TrafficPort Venlo

51°23'33"N 006°03'44"E

Runway 06/24 - 700m - asphalt

TrafficPort Venlo (Dutch: vliegveld TrafficPort Venlo) is small airfield west of Venlo in Limburg, the Netherlands.
Although it was not officially open until 10 December 2009, 13 microlight aircraft of the Stichting Ultralight Limburg gained permission to fly in early, because their airfield at Grubbenvorst was forced to close on 1 November 2009.
Traffic Port Venlo was initially conceived to be a traffic education center. 'Traffic' was picked up broad enough by the owner to include aviation.

TrafficPort Venlo on 30 October 2009, about one month before the official opening.


TrafficPort Venlo - Visual Approach Map 2009.

Initially, the airfield only permitted ultralights/microlights, but it soon also allowed light GA aircraft. Hopes for permission to expand to larger General Aviation in the near future ended when the province and city council announced they would not invest in larger facilities to allow business flights. In december 2015 the owner announced that over time, aviation would have to leave TrafficPort, but he did not set a deadline. As a reason he stated that the aviation activities did not meet commercial expectations. The airfield ended fixed wing operations effective 1 August 2016 and stopped being an aviation terrain the same day. Helicopters are still allowed however (PPR only). The 16 resident Ultralights have fanned out to other airfields in the area in anticipation of a new site in the region.