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(Top) 1 Overview 2 Airlines and destinations 2.1 Passenger 2.2 Cargo 3 Statistics 4 Accidents and incidents 5 Ground transportation 5.1 By car 5.2 By bus 6 See also 7 References 7.1 Notes 8 External links

Liège Airport

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Liege Airport

Aéroport de Liège

IATA: LGG

ICAO: EBLG

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

Walloon government & private investors

Operator

Liege Airport s.a.

Serves

Liège, Belgium

Location

Grâce-Hollogne, Liège Province, Belgium

Hub for

Focus city for

TUI fly Belgium

Elevation AMSL

659 ft / 201 m

Coordinates

50°38′11″N 005°26′34″E / 50.63639°N 5.44278°E

Website

liegeairport.com

Map

EBLG

Location in Belgium

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
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]

Liege Airport^[a] (IATA: LGG, ICAO: EBLG), previously called Liege-Bierset Airport,^[b] is an international airport located in Grâce-Hollogne, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) 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
TUI fly Belgium^[6]	Alicante, Gran Canaria, Kayseri, Málaga, Tenerife–South Seasonal: Casablanca, Djerba, Enfidha, Heraklion, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tangier

Cargo[edit]

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada Cargo	Basel/Mulhouse,^[7] Toronto–Pearson
Air China Cargo^[8]	Hangzhou,^[9] Shanghai–Pudong
ASL Airlines Belgium^[10]	Chicago–O'Hare, Halifax, Hangzhou, Jinan, New York–JFK, Shanghai–Pudong, Tokyo–Narita
Atlas Air^[11]^[12]	Almaty, Atlanta, Birmingham (AL), Chicago–O'Hare, Indianapolis, Mexico City–AIFA, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Seoul–Incheon, Singapore, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, Zaragoza
Beijing Capital Airlines	Nanchang^[13]
CAL Cargo Air Lines^[14]	Atlanta, Larnaca, Mexico City, New York–JFK, Oslo, Tel Aviv, Toronto–Pearson
China Eastern Airlines^[15]	Yantai
CMA CGM Air Cargo^[16]	Atlanta, Chicago–O'Hare, Hong Kong
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo^[17]	Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Budapest, Chongqing, Copenhagen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Juba, Lagos, Miami, New York–JFK, Shanghai–Pudong, Zaragoza
FedEx Feeder^[18]	Stuttgart
Icelandair Cargo^[19]	Reykjavík–Keflavík
MSC Air Cargo^[20]	Atlanta, Indianapolis, Mexico City–AIFA, Seoul–Incheon
Magma Aviation^[21]	Abuja, Accra, Atlanta, Bakamo, Brazzaville, Chicago–O'Hare, Douala, Dubai–Al Makhtoum, Entebbe, Greenville–Spartanburg, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Kigali, Kinshasa, Lagos, Lilongwe, Lusaka, Mumbai, Nairobi, Niamey, Ouagadougou
My Freighter	Tashkent
Network Aviation Group^[22]	Abuja, Accra, Bangui, Brazzaville, Dubai–Al Maktoum, Entebbe, Hong Kong, Lagos, Libreville, Luanda, Nairobi, New York–JFK, Port Harcourt
Qatar Airways Cargo^[23]	Atlanta, Chicago–O'Hare, Doha, Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Mexico City
SF Airlines	Qingdao^[24]

Statistics[edit]

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Annual passenger traffic at LGG airport. See Wikidata query.

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 AirportinNew 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.^[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.