Editing Flémalle (section)

==== Air Network ====
{{Main article|Liège Airport}}
Liège Airport is located to the north of the municipality, less than 100 meters away, in the territory of [[Grâce-Hollogne]]. Primarily focused on cargo transport, the airport also offers a few tourist destinations, which have been declining year by year. Indeed, cargo handling has become increasingly significant at the airport, making it the seventh-largest airport for cargo in Europe. Due to its geographical location between Paris, [[Brussels]], Antwerp, [[Rotterdam]], the [[Ruhr]] region, [[Luxembourg]], and Switzerland, the airport has become a hub and was chosen as a reference hub for Europe during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in the spring of 2020, and was awarded the title of "Best Cargo Airport in the World for 2020" that same year.

Flémalle benefits economically from this with several economic and industrial zones, including the Arbre Saint-Michel zone, a few hundred meters from the airport, where transportation companies, [[E-commerce|online businesses]], and large companies like Mithra are located.

In addition to the economic development of the municipality, some local areas, such as Les Cahottes or En Cowâ, experience noise pollution from both the highway and the airport.<ref>{{Cite web |language=fr-FR |first=Liege |last=Airport |title=Noise Impact {{!}} Liege Airport |url=https://www.liegeairport.com/flexport/fr/donnees-techniques/impact-sonore/ |website=Cargo |access-date=2021-02-23}}.</ref> The consequences are visible when walking through the streets of Cahottes, with many abandoned houses bought by the airport and some demolished. One of the most striking consequences is the abandonment and destruction of the village of Rouvroy in Grâce-Hollogne, located on the other side of the highway.

This noise pollution tends to drive residents away from these areas; some have moved to [[Donceel]], but airport development has brought noise there as well.<ref>{{Cite web |language=fr |title=Liège: the residents' fight against airport noise resumes |url=https://www.rtbf.be/info/regions/liege/detail_liege-le-combat-des-riverains-contre-les-nuisances-de-l-aeroport-reprend?id=10631028 |website=RTBF Info |date=13 November 2020 |access-date=2021-02-23}}.</ref>