Chap Lap Kok Airport, Lantau, Hong Kong

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Chap Lap Kok Airport, Lantau, Hong Kong

• By Phil, Leo, Tom, Ktp

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An Introduction

• Also known as Chep Lap Kok Airport
• Principal airport serving Hong Kong
• Located on the island of Chep Lap Kok, just off
  the north shore of Lantau Island
• 4 times bigger than Kai Tak Airport
• Opened for commercial uses in 6th July 1998

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Why are Greenfield Sites under pressure?

• Push factors
• There are not enough land to build an airport in
  central urban area (or CBD)
• There will be too much noise pollution which will
  cause disruptions to CBD and perhaps make the
  price of the area to fall
• The land will be very expensive
• Make create huge traffic in CBD therefore
  inefficient
• Add not just noise pollution but also Air
  pollution

• Pull factors
• More cheaper and spacious land
• Undeveloped therefore nothing needs to be
  demolished which saves costs
• Efficient (Less dense traffic)
• Less disturbance to other people
• Easy access to Hong Kong Island and Kowloon

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Development Whats wrong with Kai Tak?

• The main purpose was to replace the old Kai Tak
  Airport.
• General Info about Kai Tak Airport
• -Surrounded by mountains and hills. Simply
  speaking, one of hardest airport to land on
• -Only 1 run way which was 3390m long
• -Caused huge amount of noise pollution and
  limited height of buildings built around Kowloon
  real estate.
• -As Hong Kong developed Kai Tak could not hold
  the additional flights coming in and so needed to
  be redirected.
• Too far away from residential areas
• Too close to residential areas
• Traffic congestion
• The airport was designed to handle 24 million
• Typically went over 28 million
• The airport ran out of landing slots and parking
  bays, and flights had to be turned away.
• Clearance requirements for aircraft takeoffs and
  landings enforced a limit on the height of the
  buildings.

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Development Chak Lap Kok Facts

• Because of these problems, the government decided
  to built a new airport which currently stands as
  Chek Lap Kok airport (a.k.a. Hong Kong
  International Airport)
• The 6 year - US20billion project was opened in
  July 6th 1998
• Airport covers 1255 hectares, 2 runways 3800m
  long
• Reclaimed huge amounts of artificial land to
  build this project
• Most active world wide air cargo carriers

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Development Chak Lap Kok Problems

• -After 3 months of opening Hong Kong
  International Airport (HKIA) it started facing
  huge problems
• -Faced technical, mechanical and organizational
  problems
• -Luggage problems
• -The government had to reopen the Kai Tak airport
  (cargo terminal only) to relieve the havoc going
  in the new cargo terminal
• -The airport regained control and was operating
  normally after 6 months

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Benefits and Problems

• Benefits
• - An efficient airport is extremely important to
  a countrys economy
• 45 million passengers and three million tonnes of
  cargo a year
• 78 international airlines providing about 5 300
  scheduled passenger and all-cargo flights each
  week between Hong Kong and some 140 destinations
  worldwide.
• capable of handling three million tonnes of cargo
  annually

• Problems
• - Local villages are forced to move into Tung
  Chung
• Mountains and beaches on the island vanished
• Many campsites which originally belonged to the
  Baptist Church were cleared out

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Conclusion

• The new airport has given more convenience to
  tourists and residents.
• Transportation routes have been made
• It also started off the building of a new town
  because of the growing population in Hong Kong.
• Provided public housing for over 100,000 people.