BHD

George Best Belfast City Airport

ICAO EGAC54.6181°N 5.8725°W5 m / 15 ftMedium airport
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George Best Belfast City Airport (IATA: BHD, ICAO: EGAC) is a medium airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. It opened in 1937. It has one runway, 1,829 m (6,001 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Ferrovial. In 2022 it handled 1.7 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1937–1937
1937
OpenedGeorge Best Belfast City Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Belfast City Airport
04/22035° / 215° · LIT
LENGTH1,829 m6,001 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
2.4M
2.2M
2.5M
2.6M
2.7M
2.7M
2.6M
2.5M
2.5M
543K
812K
1.7M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

22 destinations · 4 countries
500 km1,000 km1,500 km250 mi500 mi750 mi1,000 miGLA · Glasgow Airport · 167 km / 104 miEDI · Edinburgh Airport · 217 km / 135 miLPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport · 244 km / 152 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 274 km / 170 miLBA · Leeds Bradford Airport · 286 km / 178 miINV · Inverness Airport · 344 km / 214 miEMA · East Midlands Airport · 359 km / 223 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 363 km / 226 miABZ · Aberdeen International Airport · 367 km / 228 miCWL · Cardiff International Airport · 396 km / 246 miBRS · Bristol Airport · 417 km / 259 miEXT · Exeter International Airport · 463 km / 288 miLTN · London Luton Airport · 476 km / 296 miSOU · Southampton Airport · 508 km / 316 miKOI · Kirkwall Airport · 515 km / 320 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 542 km / 337 miSEN · London Southend Airport · 554 km / 344 miLSI · Sumburgh Airport · 646 km / 401 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 749 km / 465 miNQY · Cornwall Airport Newquay · 468 km / 291 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 1,795 km / 1,115 miVRN · Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · 1,570 km / 976 miPMIVRNAMSLSISENKOINQYBRSABZBHXLBAEDILGWSOUEXTINVMANLTNCWLEMAGLALPLBHD
Year-round19
GLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet, Aer Lingus167 km104 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet, Aer Lingus217 km135 miLPLLiverpool John Lennon AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet244 km152 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet, Aer Lingus274 km170 miLBALeeds Bradford AirportUnited Kingdom · Aer Lingus286 km178 miINVInverness AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair344 km214 miEMAEast Midlands AirportUnited Kingdom · Aer Lingus359 km223 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · Aer Lingus363 km226 miABZAberdeen International AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair367 km228 miCWLCardiff International AirportUnited Kingdom · Aer Lingus396 km246 miBRSBristol AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet417 km259 miEXTExeter International AirportUnited Kingdom · Aer Lingus463 km288 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet476 km296 miSOUSouthampton AirportUnited Kingdom · Aer Lingus508 km316 miKOIKirkwall AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair515 km320 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet542 km337 miSENLondon Southend AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet554 km344 miLSISumburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Loganair646 km401 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM749 km465 mi
Most destinationsAer Lingus 11easyJet 9Loganair 4KLM 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BHD. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Belfast City Airport” (revision of 2 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.7M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#638of 3,974 · #166 Europe · #17 GBLongest runway1,829 m6,001 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,581of 29,823 · =814 Europe · #64 GBElevation5 m15 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,827of 43,341 · =5,645 Europe · =619 GBAgeOpened 19372026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=703of 15,079 · =404 Europe · =52 GBRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =120 GB
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
APPBELFAST APP130.850
ATISATIS136.625
TWRBELFAST TWR122.825