Beijing Transportation - Nanyuan Airport

City Guide - Beijing - Transportation
Airport Code: NAY

Location
Around 13 km (8.08 miles) from Tiananmen Square, south of downtown Beijing, Nanyuan Airport is situated in the Fengtai District, and is closer to downtown Beijing than Beijing Capital International Airport is.

Brief Intro
Nanyuan Airport is a relatively small when compared with other Chinese airports. First constructed during the Sino-Japanese War, it became an important military airfield upon the founding of the People's Republic of China. In 2007, the first reconstruction of the airport was finished and the airport was put into civil use the same year. On July 6th, 2012, the newly built terminal was open to public formally, which make the airport now have the capacity for handling 6 million passengers annually, while there is still capacity for further growth. Currently, China United Airlines is the only commercial airline using Nanyuan Airport. It offers flights to more than 50 domestic cities, such as Guangzhou, Xian, Sanya, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Changsha, Chongqing, Wuxi, Dalian, Hohhot, Harbin, Changchun, Lanzhou, Yinchuan, Lianyungang, Zhangjiajie, Shenyang, Foshan, Fuzhou, Jiamusi and Urumqi.

Terminal Buildings
Currently, there are two terminal buildings at Nanyuan airport, the old terminal and the newly terminal. They totally cover an area of about 20,000 square meters (4.9 acre). There are 3 baggage turntables and 10 security channels in the airport now, which can fulfill the needs of 4 to 5 flights taking off at the same time. The check-in counters increase to 13, while the self-service check-in counters will be set up in the nearly future. The area of the waiting zone has been expanded to 600 square meters (0.14 acre), and 12 boarding gates are arranged there. In addition, after the reconstruction of the apron, Nanyuan airport can accommodate about 25 United Airlines planes (mainly Boeing 737 aircraft). The new car park will have over 600 parking lots.

Transportation
By Airport Shuttle Bus
Xidan Aviation Building – Nanyuan Airport
Departure Time: 06:00, 07:00, 09:30, 11:20, 12:00, 13:30, 14:30, 15:30(time adjusted to the arrival of flights)
Stops：Xidan Aviation Building, Overpass of Xidan Crossing, Xuanwumen, Kaiyangqiao, South 3rd Ring Road, Muxiyuan, Nanyuan Road, Sanyingmen, Nanyuan Airport
Stops：1.5 hours
Ticket Fare：CNY16 (free for passengers hold the valid air tickets of the day）

Nanyuan Airport – Xidan Aviation Building
Departure Time：11:15, 13:00, 14:15, 15:15,16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 20:30, 22:00, 22:30, 24:50, 24:00(time adjusted to the arrival of flights)
Stops： Nanyuan Airport, Muxiyuan, Liujiaoyao, Chongwenmen Crossing, Qianmen East Avenue, Qianmen, Tiananmen, Chang'an Street, Xidan Aviation Building
Duration：1.5 hours
Ticket Fare：CNY16(free for passengers hold the valid air tickets of the day）