CRL — Brussels South Charleroi Airport

Large airport in Charleroi, Belgium.
IATA code
CRL
ICAO code
EBCI
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
11,244,536
2025 · +7.2% on the year before
Nonstop routes
115
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC+1 / UTC+2
Europe/Brussels
Elevation
187 m
614 ft
Runways
1
Longest 3,055 m

Jan–Apr 2026: 3,582,449 passengers, +9.8% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About CRL

Brussels South Charleroi Airport is a large airport serving Charleroi, Belgium. It opened in 1919. 11,244,536 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 115 nonstop routes from CRL.

Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from CRL

Route Distance Passengers / year
CRL → OTP1,749 km 343,858
CRL → TIA1,548 km 319,433
CRL → BGY661 km 311,779
CRL → BUD1,133 km 301,418
CRL → MAN564 km 271,714
CRL → SAW2,194 km 261,457
CRL → ALC1,410 km 256,392
CRL → TSF786 km 247,785
CRL → LIS1,682 km 230,946
CRL → MRS783 km 218,052
CRL → WAW1,164 km 188,616
CRL → BCN1,035 km 184,376
CRL → CLJ1,470 km 180,063
CRL → CIA1,148 km 179,909
CRL → SOF1,683 km 178,249
CRL → AGP1,691 km 174,547
CRL → PSA877 km 173,216
CRL → BLQ835 km 172,093
CRL → OPO1,442 km 170,517
CRL → IAS1,732 km 165,382
CRL → GRO960 km 160,503
CRL → KRK1,091 km 133,918
CRL → PMI1,220 km 131,662
CRL → EDI803 km 129,927
CRL → MLA1,813 km 126,481
CRL → RAK2,336 km 125,652
CRL → VLC1,279 km 122,980
CRL → VIE918 km 120,042
CRL → ATH2,077 km 119,390
CRL → MAD1,272 km 117,998
CRL → SVQ1,667 km 117,832
CRL → TRN632 km 114,195
CRL → PRG699 km 112,706
CRL → TNG1,838 km 112,124
CRL → TLS795 km 107,642
CRL → NAP1,309 km 107,092
CRL → FAO1,793 km 104,695
CRL → BRI1,406 km 103,522
CRL → TFS3,057 km 102,945
CRL → PMO1,527 km 99,154

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
BRUBrussels Airport49 km
LGGLiège Airport72 km
ANRAntwerp International Airport (Deurne)81 km
LILLille Airport97 km
MSTMaastricht Aachen Airport105 km
EINEindhoven Airport127 km
OSTOstend-Bruges International Airport138 km

Distance from CRL to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
CRL → LHR363 km —
CRL → DXB5,144 km —
CRL → CDG212 km —
CRL → FRA296 km —
CRL → IST2,130 km —
CRL → AMS207 km —
CRL → JFK5,918 km —
CRL → ATL7,139 km —
CRL → LAX9,109 km —
CRL → SIN10,568 km —
CRL → HND9,520 km —
CRL → DOH4,884 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
06/243,055 m 45 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Charleroi, Hainaut Province, Belgium · 50.4620, 4.4596

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Brussels South Charleroi Airport has the IATA code CRL and the ICAO code EBCI. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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