(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport was legendary among pilots—who had to thread their way between high-rises to land—and passengers, who gripped their armrests and held ...

It’s been 25 years since Hong Kong’s Kai Tak airport closed. Pilot Russell Davie and photographer Daryl Chapman remember the glory days and share a few of the scariest moments.

Kai Tak was closed 25 years ago, on July 6, 1998, almost a year after control of Hong Kong had passed from Britain to China.It was replaced by the far larger Hong Kong International Airport (HKG ...

5. When Hong Kong's first night flight took off from Kai Tak to write a new chapter in the city's civil aviation history. A Cathay Pacific Airways DC-3 took off at 8.30pm on July 18, 1959, in a ...

Aircraft would fly an approach at Hong Kong Kai Tak to a checkerboard on the side of a hill. The aircraft would then turn 90 ...

2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the first recorded flight from Kai Tak airport, and while the airport is now closed, Hong Kong continues to be a popular destination for tourists, with Cathay ...

The new stadium is a nostalgic one for Hong Kongers as it transforms the old Kai Tak Airport location, which notoriously saw flights fly into the harbour and make a 47-degree turn below 500 feet ...

Hong Kong’s New State-of-the-Art Kai Tak Sports Park, the City’s Most Ambitious Venue, Upholds Hong Kong as a Center for Sports and Entertainment.

Developed and built on the site of Hong Kong’s former international airport, Kai Tak Sports Park took six years to build and was said to have cost HK$30 billion (US$3.9 billion).