CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "The airport opened on 25 September 2019."
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- Sep 25, 201990% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Beijing Daxing International Airport Opens
Beijing opened Daxing International Airport, a vast starfish-shaped terminal designed by Zaha Hadid Architects to relieve pressure on the capital’s overcrowded main airport.
- Beijing Daxing International Airport was inaugurated by President Xi Jinping on 25 September 2019, ahead of the PRC's 70th anniversary; the first commercial flight was 26 September 2019[2][3]
- The starfish-shaped terminal was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects with ADPI and executed by BIAD, with a 700,000 m2 terminal described as the world's largest single-building airport terminal[2][3]
- Construction began 26 December 2014 and was completed 30 June 2019; the airport reportedly cost about $17 billion[2][3]
- It has four civilian runways and was built to handle 72 million passengers a year, easing pressure on Beijing Capital[2][3]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=-aWJ5p3X-Yoyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Sep 25, 2019 ✓· 50% of score
Happened as dated, per the source: "The airport opened on 25 September 2019."
- [2]80%Beijing Daxing International Airporten.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 15, 2026· 50% of score
- [3]88%Beijing opens Daxing airport amid growing China air travel demandcnbc.com· Published Sep 25, 2019· 0% of score
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