Singapore Changi Airport Logo — The Singapore International Airport , also known as Changi International Airport or simply Changi Airport is the airport serving the city state of Singapore and is one of the major Asian airports in the flow. It is located in Changi , 20 km from the city’s commercial area and less than 5 km from the regional center of Tampines .
The airport is operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and is the main hub for Singapore Airlines , Singapore Airlines Cargo, SilkAir, Tiger Airways, Jetstar Asia Airways, Valuair, and Jett8 Airlines Cargo and a major hub for Garuda Indonesia and Qantas . In June of 2007 there were about 4,200 weekly flights operated by 81 airlines to over 185 destinations in 58 countries and in the same year 36.7 million passengers used it, making it the 22nd busiest airport in the world and 6 ° in Asia .
Since opening in 1981 , the airport has maintained a high profile in terms of services offered by it, winning 280 awards in the period 1997 — 2007 and 19 awards for best airport only in 2007 .