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Belfast International Airport

Belfast, United Kingdom

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ICAO

EGAA

Elevation

268 ft

The gateway in a glance

The Essence of Belfast International Airport

BFS

Location

Belfast · NIR · United Kingdom

Connectivity

36 routes · 29 destinations

Position

54.658°, -6.216° · 268 ft elev.

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Northern Ireland's busiest international gateway airport.

Opened

1918

Location

Belfast, United Kingdom

Belfast International Airport (BFS/EGAA) is the largest airport in Northern Ireland and serves as a major hub for both leisure and business travel. Located approximately 18 miles northwest of Belfast city centre near Aldergrove, it handles several million passengers annually and offers connections to destinations across Europe and beyond. The airport has a long aviation history, having originated as RAF Aldergrove, a military airfield that dates back to World War I. It transitioned to civilian use and was developed into a full-scale commercial airport over subsequent decades. Belfast International competes with the smaller George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) for passengers in the region, but holds the advantage of handling a wider range of aircraft types and longer-haul routes due to its larger runway infrastructure.

Terminals

The airport operates a single integrated terminal building handling all passenger departures and arrivals.

Getting to & from

Ground transport options include direct bus services such as the Airport Express 300 coach linking the airport to Belfast city centre, as well as taxis and private car hire.

Airlines here

Major carriers include Ryanair, which operates a significant base here, along with easyJet, Jet2, TUI Airways, and Aer Lingus serving key European and transatlantic routes.

Notable facts

›Originally established as RAF Aldergrove during World War I, the site has over a century of aviation history.
›It is the busiest airport on the island of Ireland by runway movements at certain periods.
›The airport is located in County Antrim, approximately 18 miles northwest of Belfast.
›Ryanair has long maintained one of its largest UK bases of operations at Belfast International.
›The airport can handle wide-body aircraft, enabling transatlantic and long-haul charter services.

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Route map (28 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

United Feeder Service

United Airlines

Routes

BFS → EWRLH · 752

BFS → TFSLS · 733

BFS → FAOLS · 733

BFS → MJVLS · 733

BFS → REULS · 733

BFS → ACELS · 733

BFS → PMILS · 733

BFS → AGPLS · 733

BFS → ALCLS · 733

BFS → DBVLS · 733

BFS → NBETCX · 321

BFS → LCATCX · 321

BFS → TFSTCX · 321

BFS → DLMTCX · 321

BFS → PMITCX · 321

BFS → FAOU2 · 319

BFS → LTNU2 · 319 320

BFS → AGPU2 · 319

BFS → BHXU2 · 319

BFS → GLAU2 · 319 320

BFS → LGWU2 · 319

BFS → MANU2 · 319

BFS → MLAU2 · 319

BFS → ALCU2 · 319

BFS → AMSU2 · 319

BFS → BCNU2 · 319

BFS → BRSU2 · 319

BFS → CDGU2 · 319

BFS → EDIU2 · 319 320

BFS → KRKU2 · 319

BFS → NCEU2 · 319

BFS → STNU2 · 319 320

BFS → LPLU2 · 320 319

BFS → PMIU2 · 319

BFS → NCLU2 · 319 320

BFS → EWRUA · 752

Aircraft operating here

Airbus A31920 routes Boeing 737-3009 routes Airbus A3206 routes Airbus A3215 routes Boeing 757-2002 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Belfast International Airport is an international airport 11.5 NM northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland, and is the main airport for the city of Belfast. Until 1983, it was known as Aldergrove Airport, after the nearby village of Aldergrove, County Antrim. In 2024, over 6.7 million passengers travelled through the airport, a 13.0% increase compared with 2023, and the highest number in the airport's history. The majority of flights from Belfast International are operated by easyJet, Northern Ireland's biggest airline. It features flights to some European metropolitan and several leisure destinations.

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