hong kong international airport

align="center" bgcolor="#0099FF" colspan="4"\|Hong Kong International Airport
lign="center" colspan="4"\|
lign="center" bgcolor="#0099FF" colspan="4"\|Quick Info
olspan="2" align="left" valign="top"\|Type of Airport	colspan="2" valign="top"\|commercial international civil
olspan="2" align="left" valign="top"\|Opened	colspan="2" valign="top"\|ceremony: July 4, 1998 operation: July 6, 1998
olspan="2" align="left" valign="top"\|City	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Hong Kong
olspan="2" align="left" valign="top"\|Distance from Town	colspan="2" valign="top"\|34 kilometres (21 miles)
olspan="2" align="left" valign="top"\|Latitude	colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"\|Longitude
olspan="2" \|221832"N	colspan="2" \|1135453"E
bgcolor="lightgrey"\|IATA	HKG	bgcolor="lightgrey"\|ICAO	VHHH
gcolor="#0099FF" colspan="4"\|Runways
gcolor="lightgrey" rowspan="2"\|Direction	bgcolor="lightgrey" colspan="2"\|Length	bgcolor="lightgrey" rowspan="2"\|Surface
gcolor="lightgrey"\|Feet	bgcolor="lightgrey"\|Metres
lign="left" valign="top"\|07L/25R	valign="top"\|12,467	valign="top"\|3,800	valign="top"\|Paved
lign="left" valign="top"\|07R/25L	valign="top"\|12,467	valign="top"\|3,800	valign="top"\|Paved
gcolor="#0099FF" colspan="4"\|Statistics
olspan="4" bgcolor="lightgrey"\|2002
colspan="3"\|Number of Passengers	34,315,000
colspan="3"\|Number of Takeoffs/Landing	206,630
olspan=4 bgcolor=0099ff\|Capacity
colspan=3\|Passenger (current)	45,000,000
colspan=3\|Passenger (ultimate)	87,000,000
olspan=3\|Cargo (current)	3m tonnes
olspan=3\|Cargo (ultimate)	9m tonnes
olspan=3\|Apron (current)	96
olspan=4 bgcolor=0099ff\|Number of destinations
olspan=3\|International (air)	130
olspan=3\|International (water)	6

Hong Kong International Airport (香港國際機場), popularly referred to as Chek Lap Kok Airport (赤鱲角機場 Pinyin: Chli Jiǎo, Red Perch Cape), is the international airport of Hong Kong. It is the replacement for the old Hong Kong International Airport, popularly known as Kai Tak International Airport.

Operations

The airport is operated by the Airport Authority, a statutory body wholly owned by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It is the hub of Cathay Pacific, Dragonair (the flag carriers of Hong Kong) and Air Hong Kong. Its IATA Airport Code is HKG and the ICAO Airport Code is VHHH, both of which are the same codes that Kai Tak used. The airport is the third busiest airport for passenger traffic in Asia, and the world's second busiest airport for cargo traffic in 2003. In terms of international traffic, the airport is the third busiest for passenger traffic and the busiest for cargo since its operation in 1998. It is popular with travellers — from 2001 to 2004 Hong Kong International Airport has been voted the world's best airport in an annual survey of several million passengers worldwide by Skytrax. In 2000, the airport also won an award as 'Asia/Pacific's leading airport' at the 7th World Travel Awards. According to the Guinness World Records, the passenger terminal of the HKIA is the worlds largest building. The Airport Core Project is the most expensive airport project.

