Feature
New: easterly approach to Runway 31
Fly in from the east through the Lei Yue Mun gap, by day or at night.
Runway 13 is not the only way into Kai Tak. When the wind swung round to the east, aircraft landed on Runway 31 instead: straight in over the sea, through the Lei Yue Mun gap and across Kowloon Bay. Fly Kai Tak now has that approach, day or night.
Pick Runway 31 approach
On the setup screen, choose Runway 31 approach next to the IGS 13 approach. You start over the sea east of Kowloon, lined up with the runway. There is no turn to fly: hold the glidepath through the Lei Yue Mun channel between the hills, cross the bay low over the water and land.
Lights over the water
Runway 31 has its own approach lights across Kowloon Bay, with a crossbar and sequenced lead-in strobes, and its own PAPI beside the runway. The weather works as before, except that the wind is turned around so the approach is into the wind.
Radio, traffic and views
Approach now clears you for a visual approach, runway 31 and asks you to report Lei Yue Mun in sight, then Tower clears you to land. The other aircraft use Runway 31 too: departures take off to the north-west and arrivals line up behind you. There is a new Plane Spotter view at Lei Yue Mun (key C cycles to it on this runway) to watch jets squeeze through the gap.
Try this
Fly it at night in clear weather. Keep the lights centred through the gap, then the PAPI steady as the runway rises out of the bay. Landings are scored and graded as on Runway 13.
啟德唔止 13 號跑道一條路。風向轉咗東面，飛機就降落 31 號跑道：喺海面直線進場，穿過鯉魚門，橫過九龍灣。Fly Kai Tak 而家加入咗呢個進場，日夜都飛得。
揀「31 號跑道進場」
喺設定畫面，喺 IGS 13 進場隔離揀 31 號跑道進場。你會喺九龍以東海面開始，已經對正跑道。唔使轉彎：守住下滑道，穿過兩邊山丘之間嘅鯉魚門海峽，低飛橫過海灣，然後降落。
海面上嘅燈光
31 號跑道有自己嘅進場燈，橫過九龍灣，有橫排燈同順序閃光燈，跑道旁邊亦有自己嘅 PAPI。天氣同之前一樣，不過風向會反轉，令你係頂風進場。
無線電、交通同視角
進場台而家會批准你「visual approach, runway 31」，叫你報告見到鯉魚門，然後塔台批准降落。其他飛機都用 31 號跑道：離港航班向西北起飛，抵港航班喺你後面排隊。仲有新嘅觀機視角「鯉魚門」（喺呢條跑道按 C 可以切換到），睇飛機擠過缺口。
試吓
揀晴天夜晚。穿過缺口時保持燈光喺中間，跑道由海灣浮現時守住 PAPI。降落評分同 13 號跑道一樣。
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