Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport (1925 1998)

First of all, this is a collection from YouTube. I would like to thank all the enthusiasts from YouTube especially Mr. Boyd Kelly (airboyd of YouTube) which I used their best fragments to make this special Kai Tak video. Background music is from 633 Squadron by Mr. Ron Goodwin. Kai Tak Airport VHHH (1925 1998) VHHX (since 1998) traditional Chinese: 啟德機場 was the world s busiest international airport. The growth of Hong Kong put a strain on the airport s capacity. The airport was designed to handle 24 million passengers per year but in 1996, Kai Tak had already handled 29. 5 million passengers, plus 1. 56 million tonnes of freight, making it the third busiest airport in the world in terms of passenger traffic, and first in terms of cargo. However extremely busy Kai Tak was located in the city center, the Kowloon City 九龍城 (The city of nine dragons city surrounded by nine mountains ), around by hi