Kempen Airport
Direction | Length | Surface | |
---|---|---|---|
m | ft | ||
03/21 | 1,199 | 3,934 | Concrete/Asphalt |
03/21 | 600 | 1,969 | Grass |
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.
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 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.
Accidents
- On October 26, 2009, a Pilatus PC-12 registered PH-RUL on its way to Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport crashed in a field shortly after take-off from Kempen Airport's Runway 21. 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.[2][3] The aircraft was relatively new, having had its first flight in May of 2009.
References
- ^ EHBD – WEERT/Budel. AIP from AIS the Netherlands, effective 8 August 2024
- ^ Dutch Safety Board (2012) - PH-RUL English Version 2 - Aircraft crashes shortly after take-off, report retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "Crashed after take-off, Pilatus PC-12/47E, Weert, 16 October 2009". Onderzoeksraad. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
External links
- Kempen Airport official website
- Airliners.net - Photos taken at Kempen Airport
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