# George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD / EGAC)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egac

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BHD / EGAC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Ferrovial
- Owner: ABN AMRO
- Serves: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1937
- Elevation: 5 m / 15 ft
- Coordinates: 54.6181, -5.8725
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,001 ft
- Passengers: 1,655,156 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: https://www.belfastcityairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_City_Airport (31 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8987
- Weather station: EGAC · WMO 03924
- Ident: EGAC

## Timeline

- 1937: George Best Belfast City Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,829 m / 6,001 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 035° / 215° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 2,392,382 | Eurostat |
| 2012 | 2,246,202 | Eurostat |
| 2013 | 2,541,722 | Eurostat |
| 2014 | 2,555,111 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 2,692,742 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 2,665,139 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 2,559,830 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 2,510,300 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 2,455,259 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 542,523 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 812,397 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,655,156 | Wikidata |

## Routes

22 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (19)

- [GLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpf.md) Glasgow Airport · United Kingdom · 167 km / 104 mi · easyJet, Aer Lingus
- [EDI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egph.md) Edinburgh Airport · United Kingdom · 217 km / 135 mi · easyJet, Aer Lingus
- [LPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggp.md) Liverpool John Lennon Airport · United Kingdom · 244 km / 152 mi · easyJet
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 274 km / 170 mi · easyJet, Aer Lingus
- [LBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnm.md) Leeds Bradford Airport · United Kingdom · 286 km / 178 mi · Aer Lingus
- [INV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpe.md) Inverness Airport · United Kingdom · 344 km / 214 mi · Loganair
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · United Kingdom · 359 km / 223 mi · Aer Lingus
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 363 km / 226 mi · Aer Lingus
- [ABZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpd.md) Aberdeen International Airport · United Kingdom · 367 km / 228 mi · Loganair
- [CWL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egff.md) Cardiff International Airport · United Kingdom · 396 km / 246 mi · Aer Lingus
- [BRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggd.md) Bristol Airport · United Kingdom · 417 km / 259 mi · easyJet
- [EXT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egte.md) Exeter International Airport · United Kingdom · 463 km / 288 mi · Aer Lingus
- [LTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggw.md) London Luton Airport · United Kingdom · 476 km / 296 mi · easyJet
- [SOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eghi.md) Southampton Airport · United Kingdom · 508 km / 316 mi · Aer Lingus
- [KOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpa.md) Kirkwall Airport · United Kingdom · 515 km / 320 mi · Loganair
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 542 km / 337 mi · easyJet
- [SEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egmc.md) London Southend Airport · United Kingdom · 554 km / 344 mi · easyJet
- [LSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpb.md) Sumburgh Airport · United Kingdom · 646 km / 401 mi · Loganair
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 749 km / 465 mi · KLM

### Seasonal (2)

- [NQY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eghq.md) Cornwall Airport Newquay · United Kingdom · 468 km / 291 mi · Aer Lingus
- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 1,795 km / 1,115 mi · easyJet

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [VRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipx.md) Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · Italy · 1,570 km / 976 mi · Aer Lingus

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BHD, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- [Emerald Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emerald-airlines)

### Passenger (4)

- EI [Aer Lingus](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aer-lingus) · 11
- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 9
- LM [Loganair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/loganair) · 4
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.7M (2022) | #638 of 3,974 | #166 in Europe | #17 in GB |
| Longest runway | 1,829 m / 6,001 ft | =4,583 of 29,858 | =820 in Europe | #64 in GB |
| Elevation | 5 m / 15 ft | =41,887 of 43,403 | =5,656 in Europe | =619 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =404 in Europe | =52 in GB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =120 in GB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | BELFAST APP | 130.850 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 136.625 |
| TWR | BELFAST TWR | 122.825 |

## Nearby airports

- [BFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egaa.md) Belfast International Airport · 23 km / 14 mi
- [CAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egec.md) Campbeltown Airport · 92 km / 57 mi
- [LDY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egae.md) City of Derry Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [IOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egns.md) Isle of Man Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [ENK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egab.md) Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport · 117 km / 73 mi
- [ILY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpi.md) Islay Airport · 121 km / 75 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Belfast City Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belfast_City_Airport&oldid=1372844566), revision of 2 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/egac/data