Minimum Connection Time in T3 (MCT)
Transfer
in T3 |
Transfer
between T3 and T2 |
Transfer
between T3 and T1 |
Domestic to Domestic:
60 mins International to International: 60 mins
Domestic to International and International to Domestic:
90 mins |
T3、T2
Domestic to Domestic: 120 mins
T3、T2
International to International: 120 mins
T3、T2
Domestic to International and International to Domestic:
160 mins |
T3、T1
Domestic to Domestic: 120 mins
T3、T1
Domestic to International and International to Domestic:
160 mins |
Reminder to passengers of Air China: As the final stop for
international flights with domestic stopovers, the minimum time
for passengers of incoming international flights to transfer
in Beijing is 120 minutes. For international flights with domestic
stopovers, if these passengers have to transfer to international
flights, they should proceed with fellow passengers of international
flights departing from Beijing in the Level 4 departure hall
of T3C and wait for their planes in T3E after arriving at the
Beijing Capital International Airport.
Domestic to DomesticAfter the airplane stops at the
boarding bridge of Zone C (T3C), please get off the airplane
and go through the bridge to the Domestic Arrival region on
Level 2 (T3C) → please proceed with transfer procedures at the
Domestic-Domestic Transfer Counter on Level 2 → please go upstairs
to the Domestic Departure Waiting Area on Level 3 (T3C) → Boarding
Gates → board the plane
Domestic to InternationalAfter the airplane stops
at the boarding bridge of Zone C (T3C), please get off the airplane
and go through the bridge to the Domestic Arrival region on
Level 2 (T3C) → please proceed with international flights transfer
procedures at the Domestic-International Transfer Counter on
Level 2 → please take the special escalator downstairs to the
Transfer Hall on Level 1 → check boarding pass → please go upstairs
to the APM platform on Level 2 (T3C) → please take the APM platform
→ please go to the APM platform on Level 2 (T3E) → please go
to CIQ, 2F (T3E) → please go through the Health & Quarantine
Inspection → please go through the Exit Frontier Inspection
→ please go through the Security Inspection → please go through
the Customs Inspection → please go to the International Departure
Waiting Area → Boarding Gates → board the plane
International to DomesticAfter the airplane stops
at boarding bridge of Zone E (T3E), please get off the airplane
and go through the bridge to the International Arrival region
on Level 3 (T3E) → please go through the Health & Quarantine
Inspection → please go through the Entry Frontier Inspection
→ please take the special escalator or lift downstairs to the
APM platform on Level 2 (T3E) → please take the APM platform
→please go to the APM platform on Level 2 (T3C) → please go
to the International Baggage Claim Hall → please go through
the Animal & Plant Quarantine (sample check) → please go through
the Customs Inspection located north of the International Baggage
Claim Hall → please enter the International-Domestic Transfer
Hall → please proceed with domestic flights transfer procedures
(deliver baggage) → please take the special escalator upstairs
to Level 3 (T3C) → please go through the Domestic Security Inspection
→ please go to the Domestic Departure Waiting Area → Boarding
Gates → board the plane
International to InternationalAfter the airplane stops
at the boarding bridge of Zone E (T3E), please get off the airplane
and go through the bridge to the International Arrival region
on Level 3 (T3E) → please proceed with transfer procedures →
please go through the Transit Inspection (in special passage
in the east or west) → please take the special escalator downstairs
to the International Departure region on Level 2 (T3E) → please
go through the Security Inspection in the special passage →
please go through the customs sample check of hand baggage if
necessary → please go to the International Departure Waiting
Area → Boarding Gates → board the plane

1) Domestic-Domestic Transfer Counter
2) Exit to GTC
3) Customs Inspection Counter for International Arrivals
4) Domestic Luggage Claim
5) International Luggage Claim
6) Customs Transfer Counter
7) International-Domestic Transfer Counter
8) Domestic-Domestic & Domestic-International Transfer Counters
9) Express Platform
10) Domestic VIP Lounge of Air China
11) Domestic Business-class Lounge of Air China
12) Domestic Transfer Lounge of Air China
13) Domestic-Domestic Transfer Counter
For more information, please visite the wibesite of
Beijing Capital International Airport.