Liège Airport

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 in the Province of Liège in Wallonia, Belgium, mainly focusing on air freight. At the end of 2018, it was the 7th biggest cargo airport in Europe and the 22nd biggest in the world.

Liege Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerWalloon government & private investors
OperatorLiege Airport s.a.
ServesLiège, Belgium
LocationGrâce-Hollogne, Liège, Wallonia
Hub for
Elevation AMSL659 ft / 201 m
Coordinates50°38′11″N 005°26′34″E
Websiteliegeairport.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
Passengers299.292
Sources: Belgian AIP[1]

Overview

The airport is located in Grâce-Hollogne, Liege Province, north-west of the city of Liege, in the east of Belgium. The first terminal on the site opened in 1930.[2]

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.[3] 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 May 2020, TUI fly Belgium is the only airline offering scheduled and seasonal passenger flights at Liege Airport.[4]

AirlinesDestinations
TUI fly Belgium[5] Alicante, Gran Canaria, Kayseri, Málaga, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Antalya, Djerba, Enfidha, Heraklion, Izmir, Kos, Oujda ,[6] Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tangier, Tétouan

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
AirBridgeCargoBudapest, Moscow-Sheremetyevo[7]
Air China Cargo[8] Shanghai–Pudong
ASL Airlines Belgium Athens, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–International, Berlin-Schonefeld, Billund, Bologna, Brno, Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Delhi, Dubai–International, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Erfurt/Weimar, Frankfurt, Gdańsk, Geneva, Gothenburg, Greenville-Spartanburg International, Hanover, Hong Kong, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Katowice, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Kiev, Larnaca, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London–Stansted, Lyon, Madrid, Malmö, Malta, Marseille, Milan–Linate, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Munich, New York–JFK, Nuremberg, Örebro, Oslo–Gardermoen, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Porto, Prague, Rennes, Rome–Fiumicino, Sevilla, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Singapore, Sofia, Tallinn, Tangier, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Timișoara, Toulouse, Turku, Stockholm–Arlanda, Valencia, Venice, Vienna, Vitoria, Warsaw, Zaragoza
Astral Aviation Nairobi
CAL Cargo Air Lines[9] Atlanta, Larnaca, Mexico City, New York–JFK, Oslo-Gardermoen, Tel Aviv, Toronto
Emirates SkyCargo Dubai–Al Maktoum, New York–JFK
Ethiopian Cargo[10] Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Juba, Lagos, Miami, New York-JFK, Shanghai, Sharjah, Zaragoza
FedEx Express Basel/Mulhouse, East Midlands, London-Stansted, Vienna, Memphis
Icelandair Cargo[11] Reykjavík–Keflavík
Qatar Airways Cargo Atlanta, Chicago–O'Hare, Doha, Houston-Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Macau, Mexico City, Nairobi, Oslo–Gardermoen, Tokyo–Narita, Panama City
Western Global Airlines Abuja, Fayetteville, Lagos, Niamey, Pointe Noire.

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
  1. AIP for EBLG – Liege Airport from Skeyes
  2. "Liege Airport". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  3. 2009 report
  4. Destinations retrieved 16 March 2017
  5. "Vols liege – Billets d'avion liege – TUI fly". www.tuifly.be.
  6. Liu, Jim. "TUIfly Belgium plans Liege – Oujda service in S20". Routesonline. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. airbridgecargo.com – Our network retrieved 6 November 2019
  8. Ltd, DVV Media International. "Air China Cargo lands at Liege Airport". Air Cargo News.
  9. cal-cargo.com – Network retrieved 17 November 2019
  10. cargoethiopianairlines.com – Cargo Network retrieved 28 March 2020
  11. icelandaircargo.com – Flight schedule retrieved 28 October 2018

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