Seletar Airport
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| Airport type | Civilian | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Changi Airport Group | ||||||||||
| Serves | North-East Region, Singapore | ||||||||||
| Location | 21 Seletar Aerospace Road 1, Singapore 797405 | ||||||||||
| Opened | 28 February 1928 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 11 m / 36 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 01°25′01″N 103°52′04″E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Seletar Airport (IATA: XSP, ICAO: WSSL) is a civilian international airport serving the north-east region of Singapore. It is located approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northwest from Changi Airport, the country's main airport, and about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north from the main commercial city-centre.
The airfield was originally opened in 1928 as RAF Seletar, a military airbase of the British Royal Air Force (RAF). The base was handed back over to Singapore in 1971. The Government of Singapore intended for Seletar Airport and the surrounding areas to function as the operating aerodrome for their plan to expand Singapore's status as an industrial aviation hub, today known as the Seletar Aerospace Park.
Today, Seletar Airport mostly serves turbo-prop and smaller-sized private and business jet airlines and aircraft. It helps to serve as a secondary destination to Singapore for turbo-prop aircraft to decrease load from Changi Airport, which has heavy air traffic consisting of jet aircraft. Nevertheless, the airport's runway is capable of handling jet aircraft such as the Airbus A320 family. The runway designation is 03/21, where the precise headings on ground of the actual runway are 033° / 210°.