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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 [[Aerospace manufacturer|industrial aviation hub]], today known as the [[Seletar Aerospace Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=JTC {{!}} Seletar Aerospace Park|url=https://www.jtc.gov.sg/industrial-land-and-space/Pages/seletar-aerospace-park.aspx|access-date=2021-06-19|website=www.jtc.gov.sg}}</ref>
Today, Seletar Airport mostly serves [[Turboprop|turbo-prop]] and smaller-sized [[Private jet|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).{{cn|date=June 2024}} The runway designation is 03/21, where the precise headings on ground of the actual runway are 033° / 213°.<ref>{{Cite web |title=wp-AMDT-2021-03 |url=https://www.caas.gov.sg/docs/default-source/docs---ats/aip-singapore---17-june-2021.pdf}}</ref>
==History==
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