🇳🇱 Kempen Airport Budel

Kempen Airport (ICAO: EHBD), also known as Budel Airport, is a public general aviation airport located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Weert in the Netherlands, near the Belgian border,.

Type of Facility and Operations:

• It is available for national and international civil air traffic, accommodating aircraft with wingspans up to 24 meters and/or outer main gear wheel spans up to 6 meters, as well as microlight aircraft (MLA).
• Both IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) and VFR (Visual Flight Rules) traffic are permitted.
• IFR flights are allowed outside daylight hours between 06:00-22:00 UTC (winter) and 05:00-21:00 UTC (summer), with specific prior permission required (PPR) for flights after or before these periods,. Airport authorities accept business and medical flights only for IFR operations,.
• VFR flights operate Wednesday to Sunday from 08:00 UTC (winter) and 07:00 UTC (summer),. All flights require 1 hour PPR by telephone,.
• The airport has two runways: a main asphalt runway (03/21) measuring 1,199 meters (3,934 ft) and a separate 600-meter (1,969 ft) grass runway for microlight aircraft,.
• Fuel types available include JET A-1 and AVGAS 100LL.
• The airport has a fire fighting category of CAT 3.

Notable Features or History:

• Opened in 1970 with a grass runway, an asphalt runway was added in 1991 and later extended to its current length.
• Approach and runway lighting were installed, making it suitable for IFR flights.
• It is among the busiest general aviation airports in the Netherlands, with approximately 80,000 movements annually, 80% of which are business aircraft.
• The airport offers maintenance facilities for light aircraft, including business jets like the Ce525 CitationJet,.

Current Status:

• The airport is operated by Budel Aerodrome B.V./Kempen Airport.
• Customs and immigration services are available with 2 hours prior notification.
• The airport has a restaurant on site.

*Sources researched: kempenairport.nl, eaip.lvnl.nl, en.wikipedia.org, scramble.nl*