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Former Kai Tak Airport/Hong Kong International Airport (HKG/VHHH) (Hong Kong)
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Kai Tak Airport (traditional Chinese: 啟德機場), known as Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 1998, was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. On July 6, 1998, the airport was replaced by the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok.
The airport was home to Hong Kong's national carrier Cathay Pacific, as well as Dragonair, Air Hong Kong and Hong Kong Airways. With numerous skyscrapers and mountains located to the north and its only runway jutting out into Victoria Harbour, the airport was infamously difficult to land at. It had one runway, runway 13/31. The terminal building has been demolished after the airport's closure in 1998.
The airport was home to Hong Kong's national carrier Cathay Pacific, as well as Dragonair, Air Hong Kong and Hong Kong Airways. With numerous skyscrapers and mountains located to the north and its only runway jutting out into Victoria Harbour, the airport was infamously difficult to land at. It had one runway, runway 13/31. The terminal building has been demolished after the airport's closure in 1998.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Tak_Airport
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 22°19'8"N 114°12'16"E
- Hong Kong International Airport (HKG/VHHH) 32 km
- Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport 58 km
- Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport 156 km
- Ching Chuan Kang Airbase/Taichung Airport 689 km
- Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE/RCTP) 778 km
- Hualien Air Force Base 779 km
- Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (IATA: WUH, ICAO: ZHHH) 944 km
- Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport 1078 km
- Nanjing Lukou International Airport IATA: NKG, ICAO: ZSNJ) 1146 km
- Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG/ZSPD) 1241 km
- Kowloon Bay 0.8 km
- Kowloon City District 0.9 km
- To Kwo Wan Typhoon Shelter 0.9 km
- To Kwa Wan 1.5 km
- Kwun Tong Typhoon Shelter 1.5 km
- Kowloon City 1.9 km
- Hung Hom 2.3 km
- Kwun Tong District 2.3 km
- Kowloon 2.3 km
- Victoria Harbour 3.9 km