Kai Tak Tunnel

Kai Tak Tunnel
Overview
Official name	Kai Tak Tunnel
Other name(s)	Airport Tunnel
Location	Kowloon, Hong Kong
Status	Active
Route	Part of Route 5
Start	Ma Tau Kok
End	Kowloon Bay
Operation
Opened	29 June 1982;43 years ago
Operator	Great Lucky Company Limited
Traffic	Vehicular
Character	Limited-access
Toll	No
Technical
No. of lanes	4 lanes (2 lanes per direction)
Operating speed	70 kilometres per hour (43 mph)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	啟德隧道
Simplified Chinese	启德隧道
Jyutping	Kai2 dak1 seoi6 dou6
Cantonese Yale	Kái dāk seuih douh
Hanyu Pinyin	Qǐdé Suìdào
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Qǐdé Suìdào
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Kái dāk seuih douh
Jyutping	Kai2 dak1 seoi6 dou6

Last updated July 29, 2025

↑ Hong Kong - Streets and Districts (香港街道與地區) (1978), Lands Department, HKSAR.
1 2 3 Hong Kong Yearbook 1999, HKSAR.
↑ "Hong Kong (& Macau) Film Stuff: The Man from Hong Kong - Wang Yu (1975) - Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon". 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
↑ ""Bubbly" opening for airport tunnel". South China Morning Post. 30 June 1982. p. 16.
↑ "Airport tunnel fully operational at last". South China Morning Post. 7 October 1982. p. 17.
↑ Airport Tunnel renamed as Kai Tak Tunnel - Hong Kong Government press release. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
1 2 Hong Kong Guide 2006, Survey and Mapping Office, HKSAR.

Preceded by Kai Fuk Road	Hong Kong Route 5 Kai Tak Tunnel	Succeeded by East Kowloon Corridor

22°19′27.49″N114°11′37.66″E / 22.3243028°N 114.1937944°E / 22.3243028; 114.1937944

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[1] Hong Kong - Streets and Districts (香港街道與地區) (1978), Lands Department, HKSAR.

[HKYB99-2] 1 2 3 Hong Kong Yearbook 1999, HKSAR.

[3] "Hong Kong (& Macau) Film Stuff: The Man from Hong Kong - Wang Yu (1975) - Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon". 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

[4] ""Bubbly" opening for airport tunnel". South China Morning Post. 30 June 1982. p. 16.

[5] "Airport tunnel fully operational at last". South China Morning Post. 7 October 1982. p. 17.

[6] Airport Tunnel renamed as Kai Tak Tunnel - Hong Kong Government press release. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.

[hkg06-7] 1 2 Hong Kong Guide 2006, Survey and Mapping Office, HKSAR.

v t e Major road tunnels in Hong Kong
On Hong Kong Island	Aberdeen Tunnel Central–Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel
Crossings of Victoria Harbour	Cross-Harbour Tunnel Eastern Harbour Crossing Western Harbour Crossing
In Kowloon and New Kowloon	Central Kowloon Route Cha Kwo Ling Tunnel Kai Tak Tunnel Trunk Road T2
Between New Kowloon and the New Territories	Eagle's Nest Tunnel and Sha Tin Heights Tunnel ^[α] Lion Rock Tunnel Tate's Cairn Tunnel Tseung Kwan O Tunnel ^[α] Tseung Kwan O–Lam Tin Tunnel
In the New Territories	Airport Tunnel Cheung Shan Tunnel Cheung Tsing Tunnel Discovery Bay Tunnel Lung Shan Tunnel Nam Wan Tunnel Scenic Hill Tunnel Shing Mun Tunnels Tai Lam Tunnel Tai Wai Tunnel Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link (Northern Connection)
α. ^ ^a ^b Entirely in the New Territories, but all access roads on one side pass through New Kowloon. Italics indicate that a tunnel is under construction.