History

The airport was built on an artificial island reclaimed from Chek Lap Kok, one of the islands that make up the airport's 12.48 km² platform. It is connected to the northern side of Lantau Island at the new town of Tung Chung. Opened in 6 July 1998, it took six years and US $20 billion to build. The architects were Foster and Partners. For three to five months after its opening, it suffered various severe organizational, mechanical, and technical problems that almost crippled the airport. At one time, the government reopened the cargo terminal at Kai Tak Airport to handle freight traffic due to a breakdown at the new cargo terminal, named Super Terminal One (ST1). Luckily, things started to settle down after six months and the airport started to operate normally. On 22 August 1999, Mandarin Airlines Flight 642, which was landing in Tropical Storm Sam at Hong Kong International Airport on a route from Bangkok International Airport in Bangkok to Hong Kong, rolled upside down on the runway. The plane came to rest upside down. 3 of the passengers died. In 25 May 2002, China Airlines Flight 611 broke up in midflight on the way to Hong Kong International Airport from Chiang Kai Shek International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan. All of the passengers on board perished.

Customs and Immigration

Hong Kong has its own immigration policies and is a separate customs territory from mainland China. Travellers between Hong Kong and mainland China need to go through immigration and customs checks which means that flights between Hong Kong and mainland China are therefore treated as international flights and use international airports (e.g. Pudong but not Hongqiao in Shanghai).

Connections with Guangdong and Macao

Coach service is available to major cities and towns in Guangdong, and to Macao.

Ferry service is also available to various piers in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), for water-air transfer. Ferries passengers from PRD, like ordinary transit passengers between flights, do not have to enter Hong Kong through immigration.

Services providers

City Check-in

In Hong Kong, you are able to check in as much as to a day before your departure. This is called "City Check-in". Check-in counters are available at both the Hong Kong Station and the Kowloon Station on the Airport Express Line. Most passengers check in approximately half a day earlier, then catch the train into the airport. Most airlines provide this service, but some do not. Check the following website for any changes. Departure Information

Transportation

Rail

The airport can be reached by the Airport Express, a dedicated high-speed rail link provided by MTR. It takes 23 minutes to reach the airport from Hong Kong Station which is located in Central, in the Central and Western district, via Kowloon and Tsing Yi stations.

Bus Terminus

Long Win Bus:

A31 - To Discovery Park, Tsuen Wan
A33 - To Fu Tai, Tuen Mun
A41 - To Yu Chui Court, Sha Tin
A41P - To Yiu On, Ma On Shan, Sha Tin
A43 - To Luen Wo Hui, North District
E32 - Kwai Fong MTR Station to Chek Lap Kok Ferry Pier
E33 - To Tuen Mun Central
E34 - To Tin Shui Wai Town Centre
E41 - Tai Po Tau, Tai Po to Chek Lap Kok Ferry Pier
E42 - Pok Hong, Sha Tin
N30 - Tung Chung to Yuen Long (East)
N42 - Tung Chung to Yiu On
S1 - Circular route to Tung Chung
S64 - Circular route from Yat Tung, Tung Chung

Citybus:

A11 - To North Point Pier
A12, P12 - To Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort)
A21 - To Hung Hom Station
A22 - To Lam Tin MTR Station
E11 - Causeway Bay (Tin Hau) to Chek Lap Kok Ferry Pier
E21 - Island Harbour View (Tai Kok Tsui) to Chek Lap Kok Ferry Pier.
E22 - Lam Tin (North) to Chek Lap Kok Ferry Pier
E22A - Po Lam, Tseung Kwan O to Chek Lap Kok Ferry Pier
E22P - Yau Tong to Chek Lap Kok Ferry Pier
E23 - To Choi Hung, Wong Tai Sin
N11 - To Causeway Bay (Moreton Terrace)
N21 - To Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Bus Terminus
N23 - To Tsz Wan Shan (North), Wong Tai Sin
N26 - Yau Tong to Tung Chung MTR Station
N29 - Po Lam to Tung Chung MTR Station
S1 - Circular route from Tung Chung
S56 - Circular route from Tung Chung New Development Pier

Discovery Bay Transit Services Limited:

DB02R - To Discovery Bay (24 hours)

New Lantao Bus:

A35 - To Mui Wo

Ferries

Ferries to Tuen Mun Pier.

Taxis

Urban taxis (red taxis) serves the Airport with Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and parts of the new towns of Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin and Tseung Kwan O. (Urban taxis can reach entire Hong Kong except southern Lantau Island)