Sungai Besi

Sungai Besi, formerly Sungei Besi and meaning Steel River in English, is a town and suburb within the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. It was a mining town and home to what was once the largest and deepest open cast alluvial tin mine in the world, now the site of Mines Wellness City. Sungai Besi Airport was Kuala Lumpur's main airport until 1965, later housing the Royal Malaysian Air Force museum and air base until it ceased operations in early 2018 for the Bandar Malaysia development. A camp for Vietnamese boat people operated here from 1982 until it closed on 25 June 1996. The town is served by the Sungai Besi station on the Sri Petaling LRT line and the Putrajaya MRT line.