Brussels Airport (BRU / EBBR)
Brussels Airport (BRU / EBBR) in Brussels, Belgium has turned up in 22 catches on Skydex. They were caught by 3 spotters. These are catches made by players, not airport movements: an aircraft appears here when somebody caught it and the flight it was operating had a published origin and destination.
Skydex receivers picked up 4,796 airline flights bound for Brussels Airport and 4,510 airline flights out of it over the last 30 days, on 31 days. Each airline flight number counts once a day, matched to its published route when our network hears it. These are not airport movements: we only hear what flies within range of our antennas.
- ICAO
- EBBR
- IATA
- BRU
- City
- Brussels
- Country
- Belgium
- Position
- 50.901, 4.484
- Catches
- 22
- Spotters
- 3
- arriving, 30 days
- 4796
- departing, 30 days
- 4510
- days heard
- 31
About the airport
Brussels Airport serves Zaventem. It sits 175 ft (53 m) above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest is 11,936 ft (3,638 m).
Airport facts: OurAirports (public domain)
Pilots who visit
Nobody has visited Brussels Airport in the simulator yet.
A visit counts after two minutes of flight within 4 km of the field and less than 500 m above it, once per UTC day. Distinct days raise your tier here: Regular after 3, Local after 7, Resident after 15, Home base after 30.
Captain
No captain yet. The first pilot to visit on three different days takes the seat.
The captain is the pilot with the highest visit tier at this airport. On a tie the seat stays with whoever reached that tier first.
Race for captain
This airport has no captain yet. Visits on 3 different days make you captain.
Nobody is chasing the seat yet.
One visit counts per UTC day. Tier II holds a seat, and on a tie it stays with whoever got there first.
Where those flights also go
- London (LHR) — 10 catches
- Hamburg (HAM) — 3 catches
- Copenhagen (CPH) — 2 catches
- Dublin (DUB) — 1 catch
- Oslo (OSL) — 1 catch
- Tallinn (TLL) — 1 catch
- Leipzig (LEJ) — 1 catch
- Reykjavík (KEF) — 1 catch
- Newark (EWR) — 1 catch
- Washington (IAD) — 1 catch
Aircraft types caught here
- Airbus A320neo — 6 catches
- Airbus A319 — 5 catches
- Airbus A320 — 5 catches
- Boeing 737-800 — 1 catch
- Airbus A220-300 — 1 catch
- Boeing 757-200 — 1 catch
- Embraer E195 — 1 catch
- Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner — 1 catch
- Boeing 777-300ER — 1 catch
Airlines
- Transportes Aereos Belem Amazonia — 8 catches
- British Airways — 6 catches
- SAS — 2 catches
- United Airlines — 2 catches
- Ryanair — 1 catch
- Air Baltic — 1 catch
- European Air Transport — 1 catch
- Icelandair — 1 catch
Top spotters through this airport
Recent catches
- BAW395 — Airbus A320neo · British Airways · by lcameron · 2026-11-09
- RYR3DU — Boeing 737-800 · Ryanair · by 0krypt · 2026-10-28
- SAS4744 — Airbus A320neo · SAS · by 0krypt · 2026-10-28
- BEL1ZT — Airbus A320neo · Transportes Aereos Belem Amazonia · by 0krypt · 2026-10-28
- BTI98R — Airbus A220-300 · Air Baltic · by 0krypt · 2026-10-28
- BEL7GZ — Airbus A319 · Transportes Aereos Belem Amazonia · by 0krypt · 2026-10-28
- BEL2AH — Airbus A320neo · Transportes Aereos Belem Amazonia · by lcameron · 2026-10-26
- BAW385 — Airbus A319 · British Airways · by lcameron · 2026-10-23
- BEL5MQ — Airbus A319 · Transportes Aereos Belem Amazonia · by ess · 2026-10-17
- BCS92P — Boeing 757-200 · European Air Transport · by ess · 2026-10-15
- SAS69X — Embraer E195 · SAS · by ess · 2026-10-14
- BEL4AH — Airbus A320neo · Transportes Aereos Belem Amazonia · by lcameron · 2026-10-09
- BAW385 — Airbus A319 · British Airways · by lcameron · 2026-10-09
- BAW385 — Airbus A320 · British Airways · by lcameron · 2026-10-08
- BAW385 — Airbus A320 · British Airways · by lcameron · 2026-10-07
- BEL2AH — Airbus A320neo · Transportes Aereos Belem Amazonia · by lcameron · 2026-10-06
- BAW391 — Airbus A320 · British Airways · by lcameron · 2026-10-02
- ICE54B — Airbus A320 · Icelandair · by lcameron · 2026-09-27
- BEL4AH — Airbus A320 · Transportes Aereos Belem Amazonia · by lcameron · 2026-09-24
- UAL994 — Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner · United Airlines · by lcameron · 2026-09-16
- UAL950 — Boeing 777-300ER · United Airlines · by lcameron · 2026-09-16
- BEL5MQ — Airbus A319 · Transportes Aereos Belem Amazonia · by ess · 2026-09-08
Questions
How many flights to and from Brussels Airport does Skydex hear?
Over the last 30 days: 4,796 airline flights arriving and 4,510 airline flights departing, heard on 31 days. The busiest day was October 14, 2026, with 520 airline flights.
When did Skydex first hear a flight to or from Brussels Airport?
On October 8, 2026. Our record of destinations starts on October 8, 2026, so nothing earlier is kept.
Is this the departure board of Brussels Airport?
No. We count airline flight numbers our volunteer receivers hear in the air, once a day each, and match them to their published route. Flights out of range, private and military aircraft are not in it.
Have players caught flights through Brussels Airport?
Yes: 22 catches by 3 spotters so far.
How high is Brussels Airport above sea level?
175 ft (53 m), according to OurAirports.
How long is the longest runway at Brussels Airport?
11,936 ft (3,638 m), the longest of its 3 runways.
Can I fly over Brussels Airport in Skydex?
Yes. Fly here opens the flight simulator over the airport, with the real aircraft our receivers hear in the sky around it.
How do I visit Brussels Airport in Skydex?
A visit counts after two minutes of flight within 4 km of the field and less than 500 m above it, once per UTC day. Distinct days raise your tier here: Regular after 3, Local after 7, Resident after 15, Home base after 30. Nobody has visited Brussels Airport in the simulator yet.