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Traveling to and from Brussels Airport

On this page, you will find the information you need to easily make your way through Brussels Airport to your destination.

Guide to Belgium’s Brussels Airport

Arrival and departure terminal maps and other information for navigating Belgium’s Brussels Airport.

Arrival Terminal

Arrival map of Brussels airport
  • Immigration
  • Baggage Claim
  • Customs
  • Elevator
  • Information
  • Currency exchange
  • ATM
  • Smoking Room
  • Railway
  • Monorail
  • Toilet
  • Lactation room
  • Telephone
  • Coin Lockers
  • Bus
  • Taxi
  • Boat
  • Passengers Arriving at Brussels Airport
Airport Map Information

Flights operated by ANA group will arrive at Concourse B.

On the 2nd floor (arrivals), there are toilets, a smoking room, ATMs, an information counter, escalators, and elevators.
Arriving passengers should proceed to the exit through immigration, baggage claim, and customs.
There are taxi stands outside the building.

Immigration

See Special Guidance for details if traveling to and/or between Schengen countries.

Departure Terminal

Departure map of Brussels airport
  • Check-in
  • Security Check/Fast Lane
  • Immigration
  • Elevator
  • Information
  • Currency exchange
  • ATM
  • Smoking Room
  • Railway
  • Monorail
  • Toilet
  • Lactation room
  • Telephone
  • Coin Lockers
  • Bus
  • Taxi
  • Boat
  • Passengers departing from Brussels Airport
Airport Map Information

Flights operated by ANA group will arrive at Concourse B. Get details on the airport lounge.

On the concourse (3rd floor), there are toilets, a smoking room, ATMs, a nursery, escalators, and elevators.
ANA check-in counters are located in row 1.
The oversized baggage drop off counter and the VAT refunds counter for items in checked baggage are located nearby.
After performing the check-in procedures, proceed to security or the priority security checkpoint (Fast Lane). Only Business Class passengers and Star Alliance Gold members are eligible to use the Fast Lane.
After going through security, pass through immigration and proceed to the boarding gate.
You can find the VAT refunds counter for items in carry-on baggage on the way to the gate.
The lounge floor (4th floor) where the Brussels Airlines lounge is located can be reached by taking the escalator or elevator near Gates B04/B06 or the escalator near Gate B15.

Check-In
Security Screening Priority Lanes

Business Class customers and Star Alliance Gold members can present their boarding pass at the security check to use priority lanes.

Transit

Transit map of Brussels airport

If connecting, please follow the “Connections” signage and pass through security.

  • Elevator
  • Information
  • Currency exchange
  • ATM
  • Smoking Room
  • Railway
  • Monorail
  • Toilet
  • Lactation room
  • Telephone
  • Coin Lockers
  • Bus
  • Taxi
  • Boat
  • Passengers connecting from ANA flight to Schengen Countries
  • Passengers connecting from ANA flight to Non-Schengen Countries
  • Passengers connecting from Schengen Countries to ANA flight
Airport Map Information

Passengers connecting from ANA to a flight to a Schengen country should pass through security and immigration on Concourse B (2nd floor), then use an escalator or elevator to Concourse A (1st floor) and proceed to their boarding gate.
On Concourse A (1st floor) there are toilets.
Passengers connecting from ANA to a flight to a non-Schengen country should pass through security and immigration, then use an escalator or elevator to Concourse B (3rd floor) and proceed to their boarding gate.
Passengers connecting from a flight from a Schengen country to ANA should proceed from Concourse A (1st floor) to Concourse B (3rd floor), pass through immigration, and then proceed to the boarding gate for their ANA flight.

Connecting to flights bound for Schengen countries:

After passing through security, follow the signage for Gates A and pass through Immigration. Then proceed to the boarding gate for your connecting flight.

Connecting from ANA to flights bound for non-Schengen countries:

After passing through security, follow the signage for Gates B or Gates T and then proceed to the boarding gate for your connecting flight.

Connecting from Other Airlines to ANA

Connecting from Schengen Countries to ANA Flight:

Please follow the signage for Gates B. Pass through Immigration and proceed to the boarding gate for your ANA flight.

Connecting from Non-Schengen Countries to ANA Flight:

  • Passengers arriving from a country that is part of a one-stop security arrangement (e.g., the U.K.) can proceed to the boarding gate without having to pass through security and Immigration.
  • After arrival, proceed to the Departures floor and then to the boarding gate for your ANA flight.
    • This service may not be available depending on your arrival gate. In this instance, pass through security, follow the signage for Gates B and then proceed to the boarding gate for your ANA flight.
  • All other passengers should follow the signage for Gates B, pass through security and then proceed to the boarding gate for their ANA flight.

Brussels Airport (BRU) to Downtown Brussels

  • * "→" indicates the route.

Train

Brussels Airport-Zaventem → Brussels-Central station
  • Platform: The station is connected to the terminal
  • Time required: 15 to 25 minutes
  • Fare: €10.20 for first class, €9.10 for second class
  • Operating hours: 4:31 a.m. to 0:02 a.m. on weekdays, 5:24 a.m. to 0:31 a.m. on weekends (approx. 5 to 45 minutes intervals)

Bus

No. 12.Airport Line
Brussels Airport → Shuman → Brussels City[Trône]
  • Boarding point: Bus station below the arrivals hall
  • Time required: Approx. 30 minutes (varies with traffic conditions)
  • Fare: €7.50 (when purchased in advance at an automated ticket machine. €7 when using a touchless card.)
  • Operating hours: 5:40 a.m. to 0:30 a.m. Mon to Fri, 1 to 6 buses per hour; Sat to Sun, 1 to 4 buses per hour.

Taxi

  • Platform: Taxi stand outside the front entrance to the arrivals hall
  • Time required: Approx. 20 to 30 minutes (varies with traffic conditions)
  • Fare: Approx. €45 (varies with traffic conditions)
  • Operating hours: 24 hours a day

Instructions for Brussels Airport

Traveling Between Schengen Countries

The establishment of the EU and the Schengen Agreement has simplified entry and departure procedures within Europe. Once a Japanese national has arrived at one of the Schengen countries, travel within that country is treated as “internal domestic” travel. The following entry and departure procedures apply to passengers traveling from one Schengen country to another Schengen country.

  • Entry:
    • Taken only in the first country of arrival.
    • Customs inspection for carry-on baggage is made at the first country of arrival and at the final destination for checked-in baggage.
  • Departure:
    • Taken only in the last Schengen country to be departed from.
    • The Customs inspection is made at the destination country.