Liège Airport
Liege Airport Aéroport de Liège | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Walloon government & private investors | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Liege Airport s.a. | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Liège | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Grâce-Hollogne, Liège Province, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
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| Operating base for | TUI fly Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 201 m / 659 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°38′11″N 005°26′34″E / 50.63639°N 5.44278°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Liege Airport (IATA: LGG, ICAO: EBLG) — previously called Liege-Bierset Airport – is an international airport located in Grâce-Hollogne, 5 nautical miles (9.3 kilometres; 5.8 miles) west[1] of the city of Liège, 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]
Overview
[edit]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
[edit]Passenger
[edit]As of July 2023, TUI fly Belgium is the only airline offering scheduled and seasonal passenger flights at Liege Airport.[5]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| TUI fly Belgium[6] | Alicante, Gran Canaria, Kayseri, Málaga, Tenerife–South Seasonal: Casablanca, Djerba, Enfidha, Heraklion, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tangier |
Cargo
[edit]Statistics
[edit] | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- On February 20, 2021, a Boeing 747-400 freighter airplane, flying Longtail Aviation flight 5504,[25] which was bound for John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City 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.[26]
Ground transportation
[edit]By car
[edit]The airport is located next to the E42 (exit 3), close to an important highway junction.
By bus
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b EBLG – LIEGE / Liege (also PDF). Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) from AIM Belgium via skeyes.
- ^ "Top Europe Cargo Statistics". Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "Liege Airport". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ 2009 report
- ^ Destinations retrieved 30 July 2023
- ^ "Flight plan". tuifly.be.
- ^ "AIR CANADA CARGO ADDS BASEL/MULHOUSE SERVICE IN APRIL 2023". AeroRoutes. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Ltd, DVV Media International. "Air China Cargo lands at Liege Airport". Air Cargo News.
- ^ "Cainiao adds new route with Air Cargo China connecting Hangzhou, Liege". www.stattimes.com. 14 August 2020.
- ^ aslairlines.be - Scheduled retrieved 4 November 2021
- ^ aircargonews.net retrieved 7 January 2020
- ^ "Atlas Air Schedule". Atlas Air. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Beijing Capital brings another freighter service to Liege". Air Cargo News. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ cal-cargo.com – Network retrieved 17 November 2019
- ^ "Shandong launches new air cargo route to Belgium". ecns.cn. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ CMA CGM | Regular flights retrieved 14 May 2022
- ^ cargoethiopianairlines.com – Cargo Network retrieved 28 March 2020
- ^ aerotelegraph.com - "FedEx expands in Stuttgart" (German) 28 February 2023
- ^ icelandaircargo.com – Flight schedule retrieved 28 October 2018
- ^ "Schedule". MSC Air Cargo. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ magma-aviation.com - Schedule retrieved 21 August 2023
- ^ network-airline.com - Schedule retrieved 21 August 2023
- ^ qrcargo.com - Schedule retrieved 16 July 2020
- ^ "SF Airlines launches new China-Belgium air cargo route". Air Cargo News. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Engine parts drop from Boeing 747 cargo plane in Netherlands". The Guardian. 22 February 2021.
- ^ "Two injured after cargo plane's engine bursts into flames, drops debris over Dutch town". www.msn.com.
Notes
[edit]External links
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Media related to Liège Airport at Wikimedia Commons- Official website (in French and Dutch)
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