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Brussels Airport facts for kids

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Brussels Airport (IATA BRU) is the national airport of Belgium. It is the biggest airport in Belgium. It has more than 17 billion travelers each year. It is 18 km from Brussels, the capital of Belgium.

The airport is used by a lot of airlines such as Brussels Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines and Jetairfly.

On 22 March 2016, two bombs exploded at the airport.

Terminals

The airport has two terminals. (A terminal is a building where passengers wait to get on planes.) One terminal is used for flights to the Schengen Area. The second terminal is used for flights to countries out of the Schengen Area.

Images for kids

  • Boeing 707-329C, Sabena JP6848038

    Sabena Boeing 707-300 at Brussels Airport in 1966

  • McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, Air Zaire AN0199454

    Air Zaïre McDonnell Douglas DC-10 at Brussels Airport in 1990

  • Zaventem333

    Terminal exterior

  • Moving walkway through the A-gates of Brussels Airport (DSCF7310)

    Departures area at Pier A

  • Brussels Airport Runway 25 R

    Runway and apron

  • Controletoren Brussel-Nationaal

    Control tower

  • START-lijn 272 Brussels Airport

    Brussels Airport bus service

  • Brussels Airport Railway Station

    Brussels National Airport railway station

  • Boeing 747 crash bxl

    The Boeing 747 that overran the runway in 2008

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