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Brussels South Charleroi Airport

ICAO EBCI50.4620°N 4.4596°E187 m / 614 ftLarge airport

Brussels South Charleroi Airport (IATA: CRL, ICAO: EBCI) is a large airport in Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium. It opened in 1919. It has one runway, 3,055 m (10,023 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 11.2 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1919–1919

1919

OpenedBrussels South Charleroi Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

06/24066° / 246° · LIT

LENGTH3,055 m10,023 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

6.4M

6.9M

7.3M

7.7M

8.0M

8.2M

2.5M

3.7M

8.3M

9.4M

10.5M

11.2M

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Routes

128 destinations · 31 countries

Year-round95

MANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair562 km349 mi TRNTurin AirportItaly · Ryanair631 km392 mi NCLNewcastle International AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair655 km407 mi BGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair660 km410 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Ryanair697 km433 mi VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Ryanair739 km459 mi FNINîmes-Arles-Camargue AirportFrance · Ryanair746 km464 mi MRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Ryanair783 km487 mi TSFTreviso AirportItaly · Ryanair785 km488 mi TLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · Ryanair795 km494 mi BZRBéziers Vias airportFrance · Ryanair798 km496 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair802 km498 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair804 km500 mi CCFCarcassonne Salvaza AirportFrance · Ryanair822 km511 mi BLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Ryanair834 km518 mi TRSTrieste AirportItaly · Ryanair843 km524 mi PGFPerpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) AirportFrance · Ryanair867 km539 mi WROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Ryanair875 km544 mi PSAPisa International AirportItaly · Ryanair877 km545 mi LDETarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées AirportFrance · Ryanair878 km546 mi POZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Ryanair883 km549 mi BIQBiarritz Pays Basque airportFrance · Ryanair900 km559 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair915 km569 mi BTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Ryanair958 km595 mi GROGirona-Costa Brava AirportSpain · Ryanair960 km597 mi SDRSeve Ballesteros-Santander AirportSpain · Ryanair1,002 km623 mi VITVitoria AirportSpain · Ryanair1,004 km624 mi ZAGZagreb Franjo Tuđman International AirportCroatia · Ryanair1,008 km626 mi AOIMarche AirportItaly · Ryanair1,016 km631 mi KTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Ryanair1,033 km642 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Ryanair1,035 km643 mi ZAZZaragoza AirportSpain · Ryanair1,065 km662 mi KRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair1,088 km676 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,130 km702 mi AHOAlghero-Fertilia AirportItaly · Ryanair1,133 km704 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,133 km704 mi WMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair1,141 km709 mi CIACiampino–G. B. Pastine International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,148 km713 mi WAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,160 km721 mi PSRAbruzzo AirportItaly · Ryanair1,161 km721 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Ryanair1,221 km759 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Ryanair1,271 km790 mi VLCValencia AirportSpain · Ryanair1,280 km795 mi CAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Ryanair1,297 km806 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,308 km813 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Ryanair1,329 km826 mi TSRTimișoara Traian Vuia International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,351 km839 mi QSRSalerno Costa d'Amalfi AirportItaly · Ryanair1,361 km846 mi DBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · Ryanair1,370 km851 mi BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,405 km873 mi ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Ryanair1,411 km877 mi OPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Ryanair1,440 km895 mi RIXRiga International AirportLatvia · Ryanair1,464 km910 mi CLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,466 km911 mi BDSBrindisi AirportItaly · Ryanair1,509 km938 mi PMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Ryanair1,527 km949 mi TGMTârgu Mureş Transilvania International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,531 km951 mi PRNPriština Adem Jashari International AirportKosovo · Wizz Air1,537 km955 mi TIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,545 km960 mi CRACraiova International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,608 km999 mi SCVSuceava Ștefan cel Mare International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,618 km1,005 mi SKPSkopje International AirportNorth Macedonia · Wizz Air1,618 km1,005 mi REGReggio Calabria AirportItaly · Ryanair1,637 km1,017 mi SVQSeville AirportSpain · Ryanair1,667 km1,036 mi SOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,680 km1,044 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Ryanair1,681 km1,045 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Ryanair1,684 km1,046 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Ryanair1,692 km1,051 mi IASIaşi International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,727 km1,073 mi OTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Ryanair, Wizz Air1,744 km1,084 mi BBUBucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,748 km1,086 mi FAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Ryanair1,793 km1,114 mi SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Ryanair1,809 km1,124 mi MLAMalta International AirportMalta · Ryanair1,814 km1,127 mi OUDOujda Angads AirportMorocco · Ryanair1,818 km1,130 mi NDRNador Al Aaroui International AirportMorocco · Ryanair1,824 km1,133 mi RMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · Wizz Air1,830 km1,137 mi TTUSania Ramel AirportMorocco · Ryanair1,831 km1,138 mi TNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Ryanair1,838 km1,142 mi VARVarna AirportBulgaria · Wizz Air1,940 km1,205 mi FEZFes Saïss International AirportMorocco · Ryanair1,992 km1,238 mi RBARabat-Salé AirportMorocco · Ryanair2,039 km1,267 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Ryanair2,075 km1,289 mi RAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Ryanair2,337 km1,452 mi ESUEssaouira-Mogador AirportMorocco · Ryanair2,421 km1,504 mi AGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · Ryanair2,519 km1,565 mi FNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Ryanair2,631 km1,635 mi ACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Ryanair2,832 km1,760 mi PFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · Ryanair2,857 km1,775 mi FUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Ryanair2,892 km1,797 mi LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Ryanair3,013 km1,872 mi KUTDavid the Builder Kutaisi International AirportGeorgia · Wizz Air3,024 km1,879 mi TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Ryanair3,058 km1,900 mi EVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · Wizz Air3,280 km2,038 mi AMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Ryanair3,323 km2,065 mi

