The passenger terminal building at Kai Tak Airport is divided into two floors. The upper floor is the departure hall, which is equipped with airline registration counters and several automatic flip flight display boards; There are entry and exit counters, security facilities and duty-free shops in the restricted area. There is a staircase leading to the upper observation deck in the central part of the departure hall, which has become a place for many groups to take photos before departure. There are many restaurants on the first floor of the departure hall, among which Maxim's Group operates Maxim's Pavilion Restaurant and Chemical Sushi, and there is also a "Window of the World" self-service fast food restaurant. There is also a small comprehensive religious prayer room in the departure hall.
The lower floor of the passenger terminal building is the pick-up lobby, equipped with McDonald's fast food restaurant, change shop and other facilities, which can reach the covered taxi station and airport bus station outside the south building. There are entry counters and baggage conveyors in the lower restricted area. There is a parking lot next to the passenger terminal building, a subway connecting Kowloon City and a footbridge connecting Regal airport hotel (now Regal Oriental Hotel).
After many expansions, Kai Tak Airport had 32 boarding gates before it was closed. There are only eight connecting boarding bridges, which are mainly used by large passenger planes such as Boeing 747. Passengers using other boarding gates need to walk to the ground, transfer to the shuttle bus, go to the outdoor apron, and then climb the stairs to board the plane.
There is an observation deck on the top floor of the passenger terminal building. From the 1960s to 1979, people who saw them off could watch their relatives and friends board the plane. The control tower of Kai Tak Airport is located at the highest position on the top floor of the passenger terminal building, overlooking the entire airport apron and runway. Apart from passenger transport, air transport is another major use of Kai Tak Airport, which has brought many contributions to Hong Kong's trade and manufacturing industry. Kai Tak Airport has two air cargo terminals. The first cargo terminal was completed in May 1976, and the second expansion was completed in April 1984. The second air cargo terminal was built in Kowloon Bay and completed in March. 199 1. All of them are operated by Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited under the patent agreement of the Hong Kong government. In 1993, HACTL handled more than10 million metric tons of air cargo, which was the highest in the world, but the tally error rate was one of the lowest in the world. In 1997, the annual cargo handling capacity of HACTL in Hong Kong has exceeded1500,000 metric tons.
65438-0950, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company provides exclusive aircraft maintenance services. In addition to minor maintenance during operation, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company also provides services such as regular maintenance of fuselage and engine and internal modification of fuselage. Kai Tak Airport is located in the center of Kowloon with convenient transportation. The Government has not specifically built expressways or railways for Kai Tak Airport. The main roads leading to Kai Tak Airport include Prince Edward Road, Kwun Tong Road, East Kowloon Corridor and Kwun Tong Bypass. There are footbridges and tunnels connecting the airport on Prince Edward Road. The airport tunnel, now renamed Kai Tak Tunnel, is located under the runway of the airport, connecting traffic between Kowloon Bay and To Kwa Wan. There is an exit to the airport in the airport tunnel, connecting Songhuangtai Road and Shiyun Road, and then leading to the passenger terminal building.
The names of many roads in Kai Tak Airport are related to the aviation industry, and the English names of some streets come from aircraft types:
Kai Tak Road Arrival Road
Conway road Conway road
Xiehe Road (Xiehe)
Electra Avenue, Dianxing Road
Comet road, comet road
Tianwei Road Tianshi Road
Samsung Avenue, Gaode Road, Dakota Road
Before the closure of Kai Tak Airport, a number of airport bus routes were cancelled after the closure of Kai Tak Airport on July 6, 1998. The total land area is 33.8 hectares.
The building area of the passenger terminal building is 66,000 square meters.
The total length of taxiway is 7 100 meter.
65 parking spaces
32 boarding gates
200 check-in counters
Luggage conveyor belt 12
Parking lot 1, 732 parking spaces.