Airport · BRU
Brussels Airport
- Terminals
- 1
- Elevation
- 184 ft
- Hub airlines
- 1
Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR) is belgium's main airport and Brussels Airlines' hub, serving the EU institutional capital. It has 1 terminal and sits 184 ft above sea level in Brussels, Belgium.
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About Brussels Airport
Brussels Airport — IATA BRU, ICAO EBBR — is the principal airport serving Brussels, in Belgium, and is one of the Europe hubs profiled across this guide. The airfield lies at 50.9° latitude and 4.48° longitude, 184 feet above mean sea level, and observes Europe/Brussels local time. Arriving and departing passengers are handled across 1 passenger terminal.
Day-to-day operations at Brussels Airport are anchored by Brussels Airlines, which operates a hub or focus city here. That carrier bases aircraft and crews at Brussels, scheduling banks of connecting flights that join short-haul feeder services to the longer trunk routes which make BRU a recognisable waypoint on the Europe network.
Principal nonstop destinations from Brussels include London (LHR), Paris (CDG), Frankfurt (FRA), Amsterdam (AMS), Madrid (MAD), Rome (FCO), Barcelona (BCN), Lisbon (LIS), Vienna (VIE) and New York (JFK). Each of those airports carries its own profile in this guide, so you can compare terminals, field elevation, based carriers and the busiest routes on the same terms before you book. Those links form part of the guide's internal route graph, connecting BRU to its principal Europe and intercontinental markets.
Airport facts
| IATA / ICAO | BRU / EBBR |
|---|---|
| City | Brussels, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50.9°, 4.48° |
| Elevation | 184 ft |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Timezone | Europe/Brussels |
| Hub airlines | Brussels Airlines |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the airport code for Brussels Airport?
- Brussels Airport in Brussels, Belgium, uses IATA code BRU and ICAO code EBBR.
- Which airlines are based at Brussels (BRU)?
- Brussels Airlines (SN) operates a hub or focus city at Brussels Airport.
- Where is Brussels Airport located?
- Brussels Airport sits at 50.9°, 4.48° and 184 feet above sea level, in the Europe/Brussels timezone.
- How many terminals does Brussels Airport have?
- Brussels Airport has 1 passenger terminal.
- What city and country does BRU serve?
- BRU (Brussels Airport) serves Brussels, in Belgium.
- Is Brussels Airport a hub airport?
- Yes. Brussels Airlines operates a hub or focus city at BRU, giving Brussels a dense schedule of connecting flights across its 1 terminal.
- Which destinations can you fly to nonstop from Brussels?
- Major nonstop markets from Brussels Airport include London (LHR), Paris (CDG), Frankfurt (FRA), Amsterdam (AMS), Madrid (MAD), Rome (FCO), each with its own airport profile in this guide.
Data sources
- Airport identity and geography courtesy of OurAirports (ourairports.com) and Wikidata.