Wartime airfield located at This airfield
had two runways, I and II.
Allied Units Based at Sungei Patani
RAAF 21 Squadron (12 Buffalos) were based here at the start of the Pacific war. Took heavy losses on December 8, 1941 and withdrew to Butterworth to the south and Ipoh.
Units based at Sungei Patani
8th Sentai (Ki-48) mid-1943
American Missions Against Sungei Patani
(FEAF) B-17's, flying out of Palembang, Sumatra, attack
Sungei Patani Airfield