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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
114 ft / 35 m

1,199
  
3,934

Phone
  
+31 495 697 949

Location
  
03/21
  
1,199

Province
  
North Brabant

Operator
  
Budel Aerodrome b.v./ Kempen Airport

Address
  
Luchthavenweg 20, 6021 PX Budel, Netherlands

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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 5 NM (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Weert and near the border with Belgium. Its main runway, 03/21, is a 1,199 m (3,934 ft) long asphalt runway. There is a second runway for microlight aircraft only, located next to the main runway, and is 600 m (1,969 ft) long.

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The airport opened in 1970, initially only with a grass runway. An asphalt runway was created in 1991 of 930 m (3,051 ft), 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 largest 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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Accidents

  • On October 26, 2009, a Pilatus PC-12 on its way to Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport crashed in a field shortly after take-off from Kempen Airport; the two people on board died. An investigation was performed by the Dutch Safety Board however the cause of the accident was never conclusively determined.
  • References

    Kempen Airport Wikipedia


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