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Flanders International Airport

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The airport runway is 1,900 m × 45 m (6,234 ft × 148 ft). Alongside a section of the airport is a business park, some of which is restricted to enterprises undertaking airport-related activities: several of the business park tenants have paid for direct private access to
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became the youngest woman to fly across the Earth solo. She both started and finished the program on the airport's grounds.
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It is used mainly as a business airport. One of the main users of this airport is
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There are no scheduled services offered from Flanders International Airport.
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There is a passenger terminal with police and customs on demand.
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The airport was created in 1916 by the Germans during the
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Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport: Accommodation
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In 2022 the airport attracted media attention after
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Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport

IATA
ICAO
Kortrijk
Wevelgem
Belgium
Wevelgem
West Flanders
Flemish Region
AMSL
Coordinates
50°49′07″N 003°12′23″E / 50.81861°N 3.20639°E / 50.81861; 3.20639
www.KortrijkAirport.be
EBKT is located in Belgium
Runways
Direction
AIP
IATA
ICAO
Wevelgem
West Flanders
Flemish Region
Belgium
Bissegem
Kortrijk
nautical miles
First World War
Zara Rutherford
IFR

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