Short answers, pulled from the story.
Beijing Capital International Airport opened on the 1st of March 1958 with a single small terminal building and one runway. That original terminal still stands today reserved for VIPs and charter flights.
A consortium led by Netherlands Airport Consultants designed Terminal 3 with input from Foster + Partners and Arup. UK lighting architects Speirs and Major Associates handled all illumination systems within the complex.
Two fatal accidents occurred at the airport within less than twenty-four hours involving Civil Aviation Administration of China Ilyushin Il-14 aircraft. Thirteen out of fourteen occupants died in the first crash while both occupants died in the second incident due to an incorrect altimeter setting and missing flight instructor.
Passenger volume reached eighty-three million seven hundred twelve thousand three hundred fifty-five in 2013 before climbing to ninety-four million three hundred ninety-three thousand in 2016. The facility serves over forty million passengers per year according to Airports Council International.
Construction of Terminal 3 began on the 28th of March 2004 to prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The terminal became fully operational on the 26th of March 2008 after trial operations started on the 29th of February 2008.