Beijing Civil Aviation IMAX

Beijing · ChinaSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room B, 53/100 — a solid premium screen without being exceptional, 317 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. The projector generation was never established, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.

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Map position approximate (city centre)

~IQ 53provisional

Genuinely big screen, strong presentation.

Spec sheet

Projection: Not established
Screen: 21.3 m × 16.1 m (343 m²)
Screen shape: 1.32:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
15/70mm film: Recorded in 2021, unconfirmed
Sound: Not published
Seats: Not published
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2010
Operator

⚠ A 2021 industry listing recorded a 15/70mm film projector here, and we could find nothing to confirm or refute it. Most multiplex film systems were removed years ago; many museum ones still run. Rather than guess either way, this venue is scored as if the projector were unknown — so if it does still run film, the score below understates it substantially.

Why IQ 53

Screen size17/38

Projection18/36

Full 1.43 frame18/18

Sound0/8

How big, really?

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
3Beijing Civil Aviation · 21.3×16.1 m · picture 317 m², 7% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

3 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 3 up · 343 m² total)

What you actually see

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dark

Screen: 343 m²
Picture: 317 m²
Screen used: 93%

1.2 m of this screen — 7% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.43 showing.

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Where this comes from

Single source

We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.

Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: single source
15/70mm film: single source
Operating status: verified open

The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.

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