The Singapore Flyer is an observation wheel at 30 Raffles Avenue on the Marina Promenade in Singapore. Kisho Kurokawa Architects & Associates and DP Architects designed it, with Arup as engineer and Mitsubishi–Takenaka as main contractor. Singapore Flyer Pte Ltd developed it. Work began in 2005 and finished in 2008 at a cost of S$240 million.
The wheel is 541 feet (165 m) tall and 492 feet (150 m) across. It carries 28 air-conditioned capsules, each holding 28 passengers, mounted outside the rim. A full ride takes about 32 minutes. A three-story terminal building and a tropical rainforest garden share the site. It was the tallest Ferris wheel until Las Vegas's High Roller passed it in 2014.
It opened on April 15, 2008. Straco Leisure bought it in 2014. The article gives no ticket prices, and it records a suspension in January 2022.
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