Seasonal34

NTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Volotea577 km359 mi LRHLa Rochelle Île de Ré AirportFrance · Ryanair633 km393 mi RDZRodez–Aveyron AirportFrance · Ryanair689 km428 mi BODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · Volotea736 km457 mi GOAGenoa Cristoforo Colombo AirportItaly · Ryanair749 km465 mi NCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Volotea785 km488 mi ORKCork International AirportIreland · Ryanair915 km569 mi PUYPula AirportCroatia · Ryanair940 km584 mi CLYCalvi Sainte Catherine AirportFrance · Air Corsica942 km585 mi RJKRijeka AirportCroatia · Ryanair952 km592 mi BIABastia-Poretta International airportFrance · Air Corsica959 km596 mi AJAAjaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airportFrance · Air Corsica1,006 km625 mi PEGPerugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,022 km635 mi FSCFigari Sud-Corse AirportFrance · Ryanair, Air Corsica1,058 km657 mi REUReus AirportSpain · Ryanair1,066 km662 mi ZADZadar AirportCroatia · Ryanair1,083 km673 mi OLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · Ryanair1,133 km704 mi BNXBanja Luka International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · Ryanair1,138 km707 mi MAHMenorca AirportSpain · Ryanair1,179 km733 mi CDTCastellón-Costa Azahar AirportSpain · Ryanair1,189 km739 mi SJJSarajevo International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · Ryanair1,279 km795 mi SCQSantiago-Rosalía de Castro AirportSpain · Ryanair1,290 km802 mi IBZIbiza AirportSpain · Ryanair1,311 km815 mi KUNKaunas International AirportLithuania · Ryanair1,408 km875 mi TGDPodgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci AirbaseMontenegro · Ryanair1,444 km897 mi TPSVincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-BirgiItaly · Ryanair1,533 km953 mi SUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,583 km984 mi LEIAlmería AirportSpain · Ryanair1,609 km1,000 mi CFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Ryanair1,706 km1,060 mi OUDOujda Angads AirportMorocco · Air Arabia1,818 km1,130 mi VOLNea Anchialos National AirportGreece · Ryanair1,902 km1,182 mi CHQChania International AirportGreece · Ryanair2,293 km1,425 mi HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Ryanair2,367 km1,471 mi RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Ryanair2,448 km1,521 mi

Most destinationsRyanair 109Wizz Air 18Air Corsica 4Volotea 3Air Arabia 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CRL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Brussels South Charleroi Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers11.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#192of 3,974 · #51 Europe · #2 BE Longest runway3,055 m10,023 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#985of 29,823 · #137 Europe · #7 BE Elevation187 m614 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=25,063of 43,341 · =2,335 Europe · #14 BE AgeOpened 19192026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=173of 15,079 · =140 Europe · #9 BE Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =13 BE

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels

APPCHARLEROI APP133.125

ATISATIS134.625

GNDCHARLEROI GND121.800

TWRCHARLEROI TWR121.300