International airports of Brussels

The agglomeration of Brussels is served by the two principal airports of Belgium , but none is located on the territory the Région Brussels-Capital, this one being in fact an city-area. It is about:

• the Airport of Brussels (in Dutch: Luchthaven Zaventem ), located in Flemish Area, with a about fifteen kilometers of the downtown area of the Belgian capital, towards the east. It is mainly on the commune of Zaventem. It is the largest airport of the country.

From Brussels-City, by taking account of circulation in this part of the agglomeration, one needs approximately 20 minutes to reach this airport, also accessible by train.

• the Airport of Charleroi Brussels-South, located in Walloon region, with a around fifty of kilometers of the Area Brussels-Capital, towards the south. It is with Gosselies, close to Charleroi. It is the second airport of the country, for the passenger traffic, with approximately 2 million people transported in 2005.

This airport offers for the moment only flights known as " Low-cost ", but its constant expansion and the great choice of the destinations makes that this airport becomes impossible to circumvent in Belgium and even with of the borders. This is why it represents a possible choice to in the future discharge the airport from Zaventem of certain encumbered air lines or too awkward for the residents, these some lines would be then " transférées" towards the airport Charleroi-Brussels-South: this assumption has been considered for a few years but no agreement was still found on this subject, which does not make consensus. Those which are favorable there insist on the reduction in the sound nuisanses, the site of Charleroi being less urbanized than that of Zaventem; the opponents with the project warn against the importance of the financial costs.

Since the south of the Area Brussels-Capital, one needs approximately an hour to join the airport of Charleroi Brussels-South, the course being carried out primarily by highway. The airport is also accessible by a system from shuttles from Brussels.

Internal bonds

• List of the airports by country, of which Belgium
• List of the Belgian airports: international classification and English codes

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