Brussels Airport

in numbers



With 26.4 million passengers handled, 2019 was yet another record year for Brussels Airport!

But do you have any idea of how many cups of coffee are served here every day? Or of the total length of escalators and walkalators at Brussels Airport?

Here's a flyby overview in numbers*.

Go! *Figures 2019

Brussels Airport in numbers



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The preferred European pharma gateway
Top 5 European
passenger destinations
0
companies
0
passengers/aircraft on average
0
app downloads
Specialized
in perishables
logistics
More than
0
passengers
from 1958 - 2019
  • 57%
    travel alone
  • 31%
    travel in twos
  • 12%
    travel in group
0
sheets of toilet paper used
0
flight movements
/day
0
bottles of perfume sold/year
0
passengers
0
items lost at the airport
0
000
tonnes of cargo
0
grams of waste/passenger
  • 41,473
    suitcases
    handled/day
  • 53%
    leisure
  • 19%
    visiting friends
    & relatives
  • 28%
    business trip
0
liters of waste water purified
256,698
followers on social media
74
airlines
  • brusselsairport.be
    16,164
    visitors/day
  • 48%
    female passengers
  • 52%
    male passengers
0
snow clearing vehicles
0
Mwh
generated by 12,980
solar panels
0
destinations
Busiest day of the year
1.6
kg of chocolate sold every minute
  • 24,000
    direct jobs
  • 40,000
    indirect jobs