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XSP Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | XSP / WSSL |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Seletar, Singapore |
| GPS Coordinates: | 1°25'0"N by 103°52'4"E |
| Area Served: | Singapore |
| Operator/Owner: | Government of Singapore |
| Airport Type: | Civilian public usage |
| Elevation: | 36 feet (11 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from XSP |
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Facts about Seletar Airport (XSP):
- The air base was briefly host to Amy Johnson during May 1930 on her UK - Australia flight in her Gipsy Moth named 'Jason'.
- The furthest airport from Seletar Airport (XSP) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Seletar Airport (meaning Seletar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,873 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
- Seletar Airport now operates as a general aviation airport, mainly for chartered flights and training purposes.
- After World War II, the base went back to the RAF and, in the late 1940s and 1950s, the base was heavily involved in the Malayan Emergency, with Beaufighters, Spitfires and Mosquitos based there while operating against Malayan Communist insurgents.
- The RAF station closed at the end of March 1971 and Seletar was handed over to the Singapore Air Defence Command later) by 1973, after the British pullout.
- Because of Seletar Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Seletar Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- RAF Seletar served as a civil airport from 1930 before the opening of Singapore's first civil airport at Kallang on 12 June 1937.
- Catalina I of 205 Sqn undergoing servicing in their hangar at RAF Seletar.
- Seletar Airport (XSP) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Seletar Airport", other names for XSP include "实里达机场" and "செலட்டர் வான்முகம்".
- The closest airport to Seletar Airport (XSP) is Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of XSP.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 4.86 miles (7.82 km) SE | Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG) | Paya Lebar, Singapore |    |
| 2 | 9.30 miles (14.97 km) ESE | Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) | Changi, Singapore | |
| 3 | 11.18 miles (18.00 km) W | Tengah Air Base (TAB) (TGA) | Tengah, Singapore | |
| 4 | 20.61 miles (33.17 km) NW | Senai International Airport (JHB) | Johor Bahru, Malaysia | |
| 5 | 26.81 miles (43.15 km) SE | Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH) | Batam, Riau Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia | |
| 6 | 57.22 miles (92.08 km) SE | Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport (TNJ) | Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands, Indonesia | |
| 7 | 66.77 miles (107.46 km) N | Mersing Airport (MEP) | Johor, Malaysia | |
| 8 | 98.96 miles (159.27 km) NNE | Tioman Airport (TOD) | Tioman Island, Malaysia | |
| 9 | 125.94 miles (202.68 km) WNW | Melaka International Airport (MKZ) | Batu Berendam, Malaysia | |
| 10 | 168.65 miles (271.42 km) W | Pinang Kampai Airport (DUM) | Dumai, Sumatra, Indonesia | |
| 11 | 168.79 miles (271.64 km) NNW | Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport / RMAF Kuantan (KUA) | Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia | |
| 12 | 175.62 miles (282.63 km) WNW | Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) | Sepang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia | |
| 13 | 179.97 miles (289.64 km) WSW | Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport (PKU) | Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia | |
| 14 | 191.73 miles (308.56 km) NW | KA01 KJ15 MR1 Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) 吉隆坡中环广场 (XKL) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
| 15 | 199.18 miles (320.55 km) NW | Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB) | Subang (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,348.31 miles (19,872.63 km) SE | Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC) | Coca, Ecuador | |
| 2 | 12,320.73 miles (19,828.25 km) SSE | Lago Agrio Airport (LGQ) | Nueva Loja, Ecuador | |
| 3 | 12,309.81 miles (19,810.66 km) SW | Caucayá Airport (LQM) | Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia | |
| 4 | 12,303.31 miles (19,800.21 km) E | Rio Amazonas Airport (PTZ) | Shell Mera, Ecuador | |
| 5 | 12,301.57 miles (19,797.40 km) S | Tres de Mayo Airport (PUU) | Puerto Asís, Colombia | |
| 6 | 12,286.55 miles (19,773.24 km) ESE | Col. Edmundo Carvajal Airport (XMS) | Macas, Ecuador | |
| 7 | 12,268.06 miles (19,743.48 km) S | Villa Garzón Airport (VGZ) | Villa Garzón, Colombia | |
| 8 | 12,267.51 miles (19,742.59 km) E | Chachoan Airport (ATF) | Ambato, Ecuador | |
| 9 | 12,261.65 miles (19,733.17 km) ESE | Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX) | Latacunga, Ecuador | |
| 10 | 12,258.55 miles (19,728.18 km) ESE | Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) | Quito, Ecuador | |
| 11 | 12,248.34 miles (19,711.75 km) SE | Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla International Airport (TUA) | Tulcán, Ecuador | |
| 12 | 12,246.80 miles (19,709.27 km) SE | San Luis Airport (IPI) | Ipiales, Colombia | |
| 13 | 12,226.58 miles (19,676.73 km) SSE | Antonio Nariño Airport (PSO) | Pasto, Colombia | |
| 14 | 12,225.42 miles (19,674.87 km) N | Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA) | Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia | |
| 15 | 12,215.14 miles (19,658.32 km) ESE | Mariscal Lamar International Airport (CUE) | Cuenca, Ecuador | |