Paya Lebar Air Base

Paya Lebar Airbase
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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Paya Lebar Airbase is located in Singapore
Paya Lebar Airbase
Paya Lebar Airbase
Location in Singapore
Coordinates01°21′37″N 103°54′34″E / 1.36028°N 103.90944°E / 1.36028; 103.90944
TypeMilitary airbase
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRepublic of Singapore Air Force
Controlled byRepublic of Singapore Air Force
ConditionOperational
Site history
Built1954 (1954) (as Singapore International Airport)
In use1954 – present
FateDecommissioned by 2030s
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: QPG, ICAO: WSAP
Runways
Direction Length and surface
02/20 3,780 metres (12,402 ft) Asphalt
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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Airport information for QPG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ "Singapore 2030: How the Lion City will transform in the next decade". The Straits Times. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. ^ 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.