Brussels Airport

Brussels Airport Luchthaven Brussel-Nationaal (Dutch) Aéroport de Bruxelles-National (French)
IATA: BRU ICAO: EBBR
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Brussels Airport Company Belgian Air Component
Serves	Brussels, Belgium
Location	Zaventem, Belgium
Hub for	Abelag Aviation Brussels Airlines Finnair Cargo Saudia Cargo Singapore Airlines Cargo Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium TUIfly Belgium
Elevation AMSL	184 ft / 56 m
Coordinates	50°54′05″N 004°29′04″E / 50.90139°N 4.48444°E / 50.90139; 4.48444Coordinates: 50°54′05″N 004°29′04″E / 50.90139°N 4.48444°E / 50.90139; 4.48444
Website	brusselsairport.be
Maps
Airport diagram
BRU Location in Belgium
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 2,987 9,800 Asphalt 07R/25L 3,211 10,535 Asphalt 07L/25R 3,638 11,936 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 21,818,418 Freight (tonnes) 494,637 Aircraft movements 223,688
Sources: Brussels Airport, Belgian AIP

Brussels Airport (IATA: BRU, ICAO: EBBR) (also called Brussel-Nationaal / Bruxelles-National (Brussels-National) or Zaventem) is an international airport 6.5 NM (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) northeast of Brussels, the capital of Belgium. In 2015, more than 23 million passengers arrived or departed at Brussels Airport, making it the 21st busiest airport in Europe. It is located partially in Zaventem, partially in the Diegem area of Machelen, and partially in Steenokkerzeel, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is home to around 260 companies, together directly employing 20,000 people and serves as the home base for Brussels Airlines, TUIfly Belgium and Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium.

The company operating the airport is known as The Brussels Airport Company N.V./S.A.; before 19 October 2006, the name was BIAC (Brussels International Airport Company), which was created by Belgian law through a merger of BATC with the ground operations departments of the RLW/RVA. Since 2011, the airport has been owned by the Toronto-based Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (39%), Macquarie Group (Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund I and Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund III) (36%) and the Belgian State (25%).