Checkerboard Hill
Checkerboard Hill ( Chinese 格仔 山 , Jyutping Gaak 3 zai 2 Saan 1 - "chessboard hill "), formerly Kowloon Tsai Hill ( 九龍 仔 山 / 九龙 仔 山 , Jyutping Gau 2 lung 4 zai 2 Saan 1 ), is a hill in the Former approach lane for the 1998 Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong . Large parts of it were blasted off in order to maintain prescribed safety distances. This created two smooth, pyramid-like walls. Large red and white checkerboard patterns were painted on each to make the hill recognizable and to serve as an orientation for the pilots for the special take-off and landing conditions in Kai Tak. There was also a VOR radio beacon on the hill for the instrument approach to the notorious Runway 13: the approach baseline of the landing course transmitter in Kai Tak did not lead in a straight line to the central axis of the runway, as is usual at other airports, but deviated from the runway orientation Checkerboard Hill, from where it was necessary to fly a sharp right turn and then follow the regular approach flashing lights . For this approach, pilots had to have a special license.
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- ↑ Cruise ships are now anchored at the Horror Airport , www.20min.ch, July 14, 2013, accessed on August 4, 2015
Coordinates: 22 ° 20 ′ 6.6 ″ N , 114 ° 11 ′ 3.9 ″ E