Seletar Airport Lapangan Terbang Seletar 实里达机场 (Shí Lǐ Dá Jīchǎng) செலட்டர் வான்முகம் (Celaṭṭar Vāṉmukam) |
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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 | ||||||||||
Website | www |
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Coordinates: 01°25′08.4″N 103°51′57.0″E / 1.419000°N 103.865833°E
Seletar Airport (IATA: XSP, ICAO: 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.