Connecting at Brussels South Charleroi airport

Connection time calculator, immigration and security, and how to move between terminals at CRL.

How connections work at CRL

At Brussels South Charleroi airport, passengers connecting between two international flights can usually stay in the transit area without going through immigration.

The airport has 2 terminals or concourses (Terminal 1 (all airlines), Terminal 2 (some Ryanair and Wizz Air flights)).

Connection time calculator

Is your layover at CRL long enough? Pick your connection and get an estimate with the times of this airport.

Terminals / concourses: Terminal 1 (all airlines), Terminal 2 (some Ryanair and Wizz Air flights)

Getting between them: Shuttle bus on the apron between the terminals (about every 10 minutes); the terminals are less than 100 m apart

Charleroi has two small terminals less than 100 metres apart, not joined by a building. Terminal 1 handles all airlines and Terminal 2 only some Ryanair and Wizz Air flights, with no fixed rule: check your ticket or the departures board. A shuttle bus runs on the apron between the terminals about every 10 minutes.

  • With hand luggage only on a Schengen-to-Schengen connection you can stay in the transit zone.
  • Most connections at Charleroi are self-transfers on separate tickets: the airline does not protect them if the first flight is late.

Estimate based on typical times at this airport, not your airline's official minimum connection time. Immigration and security lines change with the time of day and season. On a single ticket, the airline must rebook you if you miss the connection; on separate tickets, it does not.

Sources: cestee.com.

Times are estimates: always check with your airline.

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