STOLport

Stolport is like a small airport for airplanes that can’t fly too far or too high. It’s kind of like a playground for airplanes that need a safe and short place to land and take off from. Think about it this way - if you were playing with your toy plane, you wouldn’t want to fly it too far from where you are, right? And you wouldn’t want to land it in a big field because it might get lost. That’s what airplanes that use stolports are like.

Stolport is short for “Short Take-Off and Landing” port. It means that the airplane using the stolport can take off and land easily on a short runway. The runway is like a road for airplanes to land and take off, and it needs to be short enough so that the airplane can use it safely and quickly.

Some airplanes that use stolports are called STOL or VTOL airplanes, which means they are specially designed to take off and land on short runways. These types of airplanes are used in places where there isn’t enough space for big, long runways.

So, a stolport is like a little airport that helps small and special airplanes take off and land safely on a short runway. It’s like a safe place for your toy plane to land and take off without getting lost or flying too far away.