George Best Belfast City Airport

George Best Belfast City Airport
George Best Belfast City Airport
	IATA: BHD; ICAO: EGAC;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	3i Group plc (3i)
Operator	Belfast City Airport Ltd.
Serves	Belfast
Location	County Down
Opened	16 March 1983
Hub for	Aer Lingus;
Elevation AMSL	15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	54°37′05″N 05°52′21″W / 54.61806°N 5.87250°W
Website	www.belfastcityairport.com
Map
	EGAC Location in Greater Belfast EGAC Location in Northern Ireland EGAC Location on the island of Ireland EGAC Location in the United Kingdom
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Passengers
Passengers	2,115,153
Passenger change 22-23	27.8%
Aircraft movements	29,282
Movements change 22-23	15.7%
	Sources: UK AIP at NATS; Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

George Best Belfast City Airport (IATA: BHD, ICAO: EGAC) is a single-runway airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Situated in County Down, it is adjacent to the Belfast Harbour^[1] and is 3 miles (4.8 km) 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.^[3] 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 February 2024, 6 airlines operate 30 routes across the UK and Europe from Belfast City Airport.^[4] In 2023, the airport handled over 2.1 million passengers, having peaked at 2.7 million in 2010.^[2] 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^[5] and Menzies Aviation,^[6] the latter also offering cargo handling services.

^ ^a ^b Belfast/City – EGAC ^{[dead link]}. Nats-uk.ead-it.com.
^ ^a ^b "Aircraft and passenger traffic data from UK airports". UK Civil Aviation Authority. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ Cite error: The named reference best was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Airlines and Routes". Retrieved 6 June 2021.
^ "Swissport International Ltd. - Network". Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
^ "Menzies Aviation - Network". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.

[aip-1] Belfast/City – EGAC ^{[dead link]}. Nats-uk.ead-it.com.

[stats-2] "Aircraft and passenger traffic data from UK airports". UK Civil Aviation Authority. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[best-3] Cite error: The named reference best was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Airlines_and_Routes-4] "Airlines and Routes". Retrieved 6 June 2021.

[5] "Swissport International Ltd. - Network". Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.

[6] "Menzies Aviation - Network". Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.

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