Singapore's Second International Airport 

You should have seen what Seletar was like when COVID kicked off in early 2020. People with money hedged on the fact that Singapore was one of the better places to be during the pandemic, so a lot of millionaires and billionaires were landing into Seletar and stacking their jets on the apron. That’s why they made the airport so nice because it was primarily meant to be a corporate terminal for VIP and VVIP. Firefly probably only makes a tiny fraction of the airport’s revenue. And oh, don’t forget ST Aerospace who does a lot of MRO work for both private and commercial customers……

Random fact but, as it was a RAF base, a lot of the residential streets (which previously housed RAF officers) surrounding Seletar Airport are named after streets in London (e.g. Piccadilly, Oxford St, Regent St, Edgeware Rd).

If you noticed all the sheltered walkways at the Seletar Aerospace area which includes the airport, they are all "wings". You can see they designed aircarft ailerons on them. Catch it briefly between 5:21 to 5:25.

There's a proposed plan to build a new MRT line that'll include a station at Seletar Airport. If that plan goes through, it would be a huge boost to the connectivity of that place.

Seletar is also home to several dozen private jets, mostly owned by charter and medevac companies. It is a popular base as there’s a good number of wealthy people chartering jets in and out from there.

Subang looks like a budget hotel while Seletar looks like a 5-star hotel lol.

The main selling point for people to hop on a shuttle flight between Subang Airport to Seletar is all to do with distance within the greater Klang Valley. Subang Airport is literally just nestled between the cities of Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, and Petaling Jaya at less than half the distance to KLIA 2. This makes it even more attractive and the bus ride from Seletar to the main business district in Singapore is significantly shorter than a bus or train shuttle between Kuala Lumpur to KLIA or KLIA 2. Great inside into the flight between Subang to Seletar. Please keep these clips coming.

'There is a highspped rail way, but it may take many years away, oif any at all' The most agreeable sentence i read

Just a small note, seletar airport is pronounced as sir-lee-tar. Overall great video, as a Singaporean gotta say its quite underrated

Would like to share with the people watching this video: Seletar to Subang, and the return is honestly the best route if you can afford it. That is because its within the heart of Singapore (more northern part beside Woodlands and Kovan - Sengkang areas) to heart of Greater Klang Valley (which is right in the middle between all of the major townships in Selangor - Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya) with shorter time to Kuala Lumpur City Centre since you are halfway there. Also, Firefly is the only one with their Fokker Airplanes that provides water and snack (because they are expensive too). Malindo or Batik air, which they operate locally only in Malaysia from Subang Airport as their base, do not provide snacks and water, but are relatively the same price or more expensive than Firefly. Its also because Firefly its under Malaysian Airlines but budget option just like Scoot for Singapore Airlines and Jetstar for Qantas. Couple of cons though: 1. Do not use Firefly to connect flights with Malaysia Airlines as its 1 hr away from Subang Airport to KLIA 1 (and yes, there is KLIA 1 and 2 unlike Changi Airport's integrated Terminals, you can check yourself) and it would cost you upwards of RM 65 excluding the tolls and traffic. 2. Do not use Firefly to connect with other flights outgoing from Singapore Changi either. At this moment, there are no direct public transport option from Seletar airport to Changi airport. There might be only one bus (102) that can get you to Hougang MRT but you will need to switch to alternative public transport. And Grab (Uber equivalent) would charge you about SGD 25 and above. 3. Fights are generally expensive due to the airport taxes imposed on both Subang and Seletar individually. 4. Many more timings and options are available at Singapore Changi Airport, and Malaysia's KLIA 1 or KLIA 2. 5. Fokker aircrafts (cruising around 20,000 ft) can't fly as high as commercial jets (30,000 ft). Meaning if there were thunder clouds (and there will be aplenty all the time given the tropical climate Singapore and Malaysia sits in, you might get hit by turbulence more often or longer. So yea, you can decide for yourself and see. 🤣

Singapore is small, but not ‘that’ small. There are actually 5 airports in Singapore + 1 airstrip, 3 of them with full length runways occupying about the same area as Changi - but are military airbases for quite a sizeable Air Force.

