# Brussels Airport (BRU)

> Zaventem, BE · IATA: BRU · ICAO: EBBR · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BRU` |
| ICAO | `EBBR` |
| City | Zaventem |
| Country | BE |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 53 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| Cargo Rank | #2 |
| GPS | 50.90140, 4.48444 |

## Description

Cell and gene therapies, temperature-critical vaccines and African cut flowers share the same ramps at Brussels Airport (IATA: BRU, ICAO: EBBR), Belgium's number-two freight gateway behind Liège. Throughput reached about 795,000 tonnes in 2025, up roughly 13 percent year on year. Brussels ranks among the world's leading pharma airports: the freight community around the Brucargo zone was the first to earn IATA CEIV Pharma certification as a complete community, and roughly 45,000 square metres of temperature-controlled storage now serve time-sensitive shipments. In early 2025 the Precision Therapy Logistics Gateway launched to handle advanced cell therapies, with trial shipments flown to Dallas. The new Brucargo Central building, a roughly 70-million-euro logistics centre completed after three years, houses operators including Nippon Express. Volume rests on belly capacity from home carrier Brussels Airlines and its Lufthansa Group sisters, freighters from Qatar Airways Cargo and Ethiopian Cargo, and a regional DHL Express hub. On the passenger side, the airport counts over 23 million travellers a year. The site sits on the R0 ring road at the E19 and E40 corridors, with a rail station beneath the terminal and the city centre 11 kilometres away.

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*Freight Academy — Airport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/brussels-airport-bru](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/brussels-airport-bru)*

*Markdown mirror: [https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/brussels-airport-bru](https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/brussels-airport-bru)*

*LLM-Summary (JSON): https://www.freight-academy.com/api/v1/airports/brussels-airport-bru/llm-summary*