New terminal at Singapore’s Seletar Airport to be six times larger than original

CHARTER CAPITAL: The airport handles business and general aviation as well as teaching pilots to fly

Seletar Airport’s new passenger terminal has received its temporary occupation permit and preparations are on track for the terminal to begin operations by the end of this year.

The new terminal building at Singapore’s second public airport has a floor area of 10,000 sqm – more than six times larger than the current terminal. Constructed and fitted out at a cost of about S$80 million, it is designed to handle 700,000 passenger movements a year, in anticipation of the growth in passenger traffic in the coming years.

The airport caters to business and general aviation users such as international aircraft charters, private flights, and maintenance, repair and overhauls. 

Managed by Changi Airport Group, the new passenger terminal features an enlarged departure and arrival area, which is designed to handle scheduled commercial flights. The departure area will have four check-in counters, six immigration lanes, two security screening stations and a spacious gate hold room, which can comfortably accommodate about 200 passengers.

Khoh Su Lim, Deputy General Manager of Seletar Airport, said, “The new passenger terminal enables Seletar Airport to handle the expected growth of aviation activities in future. We look forward to providing passengers with a fresh experience, in terms of comfort and convenience, when the new terminal starts operations around the end of the year.”

The new terminal will also have a section for passengers travelling on chartered business flights and private jets, with its own waiting lounge area.

On the airside, passengers will be able to board their flights conveniently with three aircraft parking stands next to the terminal. This allows passengers quick and efficient access to the aircraft, enabling greater operational efficiency and faster aircraft turnaround time.

When the new terminal becomes operational around the end of 2018, Firefly, currently operating 20 daily turboprop flights – to and from Subang, Ipoh and Kuantan – at Changi Airport, will shift its operations to Seletar. This move ensures the optimisation of resources within Singapore’s entire aviation system, as aircraft movements at Changi continue to increase.