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The '''Kallang Airport''', also known as the Kallang Aerodrome, Kallang Airfield and | The '''Kallang Airport''', also known as the Kallang Aerodrome, Kallang Airfield and RAF Kallang, opened in 1937 as Singapore's first purpose-built civil airport, together with an anchorage for seaplanes. Land was reclaimed in the Kallang Basin to turn the swampy area into a circular-shaped airfield and to build a slipway for the seaplanes. The airport was closed in 1955 when the new Singapore International Airport at Paya Lebar was built. Although most of the airport was demolished and put to other use, the distinctive terminal building was used as the headquarters of the People's Association until April 2009. It is currently unoccupied.<br> | ||
==External | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/histories.html History of RAF] | *[http://www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/histories.html History of RAF] | ||
*[http://www.can.com.sg/content/neocan/en/archive/spotlight/national_stadium/singapore_s_first.html Singapore's First Airport] | *[http://www.can.com.sg/content/neocan/en/archive/spotlight/national_stadium/singapore_s_first.html Singapore's First Airport] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallang_Airport Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallang_Airport Wikipedia article] | ||
Revision as of 09:34, 29 January 2014
The Kallang Airport, also known as the Kallang Aerodrome, Kallang Airfield and RAF Kallang, opened in 1937 as Singapore's first purpose-built civil airport, together with an anchorage for seaplanes. Land was reclaimed in the Kallang Basin to turn the swampy area into a circular-shaped airfield and to build a slipway for the seaplanes. The airport was closed in 1955 when the new Singapore International Airport at Paya Lebar was built. Although most of the airport was demolished and put to other use, the distinctive terminal building was used as the headquarters of the People's Association until April 2009. It is currently unoccupied.