enhance the country’s civil aviation presence.

• 46 kilometres (28.6 miles) from the Beijing city centre.
• Built to equally serve the surrounding Hebei province and the neighbouring port city of Tianjin, which China aims to make into a unified economic development zone.
• Capacity: 45 million passengers a year with four runways on first opening, while two later phases would push the capacity to 100 million passengers annually. 
• designed by the late architect Zaha Hadid.

“The overall symmetry of the airport terminal design, together with its flowing, interconnected forms, create a fluid composition which evokes the harmony and balance evidence in Chinese landscapes, while its colors and materials are an expression of visual language within traditional Chinese culture,” states Zaha Hadid Architecture’s website.

Innovative design features within the new 700,000 square-meter terminal will include a central hub with six curved spikes with walkways that connect to one point to make navigating the terminal easier.