Paya Lebar Air Base
| Paya Lebar Airbase | |||||||
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Lapangan Terbang Paya Lebar 巴耶利峇空軍基地 பாயா லெபார் விமான தளம் | |||||||
| Paya Lebar, Singapore in Singapore | |||||||
The control tower and terminal building in 1971 | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Military airbase | ||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Republic of Singapore Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | Republic of Singapore Air Force | ||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
| Coordinates | 01°21′37″N 103°54′34″E / 1.36028°N 103.90944°E | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1954 (as Singapore International Airport) | ||||||
| In use | 1954 – present | ||||||
| Fate | Decommissioned by 2030s | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: QPG, ICAO: WSAP | ||||||
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| Source: DAFIF | |||||||
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The Paya Lebar Air Base (IATA: QPG, ICAO: WSAP) is a military airbase of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) in Singapore located at Airport Road in Paya Lebar, in the eastern region of Singapore. The airbase goes by the motto of Strength Through Readiness.
It was originally built in 1954 as Singapore International Airport to replace Kallang Airport; control of the airport was transferred to RSAF in 1980 when it was renamed Paya Lebar Air Base, following the relocation of the civilian airport to Changi Airport.
Under the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)'s Master Plan, Paya Lebar Air Base is scheduled to be decommissioned by around 2030 to make way for residential and commercial developments as a new town, with the RSAF relocating to other airbases throughout the country such as at Changi and Tengah, which will be expanded throughout the 2020s.