Liege Airport
Liege Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EBLG |
| IATA code | LGG |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 201 m (659 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 9 km northwest of Liège |
| Street | A 15 ( E 42 ) |
| Local transport | TEC bus route 57 |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Liège Airport SA |
| surface | 300 ha |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 170,737 (2019) |
| Air freight | 902,480 t (2019) |
| Flight movements |
37,987 (2016) |
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
1,000,000 |
| Employees | 4,500 (2019) |
| Runways | |
| 05R / 23L | 3700 m × 45 m asphalt |
| 05L / 23R | 2272 m × 45 m asphalt |
Liège Airport - Bierset ( French Aéroport de Liège ; IATA code LGG , ICAO code EBLG ) is the name of a Belgian (freight) airport located 9 kilometers (as the crow flies) west of the city of Liège in Bierset , in the Grâce-Hollogne commune .
Liege and the airport are in the center of the triangle Paris - Amsterdam - Frankfurt am Main . 66 percent of the European airfreight volume is handled in this area. Ranked in the top ten of the largest air freight transshipment centers in Europe, Liège Airport is in eighth place behind Frankfurt am Main (1st), Amsterdam (2nd), Paris (3rd) and Cologne / Bonn (6th).
history
During the First World War , the air force of the German Empire built a military airfield near occupied Liège near Ans , which the Aviation Militaire Belge continued to use after the war. The military use, since 1930 at the new location in Bierset, due to the current Belgian air component , did not end until 2011. The last flying unit that was based on the Base aérienne de Bierset was a helicopter squadron that flew the Agusta A109 . Previously, during the Cold War, the 3rd Tactical Squadron was located here , initially equipped with F-84 and later with Mirage 5 . Towards the end of the Second World War , the USAAF also used the airfield designated by the Allies as Airfield A.93 .
In 1930 the first passenger terminal was built. The first planes operated between Brussels, Antwerp and Liège. After the Second World War, Sabena opened a route between Liège and Paris.
In 1976 the new civil terminal was inaugurated at the same time as the Liege-London route opened. In 1988 the Walloon Region decided that the two airports in Liège and Charleroi should become the centers of economy, development and regeneration.
On April 30, 1990, SAB SA, the airport's development and promotion department, was founded by Meusinvest . In 1996, the Israeli Cargo Airlines became the first major cargo airline in Liege. In the same year the contract was signed with TNT for the construction of their European air cargo center. The new hub is the main trigger for the airport's strong growth.
In April 2005 the new passenger terminal was completed. It cost around 26 million euros and tripled the airport's passenger capacity to one million a year. From 2006 to 2010 there were continuous expansions. This included, for example, the construction of additional parking spaces, the construction of a freight park and an expansion of the fuel storage facility from one million to six million liters of kerosene . In 2007 SAB SA decided to rename itself "Liège Airport SA" in order to create a better impression of the international appeal of the airport. In 2010 the runway 05R / 23L was extended from 3,287 meters to 3,700 meters. As a result, large cargo planes should be able to take off there with a full load. The airport went backwards with the loss of many airlines in 2015 and 2016. At that time, the airlines BMI Regional , Air Corsica and I-Fly served Liège with various destinations.
Transport links
The Liège Airport is regular bus number 57 of the company ' TEC Liege-Verviers' to the train station of Liège-Guillemins connected. The travel time by bus from the airport to the train station is 12 minutes.
terminal
The 116 m × 72 m terminal is a completely glazed building with steel scaffolding and 12 m high steel columns and concrete beams. The gates have a span of 36 m. It has 8350 m² of usable space. The facade of the building consists of eight assembled glazed units (each 160 cm × 360 cm). The architect was Greisch and the contractor was Jacques Delens from Besix . Construction started in 2003.
operator
SAB (Société Aéroport de Bierset; founded in 1990) is the operating company that now manages Liège-Bierset Airport with the terminal, which was built until 2005, for a maximum of one million passengers ( PAX ) per year.
statistics
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Airlines and Destinations
Apart from Jetairfly, there have been no more passenger companies operating at Liège Airport since autumn 2016. After Thomas Cook no longer served the airport, Air Corsica and I-Fly followed in autumn 2016 .
After the attack at Brussels-Zaventem Airport, Liège Airport was used as an alternate airport for a number of long-haul flights by Brussels Airlines until summer 2016 , while the repair work in the terminal of Brussels Airport was ongoing. Medium-haul flights, on the other hand, were handled from Brussels or Antwerp .
The main cargo companies at the airport are TNT , CAL Cargo Airlines , Ethiopian Cargo and Qatar Cargo . In total, over 50 cargo airlines serve the airport.
Incidents
- On June 30, 1999, a Beechcraft 99 of the German Nightexpress ( aircraft registration D-IBEX ) crashed after both engines failed on a cargo flight from London-Luton to Frankfurt. The crew tried to make an emergency landing at Liege Airport. The aircraft did not reach the runway and hit a forest near Seraing ( Belgium ). Both pilots were killed (see also Nightexpress flight 114 ) .
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Liege Airport.be (in German for travelers from Liège Airport)
- Lie Airport.com
- Liège bus network
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Nouveau record pour Liege Airport. LiegeAirport.com, accessed on February 29, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Liege Airport goes from strength to strength! (PDF) LiegeAirport.com, January 9, 2017, accessed on December 31, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Le groupe. LiegeAirport.com, accessed on February 29, 2020 (French).
- ↑ a b c d report on: airport-technology.com
- ↑ liegeairport.com
- ↑ TEC website ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Timetable for TECligne57 ( Memento of the original dated August 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, 1.82 MB, PDF reader required)
- ↑ the PAX: one passenger / one person (aviation)
- ↑ Corporate Info from SAB (English) ( Memento from May 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Economic report on LGG Airport (French) ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Accident report Beechcraft 99 D-IBEX , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on April 16, 2020.
