According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Beijing's newest airport will be named "Beijing Daxing International Airport." Set to open in late 2019, with eight runways serving 100 million passengers and accommodating 620,000 fights annually, Beijing's Daxing International will become the world's largest airport./VCG Photo

Located in Daxing, a suburban district in southern Beijing, the airport is expected to serve Beijing and two other regions: Tianjin and Hebei Province. /VCG Photo

The airport is aimed at easing the traffic pressure on Beijing Capital International Airport, one of the two airports currently serving commercial flights in Beijing, which has been criticized for being overcrowded. /VCG Photo

The construction of the airport began on December 2014, during which hundreds of tombs from the Qing Dynasty were discovered. /VCG Photo