Kai Tak Airport

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Kai Tak Airport was Hong Kong’s former international airport, famous for its dramatic approach over the city and close-proximity landings before it closed in 1998.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airport ⓘ
former international airport ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hong Kong International Airport (Kai Tak) ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport

Kai Tak ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
approachFeature Checkerboard Hill ⓘ
approachType visual right-hand turn to Runway 13 ⓘ
category Defunct airports in Hong Kong ⓘ
cityServed Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China
closed 1998 ⓘ
closureDate 1998-07-06 ⓘ
country Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China
elevation 9 feet ⓘ
famousFor challenging landings for pilots ⓘ
low-altitude approaches over Kowloon City ⓘ
formerIATAcode HKG ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China
formerICAOcode VHHH ⓘ
formerRole main gateway to Hong Kong ⓘ
hadPassengerTerminal Kai Tak Passenger Terminal Building ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
IATAcode HKG ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China
ICAOcode VHHH ⓘ
locatedIn Kowloon ⓘ
Victoria Harbour ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Kowloon City District ⓘ
namedAfter Kai Tak Investment Company ⓘ
near Kowloon Bay ⓘ
Kowloon City ⓘ
Kwun Tong ⓘ
linked to: East Kowloon
notableFor close-proximity landings ⓘ
dramatic approach over city ⓘ
opened 1925 ⓘ
operatedBy Civil Aviation Department of Hong Kong ⓘ
postClosureUse Kai Tak Cruise Terminal ⓘ
Kai Tak Development Area ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport

residential and commercial redevelopment ⓘ
primaryHubFor Cathay Pacific ⓘ
Dragonair ⓘ
Hong Kong Airways ⓘ
region East Kowloon ⓘ
replacedBy Hong Kong International Airport ⓘ
runwayDesignation 13 ⓘ
31 ⓘ
runwayLength 3390 metres ⓘ
runwaySurface asphalt ⓘ
status closed ⓘ
successor Hong Kong International Airport ⓘ
timezone Hong Kong Time ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
usedDuring Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
UTCoffset UTC+8 ⓘ

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Hong Kong International Airport → replaced → Kai Tak Airport ⓘ
VHHH → replacedAirport → Kai Tak Airport ⓘ
Kai Tak Airport → postClosureUse → Kai Tak Development Area ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak Airport → hadPassengerTerminal → Kai Tak Passenger Terminal Building ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak Airport → alsoKnownAs → Hong Kong International Airport (Kai Tak) ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak Airport → alsoKnownAs → Kai Tak ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
Kowloon City District → contains → Kai Tak ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
British Caledonian → operatedFromAirport → Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport ⓘ
subject linked to: BCal
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
Dragonair → operatedFrom → Kai Tak Airport ⓘ
Kai Tak Investment Company → associatedWith → former Hong Kong International Airport at Kai Tak ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
Checkerboard Hill → locatedNear → former Kai Tak Airport ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
Checkerboard Hill → associatedWith → Kai Tak Airport Runway 13 ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal → builtOn → Runway 13/31 of Kai Tak Airport ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
East Kowloon → includesRedevelopmentSite → former Kai Tak Airport ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
Kowloon Bay → near → former Kai Tak Airport ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport
Ma Tau Kok → adjacentTo → Kai Tak ⓘ
linked to: Kai Tak Airport