Singapore Seletar. A short walk to the car, and Marina Bay twenty five to forty minutes away.
A dedicated business aviation field in the north east of the island, open around the clock, with its own terminal and a straight road to the city. The one thing to check early is whether your aircraft fits the runway.
The airport
Seletar at a glance
- CodesXSP / WSSLIn the north east of Singapore, roughly sixteen kilometres from Changi and a similar distance from the city centre.
- RunwayOne, 03/21, about 1,836 metresComfortable for light, midsize and many super midsize aircraft. Heavier jets need the performance numbers run for the day, the heat and the load, and some go to Changi instead.
- TerminalA business aviation centre shared by the handlersOne building for private arrivals and departures, with customs and immigration, rather than a row of separate lounges. Your handler meets you inside it.
- HoursOpen twenty four hoursWhich matters in a city whose long haul departures leave late at night.
Changi is the alternative and it takes anything, but for private traffic it is a busy commercial airport with a private terminal attached rather than a business aviation field. Unless the aircraft requires it, Seletar is the calmer arrival.
Journey times
From Seletar by road
| To | Quiet roads | Peak |
|---|---|---|
| Marina Bay and the financial district | 25 to 40 minutes | 40 to 55 minutes |
| Orchard Road | 25 to 40 minutes | 40 to 55 minutes |
| Tanglin and the embassy district | 25 to 40 minutes | 40 to 55 minutes |
| Sentosa and Sentosa Cove | 35 to 50 minutes | 50 to 70 minutes |
| Changi Airport | 20 to 30 minutes | 30 to 45 minutes |
| Jurong and the west | 35 to 50 minutes | 50 to 70 minutes |
| The Johor crossings | 20 to 35 minutes to the causeway | The border itself is the variable, not the road |
Singapore's roads are excellent and its congestion pricing keeps them moving, so the ranges here are narrower than in most cities. Rain is the main variable: a tropical downpour slows everything for twenty minutes and then it is over.
Why clients use it
A short walk and a straight road
The case for Seletar is simple. The aircraft parks close to the building, the building is small, the formalities are quick, and the car is outside it. For a party arriving to work, that is usually twenty or thirty minutes saved against the same arrival at a commercial terminal, and it is twenty or thirty minutes at the end of a very long flight. Singapore is eleven to thirteen hours from London depending on the aircraft and the winds, which puts it within one leg for ultra long range jets and within a technical stop for most others. See ultra long range jets and on demand charter.
The runway is the constraint to settle first. At about 1,836 metres it is generous for a midsize aircraft and tight for a heavy one leaving fully fuelled on a hot afternoon, which in Singapore is every afternoon. Operators solve this in different ways: a lighter fuel load and a stop, a departure at a cooler hour, or Changi. It is a question worth asking your operator in the first conversation rather than the last. We can arrange the aircraft if you would like us to. See private jet charter.
Our own cars and our own chauffeurs are in London and Manchester, and a trusted global network covers everywhere else. In Singapore, cars are arranged through operators we know, and the standard is high: this is a city where things work. Singapore drives on the left, the vehicles are right hand drive and a British visitor will find the whole experience oddly familiar. See Singapore and our global network.
Grand Prix week
The race that closes the streets
Singapore's motor race is run at night on public roads through the Marina Bay district, and the circuit is assembled from ordinary streets over the days before it. That is the whole transfer problem in one sentence. Roads close in stages, the grandstands go up across junctions, and the hotels inside the circuit become reachable only on foot or through a controlled access point at certain hours. A route that took twenty minutes in the morning does not exist in the evening.
In business aviation terms the week is also the busiest of the Singaporean year. Seletar is the default field for private traffic, parking is managed tightly, aircraft may be asked to reposition, and in recent years Changi has been restricted to quick turnarounds during the event window rather than accepting private aircraft for the duration. None of that is a problem if it is planned in the spring. All of it is a problem if it is planned in the week.
What we do is straightforward. We find out which side of the circuit your hotel is on, where the nearest usable drop off point will be on each day, and what time the roads close, and then we build the movements around those facts rather than around a map. See the Singapore Grand Prix and chauffeur service for events.
Onward
Around a Singapore trip
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Tell us the movement
Date, tail number or operator, passengers, luggage and where you are going. If it is a week of meetings, or race week, send us the schedule and we will build the cars around the roads as they will actually be. We reply with a clear price. Nothing is booked or charged online.
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Questions people ask
About Seletar arrivals
Seletar or Changi?
Seletar for almost every private arrival: it is the dedicated business aviation field, the terminal is small and the formalities are quick. Changi only when the aircraft needs the longer runway or the schedule requires it.
Can a heavy jet use Seletar?
The runway is about 1,836 metres, so it depends on the aircraft, the load and the temperature, and Singapore is hot all year. Ask your operator early. We can arrange the aircraft and have that conversation for you. See private jet charter.
How long is the drive to Marina Bay?
Twenty five to forty minutes outside the peaks, and rarely much more than that. Singapore's roads are among the most reliable anywhere.
Is the airport open at night?
Yes, around the clock, which suits a city whose long haul departures often leave late.
Are these your own cars?
Our own fleet and our own chauffeurs are in London and Manchester, and a trusted global network covers everywhere else. In Singapore cars are arranged through operators we know.
What happens during the Grand Prix?
The circuit is built from public streets around Marina Bay and closes in stages over the preceding days, and private aircraft parking is tight across the whole week. We plan the movements around the closures and the access points. See the Singapore Grand Prix.
