Liège Airport
Liege Airport, previously called Liege-Bierset Airport, is an international airport located in Grâce-Hollogne, 5 nautical miles west of the city of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. The airport mainly focuses on air freight. At the end of 2021, freight traffic reached 1,412,498 tonnes. Liege Airport is now the 5th biggest cargo airport in Europe and the 22nd biggest in the world.
Overview
The airport is located in Grâce-Hollogne, Liège Province, north-west of the city of Liege, in the east of Belgium. The first terminal on the site opened in 1930.It is mainly used for freight/cargo operations, but also serves a number of destinations for passengers. Liège is located in the centre of the golden triangle Paris – Amsterdam – Frankfurt that handles 66% of European freight, and 75% when taken together with London. In 2018, it was the seventh biggest cargo airport in Europe. Liège Airport is the biggest cargo airport in Belgium, and the third-biggest for passengers after Brussels Airport and Brussels South Charleroi Airport. It is the global hub of ASL Airlines Belgium and is also used by several other cargo carriers on a scheduled or irregular basis.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
As of the evening of 4 January 2026, there are no regular passenger flights on commercial airlines at Liège airport. In July 2025, TUI announced that, after 30 years of service, they would axe all flights from Liège. The last regular passenger flight was on 4 January 2026.Accidents and incidents
- On February 20, 2021, a Boeing 747-400 freighter airplane, flying Longtail Aviation flight 5504, which was bound for John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City from the nearby Maastricht Aachen Airport in the Netherlands, had to divert to the airport after take-off after one engine caught fire and debris fell over the town of Meerssen. Two people on the ground were injured.