Airport guide
Brussels AirportIATA code BRU
Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Brussels, Belgium in Europe. The airfield connects travelers with essential regional transit routes and operating carrier options.
- Serves
- Brussels, Belgium
- Codes
- BRU · EBBR
- IATA · ICAO
- Time zone
- Europe/Brussels
- Region
- Europe
Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Brussels, Belgium in Europe. Operating on Europe/Brussels local time at coordinates 50.900°, 4.480°, the airfield functions as an active commercial transit hub for scheduled regional and international flights. Travelers navigating Brussels Airport (BRU) are encouraged to confirm terminal layouts, ground transport connections into Brussels, and flight schedules with their operating carrier prior to travel.
Brussels Airport details
- IATA code
- BRU
- ICAO code
- EBBR
- City
- Brussels
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Europe
- Time zone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.901°, 4.484°
- From OurAirports
Codes, region and time zone come from the Originfacts airport record (last updated 2 May 2026). Fields marked otherwise come from the dataset named on them. None are verified by hand against Brussels Airport’s own pages.
BRU airport facts
- Size class
- Large airport
- From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026); OurAirports’ own classification
- Elevation
- 53 m (175 ft)
- From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026)
- Nearest airport with scheduled flights
- Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) ANR · 32 km
- OurAirports scheduled-service flag; straight-line distance calculated
Runways at BRU
Source: OurAirports (opens in a new tab) runways data (public domain), retrieved 5 Oct 2026. Not an aeronautical source — not for navigation.
3 open runways, all lit. Longest 07L/25R: 3,638 m, asphalt.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07L/25R | 3,638 m11,936 ft | 45 m | asphalt | Lit |
| 07R/25L | 3,211 m10,535 ft | 45 m | asphalt | Lit |
| 01/19 | 2,987 m9,800 ft | 50 m | asphalt | Lit |
Airlines and destinations from BRU
Source: Travelpayouts fare data, 5 Oct 2026 — destinations where travellers found a nonstop fare from BRU in the days before that date. Not a complete or live schedule.
Nonstop fares from BRU to 146 destinations in 67 countries, on 39 airlines.
Airlines named on the fares
- FRRyanair56 destinations
- SNBrussels Airlines23 destinations
- W6Wizz Air7 destinations
- TBTUI fly Belgium6 destinations
- BTairBaltic4 destinations
- XQSunExpress4 destinations
- W4Wizz Air Malta4 destinations
- HUHainan Airlines3 destinations
- VYVueling3 destinations
- XCCorendon Airlines2 destinations
- U2easyJet2 destinations
- XYFlynas2 destinations
- MWMalta Air2 destinations
- HVTransavia2 destinations
- UAUnited Airlines2 destinations
- AHAir Algerie1 destination
- 3OAir Arabia Maroc1 destination
- ACAir Canada1 destination
- CAAir China1 destination
- JUAir Serbia1 destination
- NHAll Nippon Airways1 destination
- OSAustrian Airlines1 destination
- J2Azerbaijan Airlines1 destination
- CXCathay Pacific1 destination
- MSEgyptair1 destination
- EKEmirates1 destination
- ETEthiopian Airlines1 destination
- EYEtihad Airways1 destination
- FIIcelandair1 destination
- HOJuneyao Airlines1 destination
- BJNouvelair1 destination
- PCPegasus Airlines1 destination
- QRQatar Airways1 destination
- WBRwandAir1 destination
- SQSingapore Airlines1 destination
- GQSky Express Greece1 destination
- TGTHAI Airways1 destination
- TUTunisair1 destination
- V7Volotea1 destination
The airline on a fare can be the seller of a codeshare flown by a partner. Linked names are matched to Originfacts airline pages by code and name; others are shown as the fare data names them.
