The total passenger throughput at Beijing Daxing International Airport in 2021 exceeded 20 million on Monday.

To date, the airport operates 240 air routes, connecting 171 global waypoints. It has completed takeoffs and landings of 315,000 flights.

Located 46 kilometers south of downtown Beijing, the new aviation hub is shaped like a phoenix spreading its wings. It opened to flights in September 2019. 

Xinhua News Agency reported that the airport's passenger and cargo throughput is expected to reach 72 million and 2 million tonnes, respectively, by 2025, with 620,000 takeoffs and landings.

(Cover: Beijing Daxing International Airport. /CFP)