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Brussels Airport (BRU)
Zaventem, Belgium · ICAO EBBR · Large airport
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3Runwayspaved runways
34,566Annual departuresscheduled flights / yr
191Direct connectionsdestinations served
175ftElevationabove sea level
50.90, 4.48Coordinateslatitude / longitude
23:05 Europe/BrusselsTime zonecurrent local time
7,272,803People within 100 kmcatchment area
Brussels Airport (BRU / EBBR) is large airport serving Zaventem in Belgium. It sits at 50.901, 4.484, 175 ft above sea level, with 3 runways. Around 7,272,803 people live in major cities within 100 km.
Catchment area
Brussels Airport serves a catchment area of approximately 7,272,803 people in major cities within 100 km (about 12,379,577 within 150 km). This is our own calculation from airport coordinates and a global cities dataset.
Population in major cities (50k+) within each radius of the airport.
Major cities near Brussels Airport
Major cities within 100 km of the airport (its catchment area):
- Schaarbeek 132,799 people · 9 km
- Laeken 60,295 people · 9 km
- Brussels 1,249,600 people · 11 km
- Jette 52,728 people · 11 km
- Moortebeek 97,979 people · 12 km
- Anderlecht 120,887 people · 13 km
- Mechelen 86,921 people · 14 km
- Forest 56,581 people · 15 km
- Aalst 88,854 people · 32 km
- Antwerp 565,039 people · 36 km
Alternative airports near Zaventem
Antwerp International Airport (Deurne)
ANR · 32 km away
Brussels South Charleroi Airport
CRL · 49 km away
Liège Airport
LGG · 74 km away
Eindhoven Airport
EIN · 87 km away
Maastricht Aachen Airport
MST · 90 km away
Local time and daylight
Zaventem
- Current time23:05
- Time zoneEurope/Brussels
- Sunrise05:30
- Sunset21:52
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