What is Liège Airport?
{{Infobox airport | name = Liège Airport | nativename = | nativename-a = | nativename-r = | image = Liège Airport - Passenger Terminal-9298.jpg | image-width = 250 | caption = | IATA = LGG | ICAO = EBLG | type = Public & Military | owner = [[Wallonia|Walloon]] government | operator = Liege Airport s.a. | city-served = | location = Liège | elevation-f = 659 | elevation-m = 201 | coordinates = {{Coord|50|38|15|N|05|26|36|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}} | website = | metric-elev = | metric-rwy = | r1-number = 05R/23L | r1-length-f = 10,784 | r1-length-m = 3,287 | r1-surface = [[Asphalt]] | r2-number = 05L/23R | r2-length-f = 7,677 | r2-length-m = 2,340 | r2-surface = Asphalt | stat-year = 2007 | stat1-header = Freight ([[tonne]]s) | stat1-data = 489,870 | stat2-header = Passengers | stat2-data = 332,848 | footnotes = }} '''Liège Airport''', also called Liège-Bierset, is an important cargo airport in [[Belgium]]. In 2007 it was the 8th busiest cargo airport in [[Europe]]<ref>Europe’s top 40 cargo airports in 2007: http://www.aircargoworld.com/Graphics/month/26ACWD0708EuroNortham.pdf{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the 38th busiest in the world.<ref>World’s top 50 cargo airports in 2007: http://www.aircargoworld.com/Graphics/month/22ACWD0708Top1.pdf{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Liège]] is in the centre of the ''golden triangle'' [[Paris]] – [[Amsterdam]] – [[Frankfurt]] that handles 66% of European freight, 75% with [[London]] added. The airport is in the northwest of the city of [[Liège (city)|Liège]], in the east of Belgium. It is mainly used for freight operation but also serves more than 21 destinations for passengers (mainly [[Charter flight|charters]]). Liège Airport is the world hub of [[TNT Airways]], and the European hub of [[CAL Cargo Air Lines]], [[El Al|El Al Cargo]] and [[Ethiopian A