Kai Tak Airport

Japanese: Kai Tak Airport(英語表記)KaiTakAirport
Kai Tak Airport

…It is managed by the Ministry of Transport. Kai Tak Airport, Hong KongOriginally completed in 1927 as a base for the Royal Air Force, it was the busiest airport in Southeast Asia, despite being a small facility with only 222 hectares of land and a single runway, but in 1998 it was replaced by the new airport described below. Hong Kong International AirportThis new airport replaces the old Kai Tak Airport, and although there was some doubt as to whether it would be completed due to Hong Kong's return to China, construction proceeded almost as planned, with a single 3,800m runway built on a 1,248ha site reclaimed from around Lantau Island, and the airport opened in the spring of 1998. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kai Tak Airport" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…管理は政府交通部。 香港・啓徳(カイタク)空港Kai Tak Airport1927年にイギリス空軍の基地として完成したのが起源で,面積わずか222ha,滑走路1本のみの小施設ながら,東南アジアでもっともにぎわう空港となっていたが,98年に次項の新空港に代わった。 香港新空港Hongkong International Airport従来の啓徳空港に代わる新空港で,香港の中国への返還とからんで一時完成が危ぶまれたものの,工事はほぼ予定通り進し,ランタオ島周辺を埋め立てた1248haの敷地に3800mの滑走路1本を建設し,1998年春に開港。…

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