A blast rocked Beijing International Airport Terminal 3 in China on Saturday.
According to initial reports the bomber was injured during the explosion.
Home-made explosive material was used in the bomb, a news agency said.
However, there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Witnesses at the terminal said that a disabled bomber set off explosives on himself.
Following the incident, the airtraffic both inbound or outbound has not been affected.
State-run China Central Television said on its microblog that the man was injured and sent to a hospital after setting off the bomb.
It said further that no one else was injured, no flights were affected and order has been restored at the airport.