# Hong Kong International Airport Kai Tak, Kowloon City, Hong Kong

**Hong Kong International Airport Kai Tak** was an airport in Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It opened in 1954. It closed on 6 Jul 1998. It was operated by Civil Aviation Department.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hk-0099

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Department
- Serves: Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Opened: 1954
- Closed: 6 Jul 1998
- Elevation: 9 m / 28 ft
- Coordinates: 22.3203, 114.1981
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Hong_Kong
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Tak_Airport (35 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q673202
- Weather station: VHCH
- Ident: HK-0099

## Timeline

- 1954: Hong Kong International Airport Kai Tak opens.
- 24 Aug 1965: 1965 Hong Kong US Marines KC-130F Crash. 59 killed.
- 30 Jun 1967: Thai Airways International Flight 601. 24 killed.
- 31 Aug 1988: CAAC Flight 301. 7 killed.
- 4 Nov 1993: China Airlines Flight 605. No deaths.
- 6 Jul 1998: Hong Kong International Airport Kai Tak closes.
- 6 Jul 1998: Replaced by Hong Kong International Airport. https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | Hong Kong Approach | 119.100 |
| TWR | Hong Kong Tower | 118.700 |
| ATIS |  | 128.200 |
| GND | Hong Kong ground | 121.600 |
| APP RAD |  | 119.100 |
| DLV |  | 124.650 |
| PAR | Precision | 119.500 |
| CUT |  | 131.450 |

## Nearby airports

- [VHSK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhsk.md) Shek Kong Air Base · 18 km / 11 mi
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · 54 km / 33 mi
- [MFM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vmmc.md) Macau International Airport · 65 km / 41 mi
- [HUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zghz.md) Huizhou Pingtan Airport · 91 km / 57 mi
- [ZUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsd.md) Zhuhai Jinwan Airport · 92 km / 57 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #5

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hk-0099/data