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Happened as dated, per the source[1]: "The airport opened on 25 September 2019."- Completion
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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]
Cost
The published cost is CNY 80 billion: Overall cost of the airport facility reported by Wikipedia as CN¥80 billion (US$11.4 billion); an earlier estimate on the same page was at least 70 billion RMB including the Beijing-Xiong'an intercity rail section.[2]
Cost CN¥80B (≈$11.1B)