Kai Tak Airport

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Kai Tak Airport

啟德機場
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Aerial view of Kai Tak Airport in 1998, the morning after its closure.
Summary
Airport typeDefunct
Owner Government of Hong Kong
Operator Civil Aviation Department
Serves Pearl River Delta
Location Kowloon, Hong Kong
Opened25 January 1925 (1925-01-25)
Closed6 July 1998 (1998-07-06)
Hub for
Focus city for Pan Am (–1986)
Elevation  AMSL 9 m / 30 ft
Coordinates 22°19′43″N114°11′39″E / 22.32861°N 114.19417°E / 22.32861; 114.19417
Map
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Kai Tak Airport
Location of Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong
Kai Tak Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
13/313,39011,122 Asphalt (Closed)

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Kai Tak Airport
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 啟德機場
Simplified Chinese 启德机场
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Qǐdé Jīchǎng
Wade–Giles Ch'i3-te2 chi1-ch'ang2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Káidāk Gēichèuhng
Jyutping Kai2dak1 Gei1coeng4
Part of
  • Kowloon (areas to the south of the Boundary Street)
  • New Kowloon (areas to the north of the Boundary Street)
Areas
Landmarks
Transport
Education
Tertiary
Primary and
secondary
Former
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