You can still see the old Seletar terminal through a fence! It is no longer open to public, but it is still located along West Camp Road, just opposite the runway from the new terminal. Simple colonial style buildings. Love them as I was involved in their refurbishment

How great is the photo of Subang. An MAS a BA and Aeroflot aircraft reflecting a world long gone. Your reviews are so enjoyable.

5:59 Singapore Youth Flying Club - funded by the Air Force to provide an early Basic Pilot Licence. The young pilots will proceed to National Service (military) & a crack at a flying career with the Air Force.

Thanks for the quick tour of Seletar Airport! :) I do hope that they could operate more flights there in the future. With its close proximity to the residential areas, it sure is a more comfortable and efficient experience travelling in and out that airport as a Singaporean :)

This is cool! I’ve never been to Seletar, now very keen to try. Although one correction, Firefly is not Malaysian Airlines’s attempt at a low cost airline. Its its attempt at a regional airline, with full service as expected from Malaysian Hospitality. Firefly operates the ATRs and some 737 which are all-economy, as opposed to Malaysia Airlines 737s which normally has 16 business seats.

We local call Seletar more like (pronounced: Sir-Lit-Tar)

Cool as a Singaporean, I didn't expect Seletar Airport to look so modern :) Learnt lots of interesting titbits from your video, thanks! :)

Another fantastic video!

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797 subscribers?! crazy high quality content for a small youtuber

Seletar Airport is also where private jets operate from. The aerospace research industry made its home in the nearby spaces.The Military airbase is still around the corner of the airport.

Love the vid, thanks for sharing! Also love the invisible selfie stick you're using - you've got the knack of carrying it while carrying the tote! Excellent disguise! And finally, not sure if anyone's told you, but SELETAR is pronounced 'ser-lee-tarr'.... FYI and for future reference. :) :)

The current Seletar airport terminal was built from the ground up 5 years ago. The old terminal is a classic building which is still located on the west camp road.

love this airline for short hops from Singapore to KL. I can actually check in 32 mins before flight time (check in closes 30mins before)

Fantstic review, thanks for showing off the two alternate airports both sound like they have big histories! I took FireFly between Langkawi and Penang about 2 weeks back I was also shocked with the free bottle of water and snacks which was absolutely unexpected yet incredible for a flight which A. was only $30 and B. only 130km. Certainly could not fault them whatsoever!

If anyone else is trying to transfer from Seletar to Changi airport for cheap, you should take the *102 bus* from Seletar, go eight stops until you arrive at a weird roundabout with two bus stops labeled 'Before' and 'After'. You'll be getting off at the 'After' bus stop. Walk shortly to the 'Before' stop, the one closest to the church. Then wait and board the *858 bus* to Changi Airport which serves the basement bus stops of Changi Terminal 3,1,2 in this order. It should take under an hour. Just pay with your Mastercard/Visa credit card or Singaporean cash at the bus driver's seat.

The last 2 rows near the door used to be business class, divided by curtains from other rows. Now , there is no more buainess class seats.😅

im singaporean, never thought we had a second airport. Thought it was a military air base considering theres one in seletar

I know about the airport but the only airport I go is changi because easier to go (take EWL then change to CGL) and there is more flights

I live quite near that place, and I like to go for walks there on weekends. The houses nearby are all dilapidated and old, but if you walk about a kilometre, you can find a restaurant that has been renovated and a children's playgrounds.

great video. subscribed.

Pretty comfy seats on those Firefly turboprops too.

Great Video Love from Bangladesh ❤

I'm surprised people don't know that Singapore has several airports. I mean, the old Kallang Airport still exists and it's visible from the Sports Hub.

