In March 1958, a modern airport with a terminal of 10,000 square meters and a runway appeared in front of the world, and the Capital Airport became the first large-scale civil transport airport built since the founding of new China

At the beginning of the 1980s, the airport was officially renamed Beijing Capital International Airport. In 1980, the T1 terminal opened.

In 1999, Terminal 2 opened and housed the largest terminal in Asia at the time.

In 2008, T3 went up, making it the largest single terminal in the world at the time. Since then, Beijing Capital Airport has become the first super large international airport in Asia with three terminals, three runways and two towers operating simultaneously.

As the core node of Europe, Asia and North America, Beijing Capital International Airport has become the most convenient aviation hub connecting Asia, Europe and the United States with its unique geographical location, convenient transfer process and close and efficient cooperation. By the end of 2019, 93 airlines operated commercial flights at Beijing Capital Airport, including 31 domestic airlines (including those from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) and 62 foreign airlines. It operates 294 navigation points in 65 countries and regions, and 133 international navigation points. At the same time, as China's important air gateway and external communication window, the influence of capital Airport on regional economy is increasing day by day. According to the latest regional economic research report, the total economic contribution of The Capital Airport to Beijing reached 182.835 billion yuan, accounting for 6.53% of the total GDP of Beijing. A total of 731,500 jobs have been created for Beijing, accounting for 5.86% of the city's total employment.

In 2018 and 2019, the annual passenger throughput of Beijing Capital International Airport exceeded 100 million for two consecutive years, ranking second in the world for 10 consecutive years, and the total passenger satisfaction of AIRPORTS Council International reached 4.99.

Beijing Capital International Airport implements the strategic plan of building a strong civil aviation country, focuses on high-quality development, and actively promotes the construction of a benchmark system of safe airport, green airport, smart airport and cultural airport. That is: adhere to the implementation of safety work ideas, keep the bottom line of airport safety as the basis, to create a benchmark for safe airport; Adhere to the whole life cycle of airport construction and operation as the main axis, strengthen the implementation of resource conservation, environmental friendliness, efficient operation, green development as the driving factors, establish a benchmark of green airport; Adhere to the airport cluster intelligence cloud platform regional center airport cluster intelligence operation service system of vertical integration of airport cluster intelligence business service system construction as the support, to build a smart airport benchmark; Adhere to the two concepts of people-oriented and cultural leadership, warm passengers with sincere service, effectively protect the rights and interests of employees, and establish a benchmark of humanistic airport.