Brussels Airport BRU
Cheap flights from Brussels Airport start with one fact: BRU is the only airport serving the Belgian capital, so every trip to Brussels begins here. The route map leans south: Milan, Rome, Pisa, Barcelona and Madrid, plus Girona, Oviedo and Dublin for northern Spain and Ireland. Fares on these city pairs depend on which airlines fly them, so compare dates before you commit.
Brussels Airport at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 18.9 M (2022)
- Hub for
- Brussels Airlines, Jetairfly, Cityjet
- Elevation
- 184 m
- Opened
- 1940
- Official website
- brusselsairport.be
- Population of Brussels
- 196 k (2024)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
Rail, bus and taxi all link the terminal with central Brussels, and the train is the calmest option if your hotel sits near a station. Buses take longer; taxis are easier with luggage or a late landing. Leave a buffer for passport control and baggage, and check the last connection of the day before booking a late arrival. Miss it and you are paying for a taxi. On departure, the morning and evening peaks are the stretches to avoid.