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The car park moves to the runway end, with the airport hotel and its footbridge

The car park now stands where the aerial photos show it, and the airport hotel stands across Prince Edward Road East, joined by its cable-stayed footbridge.

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An aerial view of the car park along the runway end of the terminal, with the airport hotel across the road.
The car park and the airport hotel, from over Kowloon City.

The car park has moved again, this time to match the 1990s aerial photos. It now stands on the runway half of the terminal frontage, between the terminal and Prince Edward Road East. The tank farm and the terminal block are at the far end. Across the road is the airport hotel, joined to the car park by its footbridge.

An aerial view from over Kowloon City: the car park along the runway end of the terminal, the airport hotel with a red sign across the road, and the apron and runway beyond.
From over Kowloon City: the car park, the hotel across the road, the apron and the runway.

The hotel footbridge

The airport hotel opened in 1982 on the far side of Prince Edward Road East. A covered, air-conditioned footbridge with a travelator carried guests over the road to the car park building, and through it to the terminal. The bridge hung from a single column in the middle of the road, with two cable stays to each side. In the sim the hotel has a generic name and a red rooftop sign.

Looking along Prince Edward Road East: the hotel on the left, the car park on the right and the footbridge between them, hung from a central column by cable stays.
The footbridge over Prince Edward Road East, hotel on the left, car park on the right.

A closer view from the roof

The spotters' end of the roof is now near the runway end of the terminal, beside the control tower. From the Car park roof view, arrivals touch down in front of you, with the tower to one side and Hong Kong Island across the harbour.

From the car park roof rail: a jet on the runway past the terminal roof, the control tower on the right, Hong Kong Island across the harbour.
From the Car park roof view: a jet on the runway, the control tower to the right.

Sources: 1990s aerial photos of Kai Tak, and Gwulo's page on the Kai Tak Airport Hotel Footbridge.

停車場又搬咗位，今次跟返九十年代嘅航拍相。而家佢喺客運大樓前面近跑道嗰半，夾喺大樓同太子道東之間。油庫同客運大樓主座喺另一頭。馬路對面係機場酒店，有行人天橋連住停車場。

由九龍城上空鳥瞰：停車場沿住客運大樓近跑道嗰頭，馬路對面係掛住紅色招牌嘅機場酒店，後面係停機坪同跑道。
由九龍城上空望：停車場、馬路對面嘅酒店、停機坪同跑道。

酒店行人天橋

機場酒店喺 1982 年開業，喺太子道東對面。一條有蓋、有冷氣、仲有行人輸送帶嘅天橋，帶住住客過馬路去停車場大樓，再經停車場入客運大樓。天橋由馬路中間一條柱吊住，每邊有兩條斜拉索。模擬器入面嘅酒店用咗一個通用名，天台有個紅色招牌。

沿太子道東望：左邊係酒店，右邊係停車場，中間係由中央柱同斜拉索吊住嘅行人天橋。
橫跨太子道東嘅行人天橋，左邊酒店，右邊停車場。

天台望得更近

天台觀機嗰頭而家近客運大樓跑道嗰端，喺控制塔旁邊。用「停車場天台」視角，抵港航班就喺你面前著陸，一邊係控制塔，海港對面係香港島。

由停車場天台欄河望：客運大樓天台後面跑道上有架噴射機，右邊係控制塔，海港對面係香港島。
「停車場天台」視角：跑道上嘅噴射機，右邊係控制塔。

資料來源：九十年代啟德航拍相，同 Gwulo 關於啟德機場酒店行人天橋嘅介紹。

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