Sembawang Air Base, Singapore

The Sembawang Air Base is located in Sembawang, Singapore on the northern hemisphere. Sembawang Air Base is a military airport. It ofters limited use for General Aviation. Situated on the east of prime meridian, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) assigned Sembawang Air Base the code of WSAG. So where on earth is Sembawang Air Base located? It is located at longitude 103.81 degrees North of the Equator and latitude 1.43 degrees East of Greenwich. It is shown here in Singapore on Pagenation.com.

Sembawang Air Base is a military airbase of the Republic of Singapore Air Force located at Sembawang, in the northern part of Singapore. Prior to Singapore's independence from the United Kingdom, it was a Royal Air Force station known as RAF Sembawang as well as being the Royal Naval Air Station - HMS Simbang - to the carrier pilots of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (attached to the Eastern Fleet based in Singapore) who used it for rest and refit whenever an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy berthed at the nearby HMNB Singapore for refuel and repairs, which also housed the largest Royal Navy dockyard east of Suez up to the time of UK forces withdrawal from Singapore. The base was renamed Sembawang Air Base (SBAB) in 1971 when it was handed over to the Singapore Air Defence Command (SADC). From 1971 to 1976.

Sembawang Air Base Runway:

• Runway 04; Heading: 42.8; Elevation: ft; Length: 6255 ft Asphalt.
• Runway 05; Heading: 47; Elevation: ft; Length: 3400 ft Asphalt.
• Runway 22; Heading: 222.8; Elevation: ft; Length: 6255 ft Asphalt.
• Runway 23; Heading: 227; Elevation: ft; Length: 3400 ft Asphalt.

ICAO: WSAG.

Updated On: 12.06.05