Brussels Airport Traffic Control
Runways currently in use
This animation shows you which runways are currently in use for both arrivals and departures.
What makes an aircraft take off or land on one runway instead of another? Runway selection is a complex process where the safety of air traffic always comes first.
Key statistics
Key statistics
Most recent news
Brussels Airport publishes 2024 noise contour report
Brussels Airport has the noise impact around the airport mapped every year. The report for 2024 is now available.
Clearer information about maintenance works thanks to updated webpage
Maintenance works on the tarmac at Brussels Airport are announced on this website in the "works" section. From 28 April 2025, an updated page will provide a clearer and more detailed overview of the works and their impact on runway usage at the airport.
Renovation of runway 07R/25L during the summer holidays
From 12 July to 27 August 2025, Brussels Airport will be renovating runway 07R/25L. The works are necessary to continue to guarantee safe air traffic. The runway will undergo extensive renovation, including new asphalt, new runway lights and new sewerage to improve runway drainage, and will be closed to air traffic for the entire duration.
Ongoing and upcoming works
About Brussels Airport Traffic Control
This website provides information on air traffic to and from Brussels Airport.
It offers facts and figures on the runways in use at a particular moment, the flight paths of current air traffic and noise measurements on and in the vicinity of the airport.
Find out why runways are selected and how weather conditions can have an impact on flight operations.