Destinations by country
- Spain (17)
- Alicante, Arrecife, Asturias, Barcelona, Bilbao, Girona, Ibiza, Las Palmas, Madrid, Malaga, Palma, Puerto del Rosario, Reus, Santander, Sevilla, Tenerife, Valencia
- Italy (13)
- Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Florence, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Pisa, Reggio Calabria, Rome, Venice, Verona
- Morocco (9)
- Agadir, Casablanca, Fez, Marrakech, Nador, Oujda, Rabat, Tangier, Tetuan
- Turkiye (7)
- Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Eskisehir, Istanbul, Izmir, Kayseri
- China (5)
- Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shanghai, Shenzhen
- Romania (5)
- Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iasi, Suceava
- France (4)
- Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse
- Germany (4)
- Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich
- Greece (4)
- Athens, Heraklion, Kerkyra, Thessaloniki
- Portugal (4)
- Faro, Funchal, Lisbon, Porto
- Egypt (3)
- Cairo, Hurghada, Sharm el Sheikh
- Poland (3)
- Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw
- Tunisia (3)
- Djerba, Monastir, Tunis
- United Kingdom (3)
- Edinburgh, London, Manchester
- Austria (2)
- Innsbruck, Vienna
- Bulgaria (2)
- Sofia, Varna
- Cameroon (2)
- Douala, Yaounde
- Croatia (2)
- Dubrovnik, Zagreb
- Ireland (2)
- Cork, Dublin
- Saudi Arabia (2)
- Jeddah, Medina
- Switzerland (2)
- Geneva, Zurich
- United Arab Emirates (2)
- Abu Dhabi, Dubai
- United States (2)
- Chicago, New York
- Albania (1)
- Tirana
- Algeria (1)
- Algiers
- Armenia (1)
- Yerevan
- Azerbaijan (1)
- Baku
- Burkina Faso (1)
- Ouagadougou
- Canada (1)
- Montreal
- Cape Verde (1)
- Sal
- Cyprus (1)
- Paphos
- Czech Republic (1)
- Prague
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
- Kinshasa
- Denmark (1)
- Copenhagen
- Estonia (1)
- Tallinn
- Ethiopia (1)
- Addis Ababa
- Finland (1)
- Helsinki
- Gambia (1)
- Banjul
- Georgia (1)
- Kutaisi
- Ghana (1)
- Accra
- Guinea (1)
- Conakry
- Hong Kong (1)
- Hong Kong
- Hungary (1)
- Budapest
- Iceland (1)
- Reykjavik
- Ivory Coast (1)
- Abidjan
- Japan (1)
- Tokyo
- Kenya (1)
- Nairobi
- Latvia (1)
- Riga
- Liberia (1)
- Monrovia
- Lithuania (1)
- Vilnius
- Malta (1)
- Malta
- Moldova (1)
- Chisinau
- Montenegro (1)
- Podgorica
- North Macedonia (1)
- Skopje
- Norway (1)
- Oslo
- Qatar (1)
- Doha
- Rwanda (1)
- Kigali
- Senegal (1)
- Dakar
- Serbia (1)
- Belgrade
- Sierra Leone (1)
- Freetown
- Singapore (1)
- Singapore
- Slovakia (1)
- Bratislava
- Slovenia (1)
- Ljubljana
- Sweden (1)
- Stockholm
- Thailand (1)
- Bangkok
- Togo (1)
- Lome
- Uganda (1)
- Entebbe
Check schedules with the airline or Brussels Airport before you book.
Routes from BRU
Originfacts does not track any routes from BRU yet, so no route records are listed here. Destinations with nonstop fares are listed under Airlines and destinations above. Check current schedules with the airlines or the airport’s own site.
Airlines with a hub at BRU
Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026): airlines whose “airline hub” property names BRU, with no end date and not recorded as dissolved. Community-edited; hubs change.
Terminals, transport and parking at BRU
Terminal assignments, ground transport into Brussels, parking, lounges and accessibility services have not been verified against Brussels Airport’s own pages yet, so none are listed here.
Check directly:brusselsairport.be (opens in a new tab)Map of the airport location (opens in a new tab)
Before you travel
- Confirm your terminal with the operating airline.
- Check the check-in and bag-drop cut-off times on your booking.
- Allow extra time if you need to change terminals or check bags in again.
- Check your flight status before you leave for the airport.
Climate at BRU, month by month
Source: NASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily values for 2016–2025 at 50.90°, 4.48° (MERRA-2 reanalysis grid, about 50 km cells), averaged by Originfacts. Modelled, not airport weather-station readings.
