Singapore Flyer
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Key facts
- Type
- Ferris wheel
- Location
- Singapore , 30 Raffles Avenue, Singapore 039803
- Opening
- 11 February 2008 (restricted) , 1 March 2008 (soft), 15 April 2008 (official)
- Cost
- S$ 240 million
- Owner
- Straco Corporation Limited (90%), WTS Leisure Pte Ltd (10%)
- Height
- 165 m (541 ft)
- Diameter
- 150 metres (492 ft)
- Floor area
- 33,700 m (362,700 sq ft)
- Architects
- Kisho Kurokawa Architects & Associates, DP Architects
- Developer
- Melchers Singapore
- Engineer
- Arup
- Main contractor
- Mitsubishi – Takenaka Consortium
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tourist attraction
- Country
- Singapore
- Official website
- www.singaporeflyer.com.sg
- Image
- Dikaiosp 210819 6963.jpg
- Height
- 541
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- Commons category
- Singapore Flyer
- Commons gallery
- Singapore Flyer
- architect
- Kisho Kurokawa
- date of official opening
- 2008-04-15
- inception
- 2008-00-00
- fee
- 25
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Encyclopedic overview
1°17′21.83″N 103°51′47.63″E / 1.2893972°N 103.8632306°E / 1.2893972; 103.8632306
The Singapore Flyer is an observation wheel at the Downtown Core district of Singapore. Officially opened on 15 April 2008, it has 28 air-conditioned capsules, each able to accommodate 28 passengers, and incorporates a three-story terminal building. The flyer has made numerous appearances in media and popular culture that features Singapore.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Singapore Flyer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.