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Belfast City BHD Airport Overview

George Best Belfast City Airport BHD is a small airort serving the Irish city of Belfast and is  known to be one of the most environmentally-conscious airports. It takes its responsibility seriously by regulating the four key factors (water, noise, air, and waste) in an effort to keep the surrounding countryside not only habitable, but also lovely.

The Airport is located 5 km from the city center of Belfast, and next to the A2 motorway, Sydenham Bypass road, between the cities of Belfast and Holywood, on the southern shore of Belfast Lough, in Northern Ireland. If approaching Belfast on either the M1 or M2, follow signs to Belfast City leading to the A2 via the M3. 

With one runway and an estimated 2.4 million passengers in 2011, Belfast City Airport is served by a number of low-cost airlines offering direct flights to the British mainland, to Cork and the Isle of Man. Summer & winter charters are also hosted by BHD Airport.

Belfast City Airport has one passenger terminal.   (For detailed terminal information, click on 'Terminal Map'.) 

Parking options at Belfast City Airport: A short-term carpark is minutes from the terminal, and a long-term carpark is only a five-minute walk - or take the shuttle bus. Frequent business travelers have the option of using the Executive carpark (a yearly subscription is necessary).
You can either pay at the paystations inside the terminal and at the short-stay carpark, or you can pay by credit card at entry & exit.
Passenger dropoff/pickup is right next the short-stay carpark with a one-visit-only 10-minute grace period, only to be used once  (thereafter charges apply).
For more parking information call 028 9093 9093.

Rental car counters for major agencies are in the arrivals area of the passenger terminal; the rental car return lot is adjacent to the terminal.

To get from Belfast City Airport to your destination, you can rent a car, take a taxi (approx. 8 pounds to Belfast), or take a train or bus:
1. To the Train Station:  A shuttle bus runs between the Airport terminal and the adjacent railway stop at Sydenham. 
2. Translink trains run every half hour to both Central & Victoria Street Stations, and connect  to the rail networks of  Northern Ireland & the Irish Republic.
3. The Airport Express bus runs every 20 mins from outside the Airport to the Belfast Europa bus center located next to the Europa Hotel in the city center. 
4. Metrobus 3 runs every 20 mins from Sydenham train station to City Hall, a five-min. walk from the terminal to the bus stop.
5. The 'Airporter' coaches, located past the entrance door to the terminal, make multiple daily  runs to the city center and to  Londonderrry (tel +44 2 7126 9996.)



Belfast City BHD Airport Update History

  • Updated BHD Airports page - May 17, 2012
  • Updated BHD Direct Flights page - May 17, 2012
  • Updated BHD Baggage Claim page - Apr 26, 2012
  • Updated BHD Airport Intro page - Mar 19, 2012
  • Updated BHD Main Terminals page - Mar 19, 2012
  • Updated BHD Rental Cars page - Mar 14, 2012
  • Updated BHD Airlines Served page - Feb 7, 2012
  • Updated BHD Food & Stores page - Feb 6, 2012
  • Updated BHD Security page - Jan 8, 2012

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