Warmest: August (average high 24°C). Coolest: January (6°C high, 1°C low). Wettest: January (79 mm); driest: April (42 mm).
| Month | High | Low | Temperature range | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6°C | 1°C | 79 mm | |
| Feb | 8°C | 1°C | 63 mm | |
| Mar | 12°C | 3°C | 72 mm | |
| Apr | 15°C | 5°C | 42 mm | |
| May | 19°C | 8°C | 58 mm | |
| Jun | 23°C | 12°C | 69 mm | |
| Jul | 24°C | 14°C | 63 mm | |
| Aug | 24°C | 14°C | 56 mm | |
| Sep | 21°C | 11°C | 61 mm | |
| Oct | 16°C | 9°C | 68 mm | |
| Nov | 10°C | 4°C | 66 mm | |
| Dec | 7°C | 2°C | 73 mm |
Airports near Brussels
Straight-line distances calculated from each airport’s coordinates in the Originfacts airport records. Road distances are longer.
- AntwerpAntwerp International AirportANR32 km
- BrusselsCharleroi Brussels South AirportCRL49 km
- LiegeLiege AirportLGG75 km
- EindhovenEindhoven AirportEIN89 km
- MaastrichtMaastricht Aachen AirportMST90 km
- LilleLille AirportLIL103 km
- RotterdamRotterdam The Hague AirportRTM117 km
- BrugesOstend-Bruges International AirportOST118 km
- DusseldorfWeeze AirportNRN140 km
Brussels Airport: common questions
Where is Brussels Airport?
Brussels Airport serves Brussels, Belgium. Its coordinates in OurAirports are 50.901°, 4.484°.
What are the airport codes for Brussels Airport?
The IATA code is BRU and the ICAO code is EBBR.
What time zone is BRU in?
Brussels Airport is in the Europe/Brussels time zone.
What is the official website of Brussels Airport?
The airport’s official website is brusselsairport.be. For questions about a booking, contact the operating airline.
How many runways does Brussels Airport have?
OurAirports lists 3 open runways at BRU: 07L/25R (3,638 m (11,936 ft), asphalt); 07R/25L (3,211 m (10,535 ft), asphalt); 01/19 (2,987 m (9,800 ft), asphalt).
Where can you fly nonstop from BRU?
Travelpayouts fare data retrieved 5 Oct 2026 showed nonstop fares from BRU to 146 destinations in 67 countries, the most in Spain (17), Italy (13) and Morocco (9). That reflects fares travellers found, not a complete or live schedule.
When did Brussels Airport open?
Wikidata gives 1940 as its official opening date.
Who operates Brussels Airport?
Per Wikidata, BRU is operated by Brussels Airport Company.
Which airlines have a hub at BRU?
Wikidata lists BRU as a hub of Brussels Airlines, CityJet, DHL Air Austria, Magma Aviation and TUI fly Belgium.
What is the weather like at BRU through the year?
NASA POWER averages for 2016–2025 put the warmest month at August (average high 24°C, low 14°C) and the coolest at January (6°C / 1°C); January is the wettest (79 mm) and April the driest (42 mm).
Sources
Nothing on this page is verified by hand yet. Each section comes from the dataset below, with its date where the dataset has one. Terminal, transport and parking details are left out until they can be read from Brussels Airport’s own pages.
- Codes, location, time zoneOriginfacts airport record2 May 2026
- Official websiteWikidata record (official website property) (opens in a new tab)5 Oct 2026
- Coordinates, runways, type, elevationOurAirports (opens in a new tab) — public domain5 Oct 2026
- Opening, operator, passengers, hubsWikidata item Q28934 (opens in a new tab) — CC05 Oct 2026
- Nonstop destinations, airlines on faresTravelpayouts Data API (Aviasales fare cache) — fares found, not a complete or live schedule5 Oct 2026
- ClimateNASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily data (MERRA-2 reanalysis), averaged by Originfacts2016–2025
- Nearby airportsCalculated from airport coordinates—
- Terminals and transportNot yet verified—
Background reading:Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)