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RAF Seletar

Seletar Airport
Lapangan Terbang Seletar
实里达机场
(Shí Lǐ Dá Jīchǎng)

செலட்டர் வான்முகம்
(Celaṭṭar Vāṉmukam)
Seletar Airport logo.png
Summary
Airport type Civilian public usage
Owner Government of Singapore
Operator Changi Airport Group
Serves Singapore
Location Seletar
Elevation AMSL 11 m / 36 ft
Coordinates 01°25′01″N 103°52′04″E / 1.41694°N 103.86778°E / 1.41694; 103.86778
Website www.seletarairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 1,836 6,023 Asphalt
External images
A 1958 photo of RAF Seletar's main entrance/gate
Last off the production line, Sunderland Mark V SZ572 "M" of 205 Sqn being scrapped prematurely at Seletar on 24 July 1958 due to a ground handling accident which broke its back

Coordinates: 01°25′08.4″N 103°51′57.0″E / 1.419000°N 103.865833°E / 1.419000; 103.865833

Seletar Airport (IATA: XSPICAO: WSSL) is a civilian airport located at Seletar, in the northeastern region of Singapore, and is managed by the Changi Airport Group. Originally, the airport was completed in 1928 as a flying Royal Air Force station (RAF Seletar) and was also Singapore's first international airport.

There had been a proposal to extend its runway to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), so as to be able to receive the Boeing 737 used by many budget airlines. However, after considerations by the Singapore Government and the CAAS, they decided to build a Budget Terminal in Singapore Changi Airport instead.

RAF Seletar was a Royal Air Force station in Singapore between 1928 and 1971. Plans for establishing an airfield, flying boat and naval base in Singapore were first agreed by the RAF in 1921. In 1923, two sites in the northern region of the island were approved. The first planes to arrive at the base were four Supermarine Southampton seaplanes on 28 February 1928.


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