The combat engineer bunks still face Seletar's Runway, could see planes taking off and landing all the time, was the few things that was nice around there.

For Subang Airport, it was partly a military airbase. Also, most planes that fly out of there is a regional turboprop, while most of the jets go to KLIA. I guess maybe it's easier to manage the flight from and to the airport if the aircraft of the same type.

Some Asian airlines do give snacks on short haul domestic flights. I received some snacks when I flew Philippine Airlines from Manila (MNL) to Caticlan (MPH) and that's just a 45min of flight time. I like to think it's their way of apologizing for the delays lol

As a Singaporean im surprised u got famous amous cuz its pretty dang expensive

Once I got a booking by a pilot. When I saw him in uniform, I was delighted. But short lived because he was heading to Seletar Airport not Changi. Because that would be going back alone.

What a nice 8 minute video dude

Good Information

btw the terminal you were in the new terminal. the old one was closed in 2017

5:56 that place is about a 20 min bicycle ride from me and its one of my favourite places to chill.. esp at night

It'll be nice when Singapore Airlines resumes their daily Changi to Seletar service. One nice way to cut through Singapore traffic in style, plus get to use the rarely used domestic terminal at Changi!

Firefly also has jet planes besides the propellor ones. There are also two other airlines in Malaysia, MyAirlines and SKS Airlines. The established airlines from Malaysia are Malaysia Airlines and Air Asia.

Absolutely peculiar

During COVID period, I would cycle till Seletar Airport and just like wave "hi" to the airport workers etc... They were like super bored - really nobody so they are really happy to see people interacting with them

This is a private jet terminal That is why the ambience is like a 5 star hotel

Ive heard that this route is mainly for Malaysians who don't want to trek all the way to KLIA. Especially if they live around the Subang area... Apparently

Seletar is going to be redeveloped I heard?

There is a railway line from KL to Singapore, however that is not direct. You would have to take the ETS service from KL Sentral to Gemas Jn which takes max 3.5 - 4 hours. Gemas is currently the furthest south the electrified network goes. From Gemas, you would have to switch onto a diesel locomotive hauled passenger train for 4 hours to JB Sentral. Then, you can board the Tebrau Shuttle(after clearing customs and immigration) that takes 5 mins to cross the Causeway into Woodlands Train Checkpoint Singapore. This option kinda sucks as your journey is split into three parts(no good if you have to wake up in the middle of the night to change trains) but the Malaysian Government is duplicating and electrifying the line south of Gemas to JB so we might be able to run potentially non-stop overnight or daylight trains to and from JB and KL in the near future.

Just some fun facts, the SYFC headquarters is there, which is a flight school and a after-school activity. I had the honor of going there for a crash course on how to fly. We were in a classroom for a lot of time and we could hear all the planes taking off and landing. The ATC there controls so many different planes which sounds stressful.

on airasia you get meal like a lowkey full meal flying from kl to sg and its only 1 hour, the 2 times i flew there i could not finish it coz it was so fast the food was nice tho

Seletar (Ser - Lay - Tar) it takes a while to get around it.

Its called Sue- bung . As in rung, lung. 😅 you could fly to koh samui From Subang before covid .

johor area should build taller tower as selatar previous crisis before...

Seletar airport is primarily used for private jets.

how to read seletar. Sir-li-ta. Seletar airport is also know for private planes and stuff so hence it is fancy.

i think this might not be changi airport but on a side note i find it funny if theres a depressurisation onboard that aircraft all they have to do is descend just a little bit

when the short delay is almost as long as the flight itself 💀

7:38 Unfortunately as of time of writing the basic fares on FY has decreased its check in baggage allowance to only 10kg checked in baggage. Used to really appreciate the 20kg but 10kg is a little less given most empty suitcases already weigh 3-4kg.

my aunt used to live in Shah Alam, literally next door to Subang airport. but it’s so inconvenient to use Subang/Seletar airports. flights from Changi are cheaper, getting to Changi is easier, at one point flights from Seletar kept getting cancelled so everyone had to rebook on flights from Changi anyway. many years ago i think Firefly flew Changi-Subang, but once they moved to Seletar, there was no reason for me to fly Firefly simply because Seletar airport is so inaccessible lol

used to go seletar airbase for spa and steak 😁

At least you don't have to travel so far out to KLIA from the city and then have deal with the long queues and long walks in KLIA.

