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Belfast City Airport

Belfast, Northern Ireland

  • IATABHD
  • ICAOEGAC
2.4 million Passengers a year (2024)
Serves
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Operator
Belfast City Airport Limited
Owner
3i
Opened
16 March 1938
Elevation
15 ft (5 m)
Runways
1 (longest 1,829 m)
Airlines based here
Aer Lingus

About the airport

Belfast City Airport, formally George Best Belfast City Airport (IATA: BHD, ICAO: EGAC), is an international airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Situated in County Down, it is adjacent to the Belfast Harbour and is three miles (five kilometres) from Belfast City Centre. It shares the site with the Spirit AeroSystems (formerly Short Brothers/Bombardier) aircraft manufacturing facility. The airport began commercial operations in 1983, and was known as "Belfast City Airport" until it was renamed in 2006 in memory of George Best, the professional footballer from Belfast. The airport has a CAA public use aerodrome licence (number P862) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. As of September 2025, five airlines operate 24 routes across the UK and Europe from Belfast City Airport. In 2024, the airport handled over 2.3 million passengers, having peaked at 2.7 million in 2010. The airport serves as a regional base for Aer Lingus and British Airways who are the largest operators there. Ground handling is provided by Swissport and Menzies Aviation, the latter also offering cargo handling services.

This summary is adapted from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence. Passenger and runway figures come from the same source and can lag the latest annual totals, so check the figures the operator publishes for the current total.

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