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| Paya Lebar Airbase | |||||||
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Lapangan Terbang Paya Lebar 巴耶利峇空軍基地 பாயா லெபார் விமான தளம் | |||||||
| Paya Lebar, Singapore in Singapore | |||||||
 The control tower and terminal building in 1971 | |||||||
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.svg)  Paya Lebar Airbase Location in Singapore | |||||||
| Coordinates | 01°21′37″N 103°54′34″E / 1.36028°N 103.90944°E | ||||||
| Type | Military airbase | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Republic of Singapore Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | Republic of Singapore Air Force | ||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1954 (as Singapore International Airport) | ||||||
| In use | 1954 – present | ||||||
| Fate | Decommissioned by 2030s | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: QPG, ICAO: WSAP | ||||||
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| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||||||
The Paya Lebar Air Base (IATA: QPG, ICAO: WSAP) is a military airbase of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) in Singapore located at Airport Road in Paya Lebar, in the eastern region of Singapore. The airbase goes by the motto of Strength Through Readiness.
It was originally built in 1954 as Singapore International Airport to replace Kallang Airport; control of the airport was transferred to RSAF in 1980 when it was renamed Paya Lebar Air Base, following the relocation of the civilian airport to Changi.
Under the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)'s Master Plan, Paya Lebar Air Base is scheduled to be decommissioned by around 2030 to make way for residential and commercial developments as a new town, with the RSAF relocating to other airbases throughout the country such as at Changi and Tengah, which will be expanded throughout the 2020s.[3][4]
- ^ "Airport information for WSAP". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Airport information for QPG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Singapore 2030: How the Lion City will transform in the next decade". The Straits Times. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ Lim, Kimberly (6 June 2022). "Plans for Paya Lebar Air Base to be 'new generation town', Springleaf estate to retain rich biodiversity". TODAY. Retrieved 24 July 2022.