At which city was Kai Tak airport replaced by Chek Lap Kok in 1998?
Kai Tak Airport Kai Tak Airport Kai Tak International Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. It was officially known as Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998, when it was closed and replaced by the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok, to the west. It is often known as Hong Kong International Airport, Kai Tak, or simply Kai Tak, to distinguish it from its successor which is often referred to as Chek Lap Kok Airport. With numerous skyscrapers and mountains located to the north and its only runway jutting out into
Kai Tak Airport in one early morning with a single massive move. On 6 July 1998 at 01:28, after the last aircraft departed for Chek Lap Kok, Kai Tak was finally retired as an airport. The final flights were: A small ceremony celebrating the end of the airport was held inside the control tower after the last flight took off. Richard Siegel, then-director of civil aviation, gave a brief speech ending with the words "Goodbye Kai Tak, and thank you", before dimming the lights briefly and then turning them off. After the last plane, a Cathay Pacific A340-300, took off from Kai Tak