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Remote stands and apron buses

Aircraft now park on the remote stands without jet bridges, and apron buses carry the passengers.

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Aircraft parked nose-in on the remote stands along apron lane D2.
Aircraft parked on the remote stands along lane D2.

Kai Tak had more aircraft than jet bridges. Remote stands 11 to 19 on apron lane D2 now hold parked aircraft, and apron buses carry the passengers between them and the terminal.

What is new

  • Five aircraft park nose-in on remote stands with no jet bridge, tail toward lane D2. The stop bars on the stands are repainted to match.
  • A bus gate at the root of the pier, with a canopy over the loading lane and a bilingual sign.
  • Five apron buses, one per aircraft. Each drives out along the service road, in front of the noses, down beside its aircraft to the forward left door, waits while passengers get off and on, then drives back to the gate.
  • Buses only run when no jet bridge is free. All eight contact stands are taken (six turnarounds and two parked aircraft), so the overflow goes to the remote stands.
Aircraft parked nose-in on the remote stands along apron lane D2.
Aircraft parked on the remote stands along lane D2.
An apron bus stopped at the forward left door of a parked 747.
A bus waits at the forward left door.
The bus gate canopy beside the pier, with a bus loading under it.
The bus gate beside the pier.

What did not change

  • The buses run on the sim clock, so rewind and fast-forward still work.
  • The autopilot still lands in every weather preset, and flying with no input still ends in a crash.

啟德嘅飛機比登機橋多。apron 滑行道 D2 旁邊嘅 11 至 19 號遠端機位而家停咗飛機，機場巴士負責喺佢哋同客運大樓之間接載乘客。

有咩新嘢

  • 五架飛機機頭向內停喺冇登機橋嘅遠端機位，機尾對住 D2 滑行道。機位上面嘅停止線都重新畫過。
  • 候機樓突出部分嘅根部加咗巴士閘口，有上蓋同中英文招牌。
  • 五部機場巴士，每架飛機一部。巴士沿服務道路出去，經過機頭前面，再駛到飛機旁邊嘅左前門，等乘客落機同上機，然後返回閘口。
  • 只有冇登機橋可用嗰陣先會行巴士。八個近機位（六個周轉航班加兩架停泊飛機）全部佔用，多出嚟嘅飛機就用遠端機位。
飛機機頭向內停喺 D2 滑行道旁邊嘅遠端機位。
D2 滑行道旁邊遠端機位上嘅飛機。
一部機場巴士停喺一架停泊 747 嘅左前門旁邊。
巴士喺左前門等候。
候機樓突出部分旁邊嘅巴士閘口上蓋，下面有巴士上落客。
候機樓突出部分旁邊嘅巴士閘口。

有咩冇變

  • 巴士跟模擬時鐘行，所以倒帶同快進照樣正常。
  • 自動駕駛照樣可以喺所有天氣預設落地，完全唔操作飛機依然會墜毀。

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