Seletar Airport

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

Seletar Airport Lapangan Terbang Seletar 实里达机场 செலட்டர் வான்முகம்
IATA: XSP ICAO: WSSL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Changi Airport Group
Serves	Singapore
Location	Seletar, North-East Region, Singapore
Opened	28 February 1928; 96 years ago (1928-02-28)
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
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 1,840 6,023 Asphalt

Seletar Airport (IATA: XSP, ICAO: WSSL) is a civilian international airport serving the north-east region of Singapore. It is located approximately 16 km (9.9 mi) northwest from Changi Airport, the country's main airport, and about 16 km (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.^[1]

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 (but not at full takeoff load).^{[citation needed]} The runway designation is 03/21, where the precise headings on ground of the actual runway are 033° / 213°.^[2]