KAI TAK AIRPORT

Question 1

Between what years was Kai Tak operational?

Answer 1

1925 - 1998 (6th of July)

Question 2

Runways and their length?

Answer 2

13/31
Length 3390 m

Rwy 13 was coming over the checkerboard

Question 3

When did the first commercial flight land at Kai Tak?

Which airline was it?

Answer 3

1936

Imperial Airways with mail and 1 passenger

Question 4

When was 13/31 and 07/25 built?

Answer 4

Around 1942 by the Japanese

Question 5

When was 13/31 extended to 3390 m?

Answer 5

1975

Question 6

When was the passenger terminal completed?

Answer 6

1962

Question 7

How many pax was it designed to handle?

How many did it handle by the end?

Answer 7

24 million pax

1996 was it handling 29 million pax

Question 8

What was a limiting factor for expansion?

Answer 8

Night curfew from 00:00 - 06:30

Question 9

Last commercial arrival?
Last commercial departure?
Very last departure?

Answer 9

An A320 from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport DragonAir, KA 841 landed @ 23:38
A B747-400 CX 251 departed to London @ 00:00
An A340-300 CX 3340 departed to VHHH @ 01:05

Question 10

What happend to Kai Tak after it was closed?

Answer 10

It was reopend temporarily due to problems at Chek Lap Kok.

Then it became Cruise Terminal

Question 11

At what local time was Kai Tak closed?

Answer 11

01:17 6th of July 1998