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Bookmark or Share- About Us - Hong Kong International AirportIn 1996, Kai Tak was the third busiest passenger airport in the world and the first in terms of international cargo throughput - handling 29.5 million passengers and 1.56 million tonnes of freight during the year. It was operating beyond its design capacity.
- Site of Hong Kong’s former Kai Tak Airport set for huge ... - CNNThe site of the old Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport – famous for its notoriously challenging runway in the middle of the busy city center – is set to welcome a new sky-high landmark.
- Kai Tak Airport - WikipediaThe airport was designed to handle 24 million passengers per year, but in 1996, Kai Tak handled 29.5 million passengers, plus 1.56 million tonnes of freight, making it the third busiest airport in the world in terms of international passenger traffic, and busiest in terms of international cargo throughput. [2]
- Remembering Hair-Raising Landings at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak AirportKai Tak was built in 1925 on reclaimed land in Kowloon Bay, opposite Hong Kong Island. Its location was unusual: It sat in a bowl, surrounded by mountains and water—and later studded with ...
- Hair Raising Landings: The Story Of Hong Kong's Kai Tak AirportBefore its current airport on Chek Lap Kok island, there was Kai Tak. With its runway given the nickname "Kai Tak Heart Attack", the airport was well known among pilots and passengers for its hair raising approach. Kai Tak was, like Osaka Itami, surrounded by urban development. Photo: Getty Images.
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