Private planes use Seletar Airport hence the luxury feel

Short flights, even on the shortest 737 routes like the Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan (50 ish minutes, sometimes shorter) serves nuts and orange juice. Whats the service like in the states for such flight?

Would have been cool if you shared about the ILS debacle the refurbishment of this aiport caused between the two countries.

I’m a Singaporean and I didn’t even know that Seletar Airport was still active 😅

Awesome vid. Just FYI, it's pronounced SER-LEE-TAR airport by the locals :)

famous amos is such a luxury I did not know they served that

Yeah pretty interesting airport. This airline tends to land on the Northern bit of the airport whilst the the smaller private jets land on the southern bit of the run way. Other than i think there are many aviation related companies that does maintenance for these smaller jets i think. but yeah its airport for corporate use. Its a cool little airport, reminds me of City Airport in London. and BTW Its pronounced as "sir li ta"

SELETAR is pronounced as SIR LEE TAR or SIR LEH TAR. 😉

the last time i took firefly, we used hand fans to keep ourselves cool

Bruh NS im from Seletar Camp every night alws got some large private jet flying in

Fyi Seletar airport is for private jets. Firefly used to fly from Changi Airport. Btw we pronounce Seletar as Sir-Lee-Tar not Seletair.

0:29 why was this blurred?

Kallang is not Singapore 1st International Airport. First Singapore International Airport is Farrer Park International Airport which see the first commercial flight. Second Singapore Internet Airport is Kallang International Airport Third Singapore International Airport is Paya Lebar International Airport Fourth Singapore International Airport is Changi International Airport Seletar Airport is now use as Private Plane and Commercial Helicopter. Now they added in Budget Airlines to me list

fyi we call suh-lee-tahr airport and chahng-yee airport

Welcome to sir-lay-tar airport.

thats a smooth butter??!!

Paya Lebar is or was used as a civilian & military airport

firefly is very popular for kl residences because klia is so far away, there jet operations out of penang and kota kinabalu are more low cost but out of subang its more like klm city jet or ba out of london city. im really enjoying your vids btw especally MAS being my fav airline

Gt smoking area anot??

As a Singaporean, Welcome !

It is called "Sir Li tar".

I believe Seletar is pronounced as : Si(r)-La(y)-Tar. Just say it as per normal with the letters in bracket, then try omitting the 'r' and 'y' while maintaining the pronunciation.

Of course Selatar is like a luxury hotel lobby. Billionaires land there with their private and business planes

Selatar is pronounced as Sir-lay-thar 👍😉

Flying from Subang to Seletar is not mean to be a cheaper alternative but a convinient one

Imagine this guy reaction when he realised there used to be a a other international airport before changi (Paya Lebar)

Its pronounced as Sir Lee Ta airport

Uhh im guessing its seletar

It's pronounced Sa (like the Sun) -lee (first syllable in leaf) -tar (like road tar). Subang is also Sue-bung (like how you would say lung).

this is called seletar airport

its called seletar (sir-lee-tar) airport not (seh-leh-tar).

Sir (don't roll the r kinda of drop it) - lur (rhymes with the sir just don't roll the r - tar like the word tar (again it's a h sound rather than a r sound more like tah-dah)

Sir'lee'tar is the local pronunciation

Hol up…. I thought Seletar airport was for private jets only……so ur saying I live 5mins away from a actual functioning consumer airport…..

There are 5 airports in Singapore.