- Liège Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Liège Airport
nativename =
nativename-a =
nativename-r =
image-width = 173
caption =
IATA = LGG
ICAO = EBLG
type = Public & Military
owner = Walloon government
operator = Liege Airport s.a.
city-served =
location = Liège
elevation-f = 659
elevation-m = 201
coordinates = Coord|50|38|15|N|05|26|36|E|type:airport|display=inline,title
website =
metric-elev =
metric-rwy =
r1-number = 05R/23L
r1-length-f = 10,784
r1-length-m = 3,287
r1-surface =Asphalt
r2-number = 05L/23R
r2-length-f = 7,677
r2-length-m = 2,340
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Freight (tonne s)
stat1-data = 489,870
stat2-header = Passagers
stat2-data = 332,848
footnotes =Liège Airport airport codes|LGG|EBLG, also called Liège-Bierset, is an important cargo airport in
Belgium . It was at the end of 2007 the 8th biggest cargo airport inEurope [Europe’s top 40 cargo airports in 2007: http://www.aircargoworld.com/Graphics/month/26ACWD0708EuroNortham.pdf] and the 38th biggest in the world [World’s top 50 cargo airports in 2007: http://www.aircargoworld.com/Graphics/month/22ACWD0708Top1.pdf] .Liège is located in the centre of the "golden triangle"
Paris -Amsterdam -Frankfurt that handle 66 % of the European freight, 75% withLondon added.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 serve more than 21 destinations for passengers (mainly charters).
Cargo activity
Liège Airport is the world hub of
TNT Airways , and the european hub ofCAL Cargo Air Lines , El Al Cargo and Ethiopian Cargo (usingSouthern Air aircraft).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 (2007) : 489,870tonne s offreight .Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.93) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:650 height:300PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30DateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:550000TimeAxis = orientation:verticalAlignBars = justifyScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:50000 start:0ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:10000 start:0BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo
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Passenger activity
Last year (2007) : 332,848 passengersColors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.93) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:650 height:300PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30DateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:50000 till:350000TimeAxis = orientation:verticalAlignBars = justifyScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:25000 start:50000ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:5000 start:50000BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo
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Airlines and destinations
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Belle Air (Pristina)Charter airlines and destinations
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AMC Aviation
*Corendon Airlines (Antalya)
*Freebird Airlines
*Futura International
*Iberworld
*Jetairfly (Alicante, Antalya, Bodrum, Djerba, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Izmir, Kos, Málaga, Monastir, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodos, Tel Aviv, Tenerife-South)
*Nouvelair (Monastir)
*Pegasus Airlines
*Sky Airlines
*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)
*TNT Airways
*Tunisair
*Viking Airlines
*XL Airways France See also
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Transportation in Belgium References
* en icon nl icon de icon [http://www.liegeairport.be/ Liège Airport] (official site)
*WAD|EBLG
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