Stadtlohn-Vreden Airport (German: Flugplatz Stadtlohn-Vreden) is an airfield located 2.8 NM west of Stadtlohn

Stadtlohn

Stadtlohn is a town in the north-west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the district Borken. The Berkel river flows through it on its way to the Netherlands.-Division of the town:Stadtlohn consists of 9 districts:* Almsick* Büren* Estern...

, in the Borken district

Borken (district)

Borken is a Kreis in the northwestern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the Region Münsterland. Neighboring districts are Bentheim, Steinfurt, Coesfeld, Recklinghausen, Wesel, Cleves, and the Dutch provinces Gelderland and Overijssel....

, Germany. Its runway lays adjacent to the Dutch border. The airfield is used for general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

, as well for gliding and skydiving.

Plans are made to extend the runway to 1800 m (5,906 ft) but these plans are controversial. Local political parties disagree with each other whether growth is worthwhile the 8 million Euro investment. The final decision by the Kreistag was expected at 2 April 2009 but is postponed.
– Update 2 October 2010: Runway extension works have begun.

External links

• Stadtlohn-Vreden Airport (official website)