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A personal documentary about the history and closing of Kai Tak Airport Hong Kong. Their plan to develop the land failed and they were bought out by the British colonial government which began using it as an airfield. Kai Tak Airport Hk In Late 80s Legendary Landings Culture Travel Kai Tak Airport Hong Kong International Airport Its been 20 years since Richard Siegel Hong Kong s then-director of civil aviation bid farewell and turned off the lights at Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport. Kai tak airport history . Indeed it was once ranked the 6th most dangerous airport due to this approach. On 6 July the new Hong Kong International Airport was opened to the public. Kai Tak is a legend of the aviation industry. Arriving on runway 13 demanded that aircraft fly until they sighted a checkerboard painted on a hill then pilots took manual control performing a right hand turn at low altitude to reach the runway. The site of Hong Kongs former civilian airport at Kai Tak was or...