Unlike many conventional airports in which the departing and arrival gates are located at the extremities of endless corridors, the gates of the Beijing terminal are located along the sides of the triangles of the main terminal spaces, allowing passengers to watch planes arrive and depart from the gates, much like the tracks in a train station. Also, the terminal is awash with natural daylight, diffused through the skylights in the roof. The sumptuous spaces awash with natural daylight recreate the spectacle and the spectatorship of air travel, in its full splendor: