In July, around 2.6 million passengers travelled through Brussels Airport, making it the busiest month since 2019. Cargo volumes, meanwhile, fell by 3.2% to a total of around 67,000 tonnes.
92,000 passengers on 20 July
In July, Brussels Airport welcomed 2,577,710 passengers, up 2.8 % from July 2025. That is an average of 84,000 passengers a day (against some 70,000 on an average day outside the summer holidays). Several factors contributed to this high figure, including the construction holidays in Belgium, the two Tomorrowland weekends and the Formula 1 weekend at Spa-Francorchamps.
With over 92,000 passengers, 20 July was not only the busiest day of July, but also of the year so far.
As the start of the summer holidays traditionally brings a strong peak in departing traffic, we saw more departing than arriving passengers. Transfer passengers accounted for 11% of departing travellers. Their share tends to be lower during the summer holidays, when leisure travellers make up a greater proportion of overall passenger traffic.
The ten most popular destinations in July were Spain, Italy, Greece, Türkiye, Morocco, Germany, Portugal, France, the United States and Switzerland.
Cargo volumes down by 3.2%
Cargo volumes totalled to 66,612 tonnes in July, down 3.2% on the same month in 2025, mainly as a result of a decline in trucked air cargo volumes (-15.2%). Flown cargo volumes decreased by 1.3% due to a drop in integrator services (-12.4%). In the full-cargo segment, on the other hand, we are seeing an increase of around 6.6%, while belly cargo rose by 11.4% in July.
The main import regions are Asia, Latin America and North America. For exports, Asia and Latin America also top the list, followed by Africa.
Number of flight movements rises slightly by 1.1%
In July, the number of commercial flight movements increased by 1.1% compared with the same month in 2025. The number of passenger flights rose by 2.5%, while cargo flights fell by 6.9% due to a decline within the full-cargo and integrator segments.
In July, there were an average of 152 passengers on board per flight, a passenger load factor comparable to that of July 2025.
