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Toks:
Not much room for errors if you look at Midway's layout.

I hear Hong Kong is the most dificult airport to land in, and the most
breathtaking scenery wise.

Flyingmonk wrote:
Toks:

Not much room for errors if you look at Midway's layout.


I hear Hong Kong is the most dificult airport to land in, and the most
breathtaking scenery wise.


Used to be.

Have they opened the new one where they blasted mountains/islands?

Flyingmonk wrote:
Have they opened the new one where they blasted mountains/islands?

The new Chep Lak Kok Airport opened July 1998, the same time the
legendary and exciting Kai Tak in the city closed. It was a sudden, not
a gradual, transfer of operations.

--
Nick

Have they opened the new one where they blasted mountains/islands?

I believed that they build new airport on man-made land.

On 11 Dec 2005 09:21:53 -0800, Flyingmonk wrote:

Have they opened the new one where they blasted mountains/islands?

well, yes. in 1998.

http://www.info.gov.hk/info/sar2/infrast.htm
---snip
The new Hong Kong International Airport opened to air traffic on July 6,
1998, after an overnight move from the old airport at Kai Tak in one of the
world's biggest peace-time logistical operations.
---snap

#m
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.................................................. .. War Is Peace
.............................................. Freedom Is Slavery
........................................... Ignorance Is Strength
............................................. George Orwell, 1984

well, yes. in 1998.

Boy! Am I behind the times? LOL.

Thank you all for the updates guys. I was always awestruck as I
lookout over the wings for that last turn to final for the old airport.
It's been awhile since I flew(as a passenger) that route.

On 11 Dec 2005 09:59:49 -0800, Flyingmonk wrote:

well, yes. in 1998.

Boy! Am I behind the times? LOL.

*hehe*

Thank you all for the updates guys. I was always awestruck as I
lookout over the wings for that last turn to final for the old airport.
It's been awhile since I flew(as a passenger) that route.

the ran a good report some time back on TV about the construction of the
island, the highway, bridge, the undersea-highway tunnel, etc.

they were not in time (they wanted to be done when Hong Kong fell back to
China) because they feared that the Chinese will stop further construction.
It took them one year longer than planned, but IIRC the whole thing took
them 5 or 6 years.

#m
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.................................................. .. War Is Peace
.............................................. Freedom Is Slavery
........................................... Ignorance Is Strength
............................................. George Orwell, 1984

Thailand is building the biggest airport in the world, SUVARNABHUMI
AIRPORT, BANGKOK, THAILAND to replace Dorn Muang as the new
international airport, Dorn Muang will service domestic flights
floowing SBIA's opening. Suvarnabhumi eventually will be able to cope
with 100 million passengers per year and will have four runways with
which to do this.


http://www.airport-technology.com/pr.../bangkok5.html
http://www.airport-technology.com/pr.../bangkok2.html
http://www.airport-technology.com/pr.../bangkok2.html
http://www.thaivisa.com/gallery/suva.../suvarn?full=1
http://www.thaivisa.com/gallery/suvarnabhumi/suvarn12
http://www.thaivisa.com/gallery/suvarnabhumi/suvarn25
http://www.thaivisa.com/gallery/suvarnabhumi/suvarn29
http://www.thaivisa.com/gallery/suvarnabhumi/suvarn32
http://www.thaivisa.com/gallery/suva...i/suvarnabhumi

I hear that IAD (Dulles International Airport, in Northern Virginia)
will be replaced by a bigger international airport also. I live ten
minutes away from IAD.

... but IIRC the whole thing took them 5 or 6 years.

That's still incredibly 'fast'. I hope it isn't sinking like the
Japanese one.