Fly Kai Tak

VHHH · IGS 13 · 1998

The Fly Kai Tak blog

New features, bug fixes and notes from the Kai Tak approach.

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A phone in portrait showing the Turn your phone sideways prompt with a hint about Portrait Orientation Lock.
Controls & Devices
Fix · 3 October 2026

Fix: the rotate prompt now clears when you turn your phone

Fly Kai Tak mobile fix: the rotate prompt now clears when the window turns landscape, with a hint for iPhone players whose Portrait Orientation Lock is on.

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A 747-400 seen from ahead and below, with its upper deck rising behind the nose and the windscreen set into the skin.
Aircraft
Update · 3 October 2026

Redrawn aircraft: embedded cockpits and real winglets

Fly Kai Tak update: the 747-400, 777-200, A330-300 and A340-300 are redrawn with embedded cockpit glass, swept winglets and tapered wings.

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A 747 seen from above and behind, curving through a turn on the taxiway beside the runway.
Flying & Procedures
Fix · 3 October 2026

Aircraft now turn smoothly on the ground

Fly Kai Tak fix: other aircraft snapped to a new heading at every taxi corner. They now curve through turns, ease their speed and line up on the runway.

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Spectator view from the car park roof: a white jet with a dark green tail on the apron, another aircraft on the runway, and the Kowloon skyline and hills beyond.
Aircraft
History · 3 October 2026

The airlines and aircraft of Kai Tak

A guide to the airlines and aircraft types at Kai Tak in the 1990s: Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, Qantas, BA, Singapore, Thai and JAL, with brief histories.

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A 747 seen from behind in a right turn over Kowloon City, with its right wing lower than the left.
Aircraft
Fix · 3 October 2026

Other aircraft now bank the right way

Fly Kai Tak fix: other aircraft were drawn banking the wrong way in turns. Arrivals and departures now dip the inside wing, as real jets do.

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The Fly Kai Tak blog index in Cantonese, with the EN and 粵 button in the header.
Site & Language
Feature · 3 October 2026

Read the Fly Kai Tak blog in Cantonese

The Fly Kai Tak blog now has an English / Cantonese toggle on every page: posts, captions, header and footer switch to written Cantonese.

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The Fly Kai Tak setup screen in Cantonese, with the EN and 粵 button at the top left.
Site & Language
Feature · 3 October 2026

Fly Kai Tak in Cantonese: a language toggle on the home screen

Fly Kai Tak's home screen now has an English / Cantonese toggle: the whole setup screen switches to written Cantonese and remembers your choice.

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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 747 on the IGS approach, with the round on-screen yoke in the bottom left corner.
Controls & Devices
Feature · 3 October 2026

An inverted yoke for touch and mouse: drag down to pull up

Fly Kai Tak's on-screen yoke is now inverted for touch and mouse: drag down to pull the nose up, drag up to push it down, matching the keyboard.

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The Bank of China Tower and the Central skyline in Fly Kai Tak.
Scores & Sharing
Update · 3 October 2026

Share Fly Kai Tak posts on Threads

Fly Kai Tak blog posts can now be shared on Threads with one click, with the title and link pre-filled.

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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 747-400 on the IGS approach in a landscape phone window, with the yoke bottom left and gear, flaps and thrust lever bottom right.
Controls & Devices
Feature · 3 October 2026

Flying Kai Tak on your phone: landscape, a cleaner toolbar and bigger controls

Fly Kai Tak on mobile: a compact toolbar with a More drawer, landscape touch controls, a rotate prompt for portrait, full screen on Begin descent and safe-area support.

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Cockpit view of a 747 banking right over Kowloon City with Kai Tak's Runway 13 and the harbour ahead.
Flying & Procedures
Feature · 3 October 2026

The checkerboard turn: flying the IGS 13 approach

How the famous Runway 13 IGS approach into Kai Tak works in Fly Kai Tak: the 088° course, the checkerboard on the hill, the 47° right turn over Kowloon City and the landing grade.

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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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