Teuge Airport
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Teuge Airport or Teuge International Airport is a small 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...

 airfield 4.5 NM west from Deventer
Deventer
Deventer is a municipality and city in the Salland region of the Dutch province of Overijssel. Deventer is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but also has a small part of its territory on the west bank. In 2005 the municipality of Bathmen Deventer is a municipality and city in...

 and 3.5 NM northeast from Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...

. It is located in the village of Teuge
Teuge
Teuge is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is best known for its small airport, Teuge International Airport. Population: 800. Recreation and tourism are key. Its main access road is the N344.Teuge is part of the municipality of Voorst....

, part of the Voorst
Voorst
Voorst is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.- Population centres :* Appen * Bussloo...

 municipality in the province
Provinces of the Netherlands
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 of Gelderland
Gelderland
Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...

 in the Netherlands
Netherlands
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The airport has two runways, the longest being runway 09/27 with a length of 1199 m (3,934 ft). The other runway, 03/21, is grass, with a length of 700 m (2,297 ft) and limited availability. Next to general aviation, the airfield is also used extensively for skydiving and glider
Glider aircraft
Glider aircraft are heavier-than-air craft that are supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against their lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine. Mostly these types of aircraft are intended for routine operation without engines, though engine failure can...

 flying. Though no scheduled international flights take place from the airport, custom services are available upon request, hence it still having the title of international airport.

Several companies at the airport specialise in aerial photography
Aerial photography
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, and it is the home airfield of aerobatics
Aerobatics
Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight. Aerobatics are performed in airplanes and gliders for training, recreation, entertainment and sport...

 pilot Frank Versteegh
Frank Versteegh
Frank Versteegh is a Dutch aerobatics pilot. He is also an airshow organiser, a flight safety committee member, a FAI judge and a freestyle aerobatics competitor....

, a former Red Bull Air Race
Red Bull Air Race World Series
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participant.

History and future

Runway 09/27 was entirely resurfaced expanded from 700 m (2,297 ft) to the current length of 1199 m (3,934 ft) in 2007. There are also plans to add runway and approach lighting.

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