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Liege Airport (IATA: LGG, ICAO: EBLG), previously called Liege-Bierset, is an international airport located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west[1] of the city of Liège, Wallonia in Belgium. The airport mainly focuses on air freight. At the end of 2021 freight traffic reached 1,412,498 tonnes (+26%). Liege Airport is now the 5th biggest cargo airport in Europe and the 22nd biggest in the world.[2]

Liege Airport
IATA: LGG ICAO: EBLG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Walloon government & private investors
Operator	Liege Airport s.a.
Serves	Liege, Belgium
Location	Grâce-Hollogne, Liège, Wallonia
Hub for	ASL Airlines Belgium CAL Cargo Air Lines CMA CGM Air Cargo El Al Cargo Ethiopian Cargo FedEx Express Qatar Airways Cargo
Focus city for	TUI fly Belgium
Elevation AMSL	659 ft / 201 m
Coordinates	50°38′11″N 005°26′34″E
Website	liegeairport.com
Map
EBLG Location in Belgium
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04R/22L 3,690 12,106 Asphalt 04L/22R 2,340 7,677 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Freight (tonnes) 871.000 Passengers 299.292
Sources: Belgian AIP[1]

Overview

The airport is located in Grâce-Hollogne, Liège Province, north-west of the city of Liege, in the east of Belgium. The first terminal on the site opened in 1930.[3]

It is mainly used for freight/cargo operations, but also serves a number of destinations for passengers (mainly charters). Liege is located in the centre of the golden triangle Paris – Amsterdam – Frankfurt that handles 66% of European freight, and 75% when taken together with London. In 2018 it was the seventh biggest cargo airport in Europe. Liege Airport is the biggest cargo airport in Belgium, and the third-biggest for passengers after Brussels Airport and Brussels South Charleroi Airport.[4] It is the global hub of ASL Airlines Belgium (the former TNT Airways) and is also used by several other cargo carriers on a scheduled or irregular basis.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

As of July 2020, TUI fly Belgium is the only airline offering scheduled and seasonal passenger flights at Liege Airport.[5]

Airlines	Destinations
TUI fly Belgium[6]	Alicante, Gran Canaria, Málaga, Tenerife–South Seasonal: Heraklion, Kayseri, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tangier

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
AirBridgeCargo[7]	Atlanta, Karaganda, Kazan, Milan–Malpensa, Moscow–Sheremetyevo (all suspended)
Air China Cargo[8]	Hangzhou,[9] Shanghai–Pudong
ASL Airlines Belgium[10]	Chicago–O'Hare, Halifax, Hangzhou, Jinan, New York–JFK, Shanghai–Pudong
Astral Aviation[11]	Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
Atlas Air[12]	Tel Aviv
CAL Cargo Air Lines[13]	Atlanta, Larnaca, Mexico City, New York–JFK, Oslo, Tel Aviv, Toronto–Pearson
CMA CGM Air Cargo[14]	Atlanta, Chicago–O’Hare, Hong Kong
Ethiopian Cargo[15]	Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Juba, Lagos, Miami, New York–JFK, Shanghai–Pudong, Zaragoza
Icelandair Cargo[16]	Reykjavík–Keflavík
Qatar Airways Cargo[17]	Atlanta, Chicago–O'Hare, Doha, Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Mexico City

Statistics

Accidents and incidents

• On February 20, 2021, a Boeing 747-400 freighter airplane, flying Longtail Aviation flight 5504,[18] which was bound for John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, New York from the nearby Maastricht Aachen Airport in the Netherlands, had to divert to the airport after take-off after one engine caught fire and debris fell over the town of Meerssen. Two people on the ground were injured.[19]

Ground transportation

By car

The airport is located next to the E42 (exit 3), close to an important highway junction.

By bus

An express bus (number 57) links the airport to Liege-Guillemins where connections can be made with local, national and high speed international trains (Thalys, ICE). Bus number 53 goes to Liege city centre (Place Saint-Lambert) where connections are available with Liege-Saint-Lambert railway station and bus hub, and to Pont-de-Seraing railway station and bus hub. Buses 83 and 85 connect the airport with Liege's city centre (Place Saint-Lambert) where connections are available with Liege-Saint-Lambert railway station and bus hub, and Bierset-Awans railway station.

See also

• Transportation in Belgium

References

External links

• Media related to Liège Airport at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (in French and Dutch)

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Lüttich

Flughafen Lüttich – Bierset (französisch Aéroport de Liège; IATA-Code LGG, ICAO-Code EBLG) ist die Bezeichnung für einen belgischen (Fracht-)Flughafen, der sich in 9 Kilometer (Luftlinie) Entfernung westlich der Stadt Lüttich in Bierset, in der Gemeinde Grâce-Hollogne, befindet.

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- [en] Liège Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto de Lieja

El aeropuerto de Lieja (IATA: LGG, OACI: EBLG), también llamado Liège-Bierset, es un importante aeropuerto de carga en Bélgica. A finales de 2007 era el octavo aeropuerto de carga más grande en Europa[1] y el trigésimo octavo aeropuerto más grande de carga del mundo.[2]

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[fr] Aéroport de Liège

L’aéroport de Liège, ou aéroport de Bierset, (code IATA : LGG • code OACI : EBLG), est un aéroport belge situé à Grâce-Hollogne à quelques kilomètres au nord-ouest de la ville de Liège dans la Région wallonne. Au terme de l'année 2021, il est le sixième plus grand aéroport pour le transport des fret en Europe. Plus de 1 412 000 tonnes de marchandises ont transité par ses infrastructures cette année-là.

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[it] Aeroporto di Liegi-Bierset

L'Aeroporto di Liegi/Bierset[2] (IATA: LGG, ICAO: EBLG), è un aeroporto belga situato a circa 4 km ad Ovest dal centro della città di Liegi, capoluogo dell'omonima provincia nella Regione della Vallonia.

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[ru] Льеж (аэропорт)

Льежский аэропорт (фр. L’Aéroport de Liège; англ. Liège Airport; (ИАТА: LGG, ИКАО: EBLG)) — международный аэропорт, расположенный в северо-западном пригороде Льежа, Бельгия. Льежский аэропорт — один из крупнейших транспортных узлов Бельгии. Он занимает первое место в стране по грузообороту и третье — по пассажиропотку, после аэропортов Брюсселя и Шарлеруа.

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