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Kai Tak in Hong Kong, a concrete runway sandwiched between skyscrapers, mountains and Victoria Harbour, was once the world's most daunting place to land a plane, causing even the most experienced ...

THE FLOOR OF THE ARRIVALS LOUNGE AT THE FORMER KAI TAK AIRPORT displays a sign that reads “No Waiting,” but a dozen people still loiter. Not to greet passengers—the last one landed five years ago—but ...

It’s nearly 20 years since Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport closed, but I still miss it. It was so compact you came out of customs, rolled down a ramp and were in a taxi within minutes. And it was so close ...

Kai Tak in Hong Kong was once the world's most daunting airport for even the most experienced pilots. Nestled between towering skyscrapers, mountains and Victoria Harbour, this concrete runway was a ...

It was a warm and humid June day a few weeks before Hong Kong’s old Kai Tak Airport closed in 1998. I’d filed a feature for a British newspaper about the spanking new airport at Chek Lap Kok and had ...