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Changi Airport A Singapore story

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The new shoreline extends east of the city all the way to the airport on the island’s tip. In the mid-1970s, the government moved the main international terminal from Paya Lebar to Changi, partly to allow more distance between the planes and new, higher skyscrapers downtown.

In the 1989 image, on the east end of the island, you can see the old and new runways, parallel and a few miles apart. Planes now land where once was only water. A further extension of the land on the eastern tip was built for Chengi Air Base, visible in the 2000 image and later.

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 Oct. 17, 1973, Landsat 1 (path/row 134/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore

Oct. 17, 1973, Landsat 1 (path/row 134/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore

Sept. 13, 1989, Landsat 5 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore

Sept. 13, 1989, Landsat 5 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore

Sept. 3, 2000, Landsat 7 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore

Sept. 3, 2000, Landsat 7 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore

Oct. 11, 2002, Landsat 7 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore

Oct. 11, 2002, Landsat 7 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore

Feb. 8, 2009, Landsat 5 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore

Feb. 8, 2009, Landsat 5 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore

May 24, 2018, Landsat 8 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore

May 24, 2018, Landsat 8 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore

 Oct. 17, 1973, Landsat 1 (path/row 134/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore
Sept. 13, 1989, Landsat 5 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore
Sept. 3, 2000, Landsat 7 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore
Oct. 11, 2002, Landsat 7 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore
Feb. 8, 2009, Landsat 5 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore
May 24, 2018, Landsat 8 (path/row 125/59) — Changi Airport, Singapore

Singapore Additional Imagery & Stories

Jurong
Jurong

The symbol of the new Singapore may be on the island’s west end, the industrial New Town of Jurong. In 1962, the government began clearing the jungle ...

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The Island Changes
The Island Changes

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The Island Expands
The Island Expands

The British started the expansion of Singapore within days of landing in 1819. The expansion was begun by moving soil into small areas around the old ...

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