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Seletar Airport
Airport Directory » Singapore » Singapore » Seletar AirportAirport information for Seletar AirportCountry: SingaporeLocation: Singapore Coordinates: 01.25.00N / 103.52.00E IATA Code: XSP Timezone: GMT +8 Direct flights form Seletar Airport Direct flights to Seletar Airport Find connecting flights to Seletar Airport Find connecting flights from Seletar Airport |
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"RAF Seletar" & "Seletar Airbase/Airfield" airts here.
Seletar Airport (IATA: XSP, ICAO: WSSL) (Chinese: 实里达机场) was Singapore's 1st international airport. It was finished in 1928 originally as RAF Seletar.
It is turn up in Seletar in the north-eastern area of the independent island, and is functioned by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. There has been a proposal to continue its landing track to 2,000 meters, so as to be able to pick up the Boeing 737 used by many budget air hose. However, after considerations by the Singapore Government and the CAAS, they make up one's mind to construct a Budget Terminal in Singapore Changi Airport or else.
RAF Seletar
RAF Seletar was a Royal Air Force station in Singapore between 1928 and 1971.
Plans for constituting an field, flying boat and naval ground in Singapore were 1st concord by the RAF in 1921. In 1923, two locations in the northern district of the island were okayed. The 1st aeroplanes to arrive at the ground were 4 Supermarine Southampton hydroplanes on February 28, 1928.
RAF Seletar assisted as a polite airport from 1930 before the opening of Singapore's 1st polite airport at Kallang on June 12, 1937 (to the late 1940s).
The air ground was briefly host to Amy Johnson during May 1930 on her UK - Australia voyage in her Gipsy Moth named 'Jason'.
Pre-WW2 and during WW2
As conflict clouds pulled together over Singapore, the RAF set about construction up their pressures in the Far East in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Seletar field was the target area of carpet bomb when Japanese navy bombers dealt the 1st air maraud on Singapore, sometime after their regular army occupied Kota Bahru. It was abandoned when the Japanese took Johore Bahru, which take their heavy weapon in bush of the field.
When the Japanese established their invasion of Malaya and Singapore, Seletar housed the RAF’s 205 Sqn with PBY Catalina flying boat and 36 and 100 Sqns with obsolete Vickers Vildebeest torpedo bombers, alongside with 151 Maintenance Unit. These units remained until Jan-Feb 1942, shortly before the give up to the occupying Japanese.
During the Japanese line of work, Seletar (like Sembawang) was under the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service, and a figure of IJN squadrons were ground or transited through Seletar principally, for preparation (the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force took over RAF Tengah). Among the units known to be ground at Seletar during this clip were 936 Kokutai (B5N Kate, D3A Val and E13A1 Jake), 381 Kokutai (A6M Zero and J2M Raiden). The 601 Kokutai was also placed there for preparation in early before its devastation on board Japanese aircraft carrier during the Battle of Philippine Sea (Marianas Turkey Shoot) in June. Seletar’s present landing track was made during the Japanese Occupation.
Post-WW2
After World War 2, the ground go back to the RAF and, in the late 1940s and 1950s, the ground was to a great extent regarded in the Malayan Emergency, with Beaufighters, Spitfires and Mosquitos found there while functioning against Malayan Communist rebels. Among the many squadrons found there during this clip were Nos 60, 81 and 205 Sqns of the RAF.
During the 1960s, RAF Seletar was home office to No's 103 and 110 Squadrons, both of which were fit out with Westland Whirlwind Mk ten eggbeaters and to 34 Squadron, which was fit out with Blackburn Beverleys. All 3 Squadrons (amongst several others) were regarded with back up of functioning in North Borneo during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation. The eggbeater squadrons supplied a hunt and deliver service for the Singapore area . The station was also, at that clip, place to 209 Squadron, fit out with Single and Twin Pioneer aircraft. In December 1966, three Andover CC Mk1 get to replace the senesce Twin Pioneers. 52 squadron was afterwards reformed in March 1967 after the reaching of a further 3 aircraft. By currently, Confrontation had complete and with no intention the Squadron travel to Changi in 1968 before being dissolved in January 1970.
Closure
The RAF station closed at the finish of March 1971 and Seletar was handed over to the Singapore Air Defence Command (SADC, which went the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) after) by 1973, after the British disengagement.
Among Seletar’s demand to renown was the fact that several classical aircraft type winged their last RAF Operational sallies from there including the Short Singapore flying boat (Mk.III K6912 of No. 205 Squadron RAF 14 October 1941, aircraft reassigned to No. five Squadron RNZAF), Supermarine Spitfire (PR.XIX PS888 of 81 Sqn 1954) De Havilland Mosquito (PR.34 RG314 of 81 Sqn 1955), Short Sunderland flying boat (ML797 205 Sqn 15 May 1959) and Bristol Beaufighter (TT.X RD761 Station Flight 1960).
Seletar Airbase
The formative yr of the SADC (afterward the RSAF) was constituted at Seletar Airbase in September 1968, with the launch of the Flying Training School (FTS) applying 3 Cessna 172G/H on loan from the Singapore Flying Club. The subsequent reaching of 8 new Cessna 172Ks in May 1969, took over the responsibility from the former and brought to the increase of grooming pacing for more pick out trainees to take part in the basic flight-training course of instruction.
Current functioning
Seletar Airport currently functions as a civil aviation airport, primarily for leased voyages. As of 2007, the only scheduled services functioning from Seletar are Berjaya Air's voyages to Tioman and Redang. It has a individual landing track and 27 aircraft stand up, and is opened 24 60 minutes a solar day.
In 1998, Seletar Airport had 7,945 scheduled voyages wholly, deal 23,919 riders and 6,025 short ton of freight.
The Republic of Singapore Flying Club, Seletar Flying Club and Singapore Flying College are located at Seletar Airport. The Singapore Flying College also deals its winging grooming at Jandakot Airport in Perth, Western Australia and at Sunshine Coast Airport in Maroochydore, Queensland.
Another prominent flying school is the Singapore Youth Flying Club, which has its homes office built on western side of the airport's landing track. Completed in June 2001, the club also has its own parkland embayments for its fleet of Piper Warrior II and CT-4E.
In 2007, JTC Corporation denoted the architectural plan to upgrade the Seletar Airport to back up the upcoming Seletar Aerospace Park. The program includes the continuing of the airport's landing track from its current length to 1,800 meters and the upgrading of its avionics systems to let larger aircraft to bring down and start.
Passenger installations
There are 2 check-in counters, an outside auto parkland, 3 positions of credit-card phone, lav for the invalid, soft-drink vending machine, drinking-water tap, out-of-door covered waiting sits, rider service and VIP lounge, cab stall, etc.
Food is available from a canteen, opposite West Camp Road.
Freight installations
Seletar Airport is able to deal 840 short ton of freight rate per solar day. It also has 100 square meter of storage warehouse infinite.
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