Update · Scenery & Weather
13 more parking bays from the Kai Tak plan
Stands 21 to 26 between lanes D3 and D2, a new east apron with stands 51 to 57, and the south apron parked nose-in.
We checked the sim's apron against Technocratic Aviation's unofficial Kai Tak plan and added the parking bays it was missing: 13 new stands in two places, and the south apron now parks the way the plan shows it. Kai Tak was always close to full in 1998, so more bays means a busier, more believable apron.
Stands 21 to 26
The plan shows a second row of stands between lane D3 (the pier stands) and lane D2. That row was empty concrete in the sim. It now has six stands, 21 to 26, each with a red stand box, a yellow lead-in from lane D2, a nose-wheel stop bar and a numbered plate. Aircraft park nose toward the terminal, tail to lane D2. Four hold a parked airliner and two are empty.
The east apron: stands 51 to 57
On the plan the apron carries on past the maintenance hangars, out to the airport's east boundary road. The sim stopped at the hangars. The new east apron fills that gap with seven stands, 51 to 57, lined up along the boundary, nose-in toward it, with a taxi lane behind the tails. Five hold a parked aircraft (a mix of passenger jets and freighters) and two are empty.
The modern buildings that stood on that ground, and on the hangar strip, are gone, as they would have been in 1998. The interline building moved to the north-east end of the cargo terminal, where the plan shows a small building, so the new taxi lane is clear.
South apron: nose-in
The plan draws the south apron stands, 71 to 81, with the nose toward the far edge and the tail to the taxiway. The sim had them the other way round. They are now nose-in, with longer lead-in lines from taxiway B4 and the numbers at the entrance.
What did not change
- The pier stands 1 to 8, remote stands 11 to 19 and cargo stands 41 to 46 keep their numbers and positions, so the turnarounds, pushbacks and apron buses run as before.
- The new stands hold parked aircraft only. No traffic taxis to them yet.
- The autopilot still lands in every weather preset, flying with no input still crashes, and the ground traffic never touches the parked aircraft.
Stand numbers
The stand numbers beyond 8 are the sim's own, not Kai Tak's real ones.
我哋將模擬器嘅停機坪同 Technocratic Aviation 非官方嘅啟德平面圖對照過，補返之前漏咗嘅停機位：兩個位置一共多咗 13 個停機位，南停機坪而家亦都跟平面圖嘅方向泊機。1998 年嘅啟德差唔多永遠都爆滿，停機位多咗，停機坪就更加熱鬧、更加似真。
21 至 26 號停機位
平面圖喺 D3 滑行道（客運廊停機位）同 D2 滑行道之間仲有第二排停機位，模擬器之前嗰度係一片空石屎地。而家加咗六個停機位，21 至 26 號，每個都有紅色停機框、由 D2 引入嘅黃色引導線、鼻輪停止線同編號牌。飛機機頭向客運大樓，機尾向 D2。四個泊咗客機，兩個係空位。
東停機坪：51 至 57 號停機位
平面圖上停機坪一直伸過維修機庫，去到機場東面嘅邊界路。模擬器之前去到機庫就停。新嘅東停機坪填返呢個空位，沿住邊界排咗七個停機位，51 至 57 號，機頭向邊界，機尾後面有條滑行線。五個泊咗飛機（客機同貨機都有），兩個係空位。
嗰幅地同埋機庫帶上面嘅現代建築已經拆走，好似 1998 年咁。轉機大樓搬咗去貨運站東北端，即係平面圖畫住一座細樓嘅位置，等新滑行線冇嘢擋住。
南停機坪：機頭向內
平面圖上南停機坪嘅 71 至 81 號停機位係機頭向遠邊、機尾向滑行道。模擬器之前調轉咗。而家改成機頭向內，由 B4 滑行道引入嘅引導線長咗，編號牌喺入口。
冇變嘅嘢
- 客運廊 1 至 8 號、遠端 11 至 19 號同貨運 41 至 46 號停機位嘅編號同位置不變，所以周轉、後推同停機坪巴士照舊運作。
- 新停機位暫時只係泊住飛機，未有飛機滑行過去。
- 自動駕駛喺所有天氣設定下照樣降落，完全唔操作照樣會墜毀，地面交通亦都唔會撞到泊住嘅飛機。
停機位編號
8 號以後嘅停機位編號係模擬器自己定嘅，唔係啟德真正嘅編號。
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