Fly Kai Tak

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Scenery & Weather

Hong Kong landmarks, viewpoints, ground life, typhoons and night.

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The whole apron from above: seven terminal stands in one row, five drive-through stands in another, and the dark lane between them.
Scenery & Weather
New · 3 October 2026

Apron taxi lines and numbered stands

Fly Kai Tak's apron now has yellow taxi lines, numbered stands, red stand boxes and service road lines, and the other aircraft taxi along them.

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Night view from Lei Yue Mun of a 747 on approach to Runway 31 with its landing lights on.
Scenery & Weather
Feature · 3 October 2026

New: Plane Spotter on Runway 31

Fly Kai Tak Plane Spotter now has a Runway 31 mode: arrivals over Lei Yue Mun, departures toward Kowloon City, and a Lei Yue Mun spectator view.

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A bus and a catering truck with its box raised at the front door of a parked 747.
Scenery & Weather
New · 3 October 2026

New: ground vehicles on the Kai Tak apron

Fly Kai Tak adds airport ground vehicles: buses, catering trucks that lift to the door, baggage tractors with loaded carts, container and box freight trucks, and fire tenders at a fire station.

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Night view down the IGS approach over Kowloon with floodlit billboards and red and magenta neon signs on the rooftops.
Scenery & Weather
Feature · 3 October 2026

New: giant billboards and neon over Kowloon

Fly Kai Tak now has 1990s-style giant floodlit billboards on Kowloon rooftops and roadsides, plus glowing neon signs. Brands are invented; no real logos.

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The view from the Kai Tak car park roof: a jet on the apron, Runway 13 running out into the harbour and the skyline across the water.
Scenery & Weather
History · 3 October 2026

Plane spotter viewpoints: the car park roof and the Peak

The history of two Kai Tak plane spotting viewpoints, the airport car park roof and the Peak, and how to watch from both in Fly Kai Tak's Plane Spotter mode.

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The view from the Peak over the harbour to Kowloon.
Scenery & Weather
Feature · 3 October 2026

The Peak Tram, the Peak Lookout and a view from the Peak

Fly Kai Tak adds the Peak Tram, the Peak Lookout and a Spectator: The Peak view, alongside Ocean Park's cable car between the Waterfront and the Summit.

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The Bank of China Tower's braced, faceted shaft among the Central towers.
Scenery & Weather
Feature · 3 October 2026

Landmarks tour, plus Ocean Park and Happy Valley

A tour of the Hong Kong landmarks in Fly Kai Tak, with screenshots, plus the new Ocean Park amusement park and Happy Valley Racecourse.

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A 747 on the apron at Kai Tak with the runway running out into Victoria Harbour and the Hong Kong skyline behind.
Scenery & Weather
Behind the scenes · 3 October 2026

Real Hong Kong: building 1998 from open data

How Fly Kai Tak builds Hong Kong from Lands Department open data and SRTM terrain, and the 1998 corrections: no Kai Tak redevelopment, no West Kowloon buildings, and the Walled City as an option.

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Cockpit view of a 777 on the IGS approach in a typhoon, with heavy rain and the city fading into grey.
Scenery & Weather
Feature · 3 October 2026

Typhoons, fog and city lights: weather and night at Kai Tak

Weather and night flying in Fly Kai Tak: clear, rain, typhoon, storm, low cloud and fog presets, wind gusts and turbulence, lightning, and a lit-up Kowloon at night.

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