Belgian Airports Closed Because of Drone Sightings

The departure board with canceled and delayed flights in Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Belgium, on Nov. 4, 2025. Emile Windal/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty ImagesAir traffic was suspended at Brussels and Liege airports on Nov. 4 because of drone sightings, days after the government stated that it had received reports of unmanned aerial vehicles flying near a Belgian military base that houses U.S. nuclear weapons.Kurt Verwilligen, spokesman for Belgian air traffic safety control service Skeyes, said that air traffic at Brussels Airport was halted shortly before 8 p.m. local time for safety reasons.