Airport Information and Conference Service

The Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)is the main airport of Beijing, which is about 20 km northeast of Beijing city centre. Most domestic and all major international airline flights arrive and depart at the Capital Airport. The airport is linked to central Beijing by Airport Express buses and taxi is available 24 hours everyday.

To take a taxi, you can go to the taxi station just outside the terminal and wait for the taxi guide to arrange a taxi for you. You are advised not to take any car or taxi other than from the taxi station because these cars and taxi are not reliable. The distance from the airport to the conference venue - Beijing International Convention Center (BICC) and the conference hotels is about 35 km and the taxi fare is around 80 Chinese Yuan (RMB).

To make it easy for you to communicate with the taxi driver, we have prepared an English-Chinese card of simple conversation with taxi drivers at http://sigmod07.riit.tsinghua.edu.cn/chinese-travel-card.shtml. Please print the card from this page and take it with you when coming to Beijing.

Student Volunteers Airport Service

For SIGMOD/PODS conference participants: If you arrive in Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) on June 10 (Sunday) and June 11 (Monday) and need help to go to the conference hotel, look for people wearing "SIGMOD/PODS 2007" T-shirts at the exit of international arrival. These are student volunteers who will help you for your transportation needs.

Other Information

Address

Beijing Capital International Airport, Airport Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100621, China

Telephone & Fax

Tel: 86-10-64563220 or 86-10-64564247 or 86-10-64563604

Fax: 86-10-64570487

Time Zone

GMT + 8

Website

Chinese Version of PEK and English Version of PEK

Terminals

Terminal 1: for domestic traffic

Terminal 2: serving for both dometic and international flights

Terminal 3: under construction

Airport Facilities

Money and communications: Facilities include a bank, several bureaux de change, an ATM, telephones and a post office.

Eating and drinking: There are caf¨¦ and restaurants at the airport.

Shopping: There are shops, including duty-free.

Other facilities: There is a 24-hour medical centre at the airport.

Currency Conversion

You can change for People's Currency (RMB) once you come out of baggage claim. You can use the ATM machine in the airport which can dispense RMB. Also you can go to the Bank of China in the airport for changing money. The detail is availale as follows: Currency Conversion and BOC (Bank of China) Exchange Rate.