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Singapore Changi Airport

Singapore Changi Airport, "Changi" or just "the airport" to locals, is the main commercial airport of . It is 25 km from the centre of Singapore, on the eastern edge of the island, and has good public transport links to all parts of Singapore.
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  • Email: enquiry@changiairport.com
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: international airport in Singapore
  • Also known as: “Changi”, “Changi Air Base (East)”, “Changi Airport”, “Changi Airport Singapore”, “Changi International Airport”, “SIN”, “Singapore Changi”, “Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)”, and “WSSS”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jewel Changi Airport and Changi Prison.

Shopping center
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a nature-themed entertainment and retail complex surrounded by and linked to one of the passenger terminals of Changi Airport in Singapore.

Prison
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Complex, often known simply as , is a prison complex in the namesake district of in the of . It is the largest prison in the country, covering an area of about 50 ha, and the oldest still in operation since the closure of Outram Prison in 1963.

Aerodrome
Changi Air Base, also known as the Changi East Complex, is an extension of the existing Changi Air Base, which has since been renamed . Located about 2 kilometres east of Changi Airport and 1.5 kilometres west of Changi Naval Base, the facility was developed to support both military and aviation infrastructure needs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Coast and Tampines.

Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
The of is largely residential and offers few sights as such; most visitors just cross it on their way from and to Changi Airport. For Singaporeans, on the other hand, the main attractions are 20 km of white sandy beach and the food: this is the home of many of Singapore's culinary icons.

Suburb
Photo: Calvin Teo, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is the regional centre of the of . With a population of 284,560 living across its five subzones as of 2024, it is the most populous planning area in Singapore.

Suburb
Simei is a subzone in the planning area within the of .

Singapore Changi Airport

Latitude
1.3511° or 1° 21′ 4″ north
Longitude
103.9951° or 103° 59′ 42″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Inception
1981
Operator
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore/Republic of Singapore Air Force
IATA airport code
SIN
ICAO airport code
WSSS
Open location code
6PH59X2W+C2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 174037464
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
1880725
Wiki­data ID
Q32159
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Singapore Changi Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Lughawe Singapoer Changi”
  • Afrikaans: “Singapoer Changi Lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار شانغي سنغافورة”
  • Armenian: “Չանգի”
  • Armenian: “Սինգապուրի Չանգի օդանավակայան”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional Changi”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional de Changi Singapur”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional de Singapur”
  • Asturian: “SIN”
  • Asturian: “WSSS”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sinqapur Çanqi Aeroportu”
  • Balinese: “Bandar Udara Changi”
  • Basque: “Singapur Changi aireportua”
  • Belarusian: “Аэрапорт Сінгапур-Чангі”
  • Bengali: “সিঙ্গাপুর চাঙ্গি বিমানবন্দর”
  • Burmese: “စင်ကာပူ ချန်ဂီလေဆိပ်”
  • Burmese: “စင်္ကာပူ ချန်ဂီ လေဆိပ်”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional de Singapur-Changi”
  • Cebuano: “Singapore Changi Airport”
  • Central Bikol: “Pankinàban na Palayogan nin Changi”
  • Chinese: “新加坡樟宜机场”
  • Chinese: “新加坡樟宜機場”
  • Chinese: “樟宜国际机场”
  • Chinese: “樟宜國際機場”
  • Chinese: “樟宜機場”
  • Croatian: “Zračna luka Singapur”
  • Czech: “Letiště Singapur Čangi”
  • Czech: “Letiště Singapur-Changi”
  • Dagbani: “Singapore Changi Airport”
  • Danish: “Singapore Changi Airport”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Meydanê Teyarey Changi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Meydanê Teyareye Changi”
  • Dutch: “Internationale luchthaven Changi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار شانجى سنجافوره”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia flughaveno Changi”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno Changi”
  • Estonian: “Changi lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “Changin kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Singapore-Changin lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Singaporen kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Singaporen lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Singaporen-Changin kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport Changi de Singapour”
  • French: “Aéroport de Singapour Changi”
  • French: “Aéroport de Singapour-Changi”
  • French: “SIN”
  • French: “WSSS”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Singapur”
  • Georgian: “ჩანგის აეროპორტი”
  • German: “Flughafen Singapur Changi”
  • German: “Flughafen Singapur-Changi”
  • German: “Flughafen Singapur”
  • German: “SIN”
  • German: “WSSS”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Singapore Changi Airport”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה סינגפור צ’נגי”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה סינגפור צנגי”
  • Hindi: “चैंगी हवाई अड्डा”
  • Hindi: “सिंगापुर चांगी अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Szingapúr-Changi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Changi Singapura”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Changi”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Singapore-Changi”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Singapore Changi”
  • Japanese: “シンガポール・チャンギ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “シンガポール国際空港”
  • Japanese: “チャンギ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “チャンギ空港”
  • Javanese: “Papan Anggegana Internasional Changi”
  • Korean: “싱가포르 창이 공항”
  • Korean: “싱가포르 창이 국제공항”
  • Korean: “창이 국제공항”
  • Kurdish: “Balafirgeha Sîngapûrê”
  • Latvian: “Singapūras Čangi lidosta”
  • Lithuanian: “Singapūro Čangi oro uostas”
  • Macedonian: “Аеродром Сингапур”
  • Macedonian: “Чанги”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Changi Singapura”
  • Malay: “لاڤڠن تربڠ چاڠي سيڠاڤورا”
  • Malayalam: “സിംഗപ്പൂർ ചാങ്കി വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Marathi: “सिंगापूर चांगी विमानतळ”
  • Mingrelian: “ჩანგიშ აეროპორტი”
  • Newari: “चेङ्गी विमानस्थल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Singapur lufthavn”
  • Persian: “SIN”
  • Persian: “WSSS”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه چانگی سنگاپور”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Singapur-Changi”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Changi de Singapura”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Singapura”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Changi”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Сингапур-Чанги (SIN)”
  • Russian: “Чанги”
  • Scots: “Singapore Changi Airport”
  • Serbian: “Аеродром Сингапур”
  • Slovak: “Letisko Singapur-Changi”
  • Slovenian: “Letališče Singapur Changi”
  • Slovenian: “Letališče Singapur”
  • Slovenian: “Mednarodno letališče Changi”
  • Slovenian: “SIN”
  • Slovenian: “WSSS”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Changi de Singapur”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Singapur”
  • Swedish: “Singapore Changi Airport”
  • Swedish: “Singapore Changi flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Чангӣ”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи шонги сангопӯр”
  • Tamil: “சாங்கி சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம், சிங்கப்பூர்”
  • Tamil: “சிங்கப்பூர் சாங்கி வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
  • Tatar: “Сингапур-Чанги халыкара аэропорты”
  • Tatar: “Сингапур-Чанги халыкара һава аланы”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานจางี”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานชางงีสิงคโปร์”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานสิงคโปร์ชางงี”
  • Turkish: “Singapur Changi Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Аеропорт Чангі”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт «Сінгапур-Чангі»”
  • Ukrainian: “Чангі”
  • Urdu: “سنگاپور چانگی ہوائی اڈا”
  • Uzbek: “Changi aeroporti”
  • Uzbek: “Changi xalqaro aeroporti”
  • Uzbek: “SIN”
  • Uzbek: “Singapur Changi aeroporti”
  • Uzbek: “WSSS”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Changi Singapore”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Changi”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Singapore Changi”
  • Wu Chinese: “樟宜国际机场”
  • Yue Chinese: “樟宜機場”

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