With the increase of elevator running speed, the influence of aerodynamic force on elevator becomes more and more obvious, and the impact is also increasing gradually. In this paper, the Computational Fluid Dynamic numerical simulation method is used to simulate and analyse the aerodynamic characteristics of elevator car under the influence of different operating speed and distance from side of car to hoistway wall by establishing full-scale model of elevator and hoistway. The results show that when the car is in a symmetrical position, the aerodynamic characteristics on both sides always show obvious symmetry. With the decrease of distance from side of car to hoistway wall and the operating speed of the car, the flow field around the car changes intensified, and the aerodynamic forces on the side of the car will also increase significantly.