Nonstop flight route between Seletar, Singapore and Butuan City, Philippines:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Seletar Airport (XSP), Seletar, Singapore and Butuan-Bancasi Airport (BXU), Butuan City, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,574 miles (or 2,534 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Seletar Airport and Butuan-Bancasi Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | XSP / WSSL |
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Location: | Seletar, Singapore |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°25'0"N by 103°52'4"E |
Area Served: | Singapore |
Operator/Owner: | Government of Singapore |
Airport Type: | Civilian public usage |
Elevation: | 36 feet (11 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from XSP |
More Information: | XSP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BXU / RPME |
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Location: | Butuan City, Philippines |
GPS Coordinates: | 8°57'5"N by 125°28'41"E |
Area Served: | Butuan City |
Operator/Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 141 feet (43 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BXU |
More Information: | BXU Maps & Info |
Facts about Seletar Airport (XSP):
- Seletar Airport now operates as a general aviation airport, mainly for chartered flights and training purposes.
- The closest airport to Seletar Airport (XSP) is Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) (QPG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) SE of XSP.
- Because of Seletar Airport's relatively low elevation of 36 feet, planes can take off or land at Seletar Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The furthest airport from Seletar Airport (XSP) is Francisco de Orellana Airport (OCC), which is nearly antipodal to Seletar Airport (meaning Seletar Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Francisco de Orellana Airport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,873 kilometers) away in Coca, Ecuador.
- In addition to being known as "Seletar Airport", other names for XSP include "实里达机场" and "செலட்டர் வான்முகம்".
- After World War II, the base went back to the RAF and, in the late 1940s and 1950s, the base was heavily involved in the Malayan Emergency, with Beaufighters, Spitfires and Mosquitos based there while operating against Malayan Communist insurgents.
- The RAF station closed at the end of March 1971 and Seletar was handed over to the Singapore Air Defence Command later) by 1973, after the British pullout.
- RAF Seletar served as a civil airport from 1930 before the opening of Singapore's first civil airport at Kallang on 12 June 1937.
- Seletar Airport (XSP) currently has only 1 runway.
- A Short Singapore Mk III flying boat, similar to those operated by 205 Sqn.
Facts about Butuan-Bancasi Airport (BXU):
- Butuan-Bancasi Airport handled 308,405 passengers last year.
- Because of Butuan-Bancasi Airport's relatively low elevation of 141 feet, planes can take off or land at Butuan-Bancasi Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The closest airport to Butuan-Bancasi Airport (BXU) is Tandag Airport (TDG), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) E of BXU.
- Butuan-Bancasi Airport (BXU) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Butuan-Bancasi Airport", another name for BXU is "Paliparan ng Bancasi Tugpahanan sa Bancasi".
- The furthest airport from Butuan-Bancasi Airport (BXU) is Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport (MBK), which is nearly antipodal to Butuan-Bancasi Airport (meaning Butuan-Bancasi Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Orlando Villas-Bôas Regional Airport), and is located 12,348 miles (19,872 kilometers) away in Matupá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.