Kempen Airport Explained

Kempen Airport
Nativename:Budel Aerodrome
Nativename-R:Vliegveld Kempen
Iata:QEK
Icao:EHBD
Type:Public
Operator:Budel Aerodrome b.v./ Kempen Airport
Location:Budel
Elevation-F:114
Elevation-M:35
Metric-Rwy:Y
R1-Number:03/21
R1-Length-F:3,934
R1-Length-M:1,199
R1-Surface:Concrete/Asphalt
R2-Number:03/21
R2-Length-F:1,969
R2-Length-M:600
R2-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Sources: AIP

Kempen Airport or Budel Airport (Dutch: Vliegveld Kempen), also just called Budel after the nearby town, is a general aviation airport in the south-east of the Netherlands located 5NM west of Weert and near the border with Belgium. Its main runway, 03/21, is a 1199m (3,934feet) long asphalt runway. There is a second runway for microlight aircraft only, located next to the main runway, and is 600m (2,000feet) long.

The airport opened in 1970, initially only with a grass runway. An asphalt runway was created in 1991 of 930m (3,050feet), which was expanded later to its current length. Approach and runway lighting followed, making the airport suitable for IFR flights. With around 80,000 movements (a movement being a takeoff or landing) a year, it is amongst the busiest general aviation airports in the Netherlands. International flights are allowed to and from the airport and it is used extensively by business aircraft, accounting for 80% of all aircraft movements.

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Notes and References

  1. [Dutch Safety Board]
  2. Web site: Crashed after take-off, Pilatus PC-12/47E, Weert, 16 October 2009 . 2022-09-23 . Onderzoeksraad . 16 October 2009 . en.