Belgocontrol
Belgocontrol's logo
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| Autonomous public company | |
| Industry | Aviation |
| Predecessor | Authority of airways (French: Régie des voies aériennes, Dutch: Regie der Luchtwegen) |
| Founded | 1998, Belgium |
| Headquarters | Steenokkerzeel, Belgium |
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Number of locations
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7 (2015) |
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Area served
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Belgium and Luxembourg |
| Services | Air traffic control |
| €198,085,863.49 (2014 ) | |
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Number of employees
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787 (2014) |
| Website | http://www.belgocontrol.be |
Belgocontrol is the Belgian air navigation and traffic service provider for the civil airspace for which the Belgian State is responsible. It was created in 1998.
Belgocontrol is a member of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), and is integrated into the Functional Airspace Block Europe Central (FABEC).
In Belgium, its zones of activities extend up to flight level 245 (24,500 feet (7.5 km; 4.64 mi)), including the control of the airports of Brussels, Charleroi, Liege, Antwerp and Ostend. In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, they apply between flight levels 145 or 165 up to flight level 245.
The sectors above flight level 245 fall within the competence of the Eurocontrol centre in Maastricht, to which Belgium has delegated air traffic control for its upper airspace.
Belgocontrol has 7 sites, located in Belgium. 5 of them include the control towers of the Belgian international airports, and 2 are radar stations:
Belgocontrol is an autonomous public company, governed by the law of 21 March 1991. This law, in its Title VI, defines its mission as follows:
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