北京大兴国际机场开始飞行测试
With the first test flight completed on Tuesday, Beijing Daxing International Airport has started a hectic flight check due to end on March 15.
北京大兴国际机场周二完成首次飞行测试，3月15日前还将进行密集的飞行检查。
Within nearly two months, four runaways, six instrument landing systems, seven lighting systems, one navigation system and a flight range finder, as well as a set of flight procedures, will go through thorough checks.
Upon the completion of the tests, sources with the air traffic management authority said that the airport would be ready for operation.
Che Jinjun, director of the Air Traffic Management Bureau of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), said that the airport's air traffic control support project was the largest of its kind in China, spanning Beijing and Hebei Province.
It was a tough task to build such a huge project within a short period of time, said Che, adding that both the construction and operational preparations were demanding and faced more challenges.