Flanders International Airport  Flanders International Airport or Flanders Airport is an airport located in the town of Wevelgem, West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium and partly also in the Bissegem section of the city of Kortrijk ( west. The airport was created in 1916 by the Germans during the First World War. There is a passenger terminal with police and customs on demand. The airport runway is . 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 the runway. The aerodrome used to offer IFR ("instrument" or "blind flying") procedures, but as of June 2017 these had been withdrawn from the AIP. In 2019, an RNAV approach, GNSS based, is given in the AIP. It is mainly used as a business airport. One of the main users of this airport is Abelag Aviation, though it is also used by flying clubs and schools. According to its official website around 100,000 passengers use the airport every year. There are no scheduled services offered from Wevelgem International Airport. The airport is situated on national road 8 (Brussels - Koksijde), nearby ringway 8 (Kortrijk) and the A17/E403 (Zeebrugge - Bruges - Tournai). Bus 40 operated by De Lijn connects the airport with Kortrijk and its railway station (local, national, international trains) and Menen and its railway station (national trains).