10 Facts About Seletar Airport

1.

Seletar Airport is a civilian international airport serving the north-east region of Singapore.

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2.

Today, Seletar Airport mostly serves turbo-prop and smaller-sized private and business jet airlines and aircraft.

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3.

RAF Seletar Airport was a Royal Air Force station in Singapore between 1928 and 1971.

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4.

RAF Seletar served was used for civilian flights from 1930 to 1937, when Kallang Airport was opened.

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5.

Seletar Airport airfield was the target of carpet bombing when Japanese navy bombers conducted the first air raid on Singapore, sometime after their ground forces invaded Kota Bahru.

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6.

RAF station closed at the end of March 1971 and Seletar Airport was handed over to Singapore's Department of Civil Aviation.

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7.

Changi Seletar Airport Group took over the management of the airport from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore on 1 July 2009.

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8.

Seletar Airport now operates as a general aviation airport, mainly for chartered flights, private aircraft operations and training purposes.

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9.

AES Seletar Airport has 1 station housing 6 apparatus and provides Level 7 protection.

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10.

Seletar Airport operations are subjected to new processes and rules laid down by the Singapore government Ministry of Health and according to the Infectious Diseases Act.

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