Liège Airport

Liege Airport
IATA: LGG – ICAO: EBLG
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Walloon government & private investors
Operator Liege Airport s.a.
Serves Liege, Belgium
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 659 ft / 201 m
Coordinates 50°38′15″N 05°26′36″E / 50.63750°N 5.44333°E / 50.63750; 5.44333Coordinates: 50°38′15″N 05°26′36″E / 50.63750°N 5.44333°E / 50.63750; 5.44333
Website liegeairport.com
Map
LGG

Location of airport in Belgium

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05R/23L 12,139 3,700 Asphalt
05L/23R 7,677 2,340 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Freight (tonnes) 649.829
Passengers 299.292

Liege Airport (IATA: LGG, ICAO: EBLG), previously called Liege-Bierset, is the international airport of Liege in Belgium, mainly focusing on air freight. At the end of 2015, it was the 8th biggest cargo airport in Europe and the 22nd biggest in the world.[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 more than 23 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 2014 it was the eighth-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]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Liège Airport:[4]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Corsica Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia
Jetairfly Alicante, Djerba, Enfidha, Gran Canaria, Málaga, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Antalya, Bodrum, Casablanca, Heraklion, Ibiza, İzmir, Kos, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tétouan
Nouvelair Seasonal charter: Monastir
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Charter: Agadir, Alicante, Antalya, Bodrum, Burgas, Corfu, Dalaman, Djerba, Enfidha, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, İzmir, Kos, Málaga, Marrakech, Monastir, Nice, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife–South
Tunisair Seasonal charter: Djerba, Enfidha
I-Fly Seasonal charter: Moscow-Vnukovo, Shenyang, Tianjin, Xi'an

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
CAL Cargo Air Lines Larnaca, New York–JFK, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Atlanta
El Al Cargo New York–JFK, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Emirates SkyCargo New York–JFK, Dubai–Al Maktoum, Sydney
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Accra, Addis Ababa, Cairo, Khartoum, Lagos, Johannesburg, Pointe-Noire
Icelandair Cargo East Midlands, New York–JFK, Boston, Reykjavík–Keflavík
Qatar Airways Cargo Doha, Nairobi, Chicago, Atlanta, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Houston
TNT Airways Athens, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–International, Berlin-Schonefeld, Billund, Bologna, Brno, Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Dubai–International, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Gdansk, Geneva, Gothenburg–Landvetter, Hannover, 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, Toulouse, Turku, Stockholm-Arlanda, Valencia, Venice, Vienna, Vitoria, Warsaw, Zaragoza

Statistics

Cargo activity

Liege Airport is the global hub of TNT Airways; the European hub of Allied Air, Astral Aviation, CAL Cargo Air Lines, El Al Cargo, Ethiopian Cargo, and Icelandair Cargo, and a key European cargo hub for ABX Air, AirBridge Cargo, Bluebird Cargo, Emirates, i-Fly, Qatar Airways Cargo and Ukraine International Airlines. Frequent visitors for charter operations are Antonov Airlines, Atlas Air, Cargolux, FedEx, Gestair Cargo, Kalitta Air, National, Lufthansa Cargo and Saudia Cargo.

Passenger activity

Ground transportation

By car

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

By bus

A special bus (number 57) links the airport to Liège main train station (Liège-Guillemins) where connections can be made with local, national and high speed international trains (Thalys, ICE). This bus operates every 2 hours from 7 AM to 5 PM, on working days only. Bus number 53 goes to Liège city centre (Place Saint-Lambert) where connections are available with Liège public transport system.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.aircargonews.net/news/single-view/news/cargo-hub-insight-2015-airport-results.html
  2. ↑ "Liege Airport". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  3. ↑ 2009 report
  4. ↑ liegeairport.com - Time Tables retrieved 5 May 2016

External links

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