Liège Airport
IATA: LGG – ICAO: EBLG
Summary
Airport type		Public & Military
Owner		Walloon government
Operator		Liege Airport s.a.
Location		Liège
Elevation AMSL		659 ft / 201 m
Coordinates		50°38′15″N 05°26′36″E / 50.6375°N 5.44333°E / 50.6375; 5.44333Coordinates: 50°38′15″N 05°26′36″E / 50.6375°N 5.44333°E / 50.6375; 5.44333
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
05R/23L	10,784	3,287	Asphalt
05L/23R	7,677	2,340	Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Freight (tonnes)			518,750
Passengers			400,281

Liège Airport (IATA: LGG, ICAO: EBLG), also called Liège-Bierset, is an important cargo airport in Belgium. It was at the end of 2007 the 8th biggest cargo airport in Europe ^[1] and the 38th biggest in the world ^[2].

Liège is located in the centre of the golden triangle Paris - Amsterdam - Frankfurt that handles 66% of European freight, 75% when taken together with London.

The airport is located in the north-west of the city of Liège, in the east of Belgium. It is mainly used for freight operation but also serves more than 23 destinations for passengers (mainly charters).

Contents 1 Cargo activity 2 Passenger activity 3 Airlines and destinations 3.1 Passenger airlines 3.2 Cargo airlines 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Cargo activity

Liège Airport is the world hub of TNT Airways, and the european hub of CAL Cargo Air Lines, El Al Cargo and Ethiopian Cargo (also using Southern Air aircraft) and Avient Aviation.

The airport is also used as a regular refuelling stop on New York City - Middle East routes by Kalitta Air (including the Newark - Baghdad route for US mail).

Last year (2008) : 518,750 tonnes of freight.

[edit] Passenger activity

Last year (2008) : 400,281 passengers

[edit] Airlines and destinations

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[edit] Passenger airlines

All connections are charters, except the Pristina route operated by Belle Air.

Airlines	Destinations
Belle Air	Pristina
Corendon Airlines	Antalya
Jetairfly	Alicante, Antalya, Bodrum, Djerba, Enfidha [seasonal, begins 3 April], Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Izmir, Kos, Málaga, Monastir, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodos, Tel Aviv, Tenerife-South
Nouvelair	Monastir
Thomas Cook Airlines (Belgium)	Agadir, Alicante, Antalya, Bodrum, Burgas, Corfu, Djerba, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Izmir, Kos, Malaga, Marrakech, Monastir, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife-South

[edit] Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
Avient Aviation	Abuja, Entebbe, Harare, Lagos, Ouagadougou, Pointe-Noire, Port Harcourt, Tripoli
CAL Cargo Air Lines	New York-JFK, Tel Aviv
El Al Cargo	New York-JFK, Tel Aviv
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo	Addis Ababa, Cairo, Dubai, Hong Kong, Khartoum, Luxembourg
Icelandair Cargo	East Midlands, Humberside, Norrköping, Reykjavík-Keflavík
Kalitta Air	Bahrain, Newark
Nightexpress	Frankfurt
TNT Airways	> 60 destinations in Europe, Hong Kong, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore
TNT Airways operating by ABX Air	Halifax, New York-JFK, Reykjavík-Keflavík
TNT Airways operating by Ukraine International	Kiev-Boryspil, Vienna

[edit] See also

• Transportation in Belgium

[edit] References

• (French) (English) (Dutch) (German) Liège Airport (official site)
• (Chinese) (English) Liège Airport (official site)
• (English) Up-to-date map and information on scramble.nl
• Airport information for EBLG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.

1. ^ Europe’s top 40 cargo airports in 2007: http://www.aircargoworld.com/Graphics/month/26ACWD0708EuroNortham.pdf
2. ^ World’s top 50 cargo airports in 2007: http://www.aircargoworld.com/Graphics/month/22ACWD0708Top1.pdf

v • d • e Belgian airports Civil featuring scheduled flights: Antwerp International Airport • Brussels Airport • Brussels South Charleroi Airport • Liège Airport Civil without scheduled flights: Balen-Keiheuvel Airport • Grimbergen Airfield • Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport • Ostend-Bruges International Airport • Saint-Ghislain Airport • Spa-La Sauvenière Airport Military : Beauvechain Air Base • Chièvres Air Base • Florennes Air Base • Jehonville Air Base • Koksijde Air Base • Kleine Brogel Air Base • Melsbroek Air Base • Moorsele Airport • Weelde Air Base