Belfast Flights & Airports

Belfast City Airport

This airport which is also known as George Best Belfast City Airport is remarkably close to the heart of the city. It is a five minute drive by car, bus or taxi to the city centre and has Sydenham train station nearby (although not as close as you would like if you have heavy luggage).

Carriers at the airport include British Airways, Aer Lingus, easyJet as well as KLM, Loganair and Lufthansa. For flights to and from Belfast with these carriers you can go direct to their websites.

Flight Destinations from Belfast City Airport

British Airways operate return flights from Belfast to:

London Heathrow Airport

London City Airport

For further flight information or to book a flight contact BA via their website ba.com or telephone 0344 493 0787.

Aer Lingus Regional operate return flights from Belfast to:

Birmingham Airport

Cardiff Airport

East Midlands Airport

Edinburgh Airport

Exeter Airport

Glasgow Airport

Jersey Airport

Ronaldsway Airport on the Isle of Man

Leeds Bradford Airport

Manchester Airport

Newcastle International Airport

Cornwall Airport Newquay

Southampton Airport

For further flight information or to book a flight contact Aer Lingus via their website aerlingus.com or telephone 0333 006 6920.

easyJet operate return flights from Belfast to:

Bristol Airport

Glasgow Airport

Liverpool John Lennon Airport

London Gatwick Airport

London Luton Airport

Manchester Airport

For further flight information or to book a flight contact easyJet via their website easyjet.com or telephone 0330 551 5151.

KLM operate return flights from Belfast to:

Schiphol Amsterdam Airport

For further flight information or to book a flight contact KLM via their website klm.co.uk or telephone 020 7660 0293.

Loganair operate return flights from Belfast to:

Aberdeen International Airport

Dundee Airport

Inverness Airport

For further flight information or to book a flight contact Loganair via their website loganair.co.uk or telephone 0344 800 2855.

Lufthansa operate return flights from Belfast to:

Frankfurt International Airport

For further flight information or to book a flight contact Lufthansa via their website lufthansa.com or telephone 0371 945 9747 .

Other operators at the airport include:

Royal Caribbean

Top Flight for School

Travel Solutions

TUI

Travelling to the Airport - Bus, Road or Rail

Using The Bus

Use on the many bus or rail services available to you to make your way into the city centre. Whether you travel by rail, Ulster Bus, Metro Bus Services or the Glider, once in the city centre it not far for you to make your way to the Europa bus station. The bus service you require is the:

Airport Express 600 Service

This bus service to and from the airport can be boarded at the designated stand at the Europa bus station if you're going to the airport or in front of the terminal building if you have just arrived in Belfast and are exiting the airport.

This bus service is available every 30 minutes (peak time) and only takes about 10 minutes into the city despite peak time traffic. For off-peak timetable information please contact Translink's website.

Whilst tickets for this bus service are available onboard, should you wish to plan your journey in advance you can also purchase tickets (using cash or contactless) from the bus station, the Visit Belfast desk on the airport's main concourse or from the ticket machine at the bus shelter outside the airport.

Using The Train

The closest railway station to the aiport is called Sydenham, which provides services to and Bangor and to and from Belfast. Northern Ireland Railways, which is part of Translink operate the service and you can visit their website for onward journey planning by rail or bus.

The disadvantage of travelling by rail is that the train station was closer to Belfast City Airport's old terminal building that the current terminal building which is a problem if you have heavy luggage but if you are travelling to the airport them Sydenham station is you stop. Then simply follow the signs across the footbridge, up the Sydenham Bypass to the terminal.

If you have just arrived in Belfast then it's the reverse for you, exit the terminl building, follow the signs down the Sydenham Bypass, cross the footbridge where you can then avail of service either towards Holywood and Bangor or towards Belfast two main stations. The first station was previously called Belfast Central station but has now been rebranded Lanyon Place railway station. This station is not as central as its name claimed and although it is close for some offices and for facilities such as Saint George's Market it requires a bus ride if you have a disability or luggage. The second station is called Great Victoria Street station. This station is currently part of plan to create a new transport hub, this new facility will evetually be named Belfast Grand Central Station.

It should be noted that a courtesy bus is available free of charge to and from the station and the terminal building. This can be requested from the bus and coach stop to the left as you exit the terminal building but how you request it if you're at the station and need a ride to the terminal, I don't know, but if you do let us know and we'll update this article!

Arriving By Road

The airport has various parking options they include:

The airport operates an 'Express Drop Off and Pick Up' area for a minimum premium of £3 much to an annoyance of many passengers. Express Drop Off and Pick Up Charges at the time of writing this article are:

Up to 10 minutes - £3.00

Between 10 to 20 minutes - £6.00

Between 20 to 45 minutes - £18.00

Between 45 to 60 minutes - £24.00

From 60 minutes through 1 day - £47.50

If you wish to drop off or pick up for FREE the airport does provide an area further away in its long term carpark. You are time limited to a maximum of ten minutes before car park charges start to apply. You simply take a ticket when you enter the car park, then re-insert the ticket at the exit barrier within 10 minutes to avoid being charged. To avoid abuse of this free grace period should you leave the Long term car park and return within a 15 minute period you will automatically incurr a minimum charge of £4.

If you expecting to visit the airport for a short period of time then there is always the short term car park where charges start from £3.50 for up to 60 minutes.

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Belfast International Airport

This airport which for many years was seen as Belfast's main airport is approxiately thirty minutes drive by car, bus or taxi from Belfast City Centre.

Carriers at the airport include easyJet, Jet2, RyanAir and TUI. For flights to and from Belfast with these carriers you can go direct to their websites.

Flight Destinations from Belfast International Airport

easyJet operate return flights from Belfast to:

Alicante, Amsterdam, Antalya, Barcelona, Birmingham, Bordeaux, Bristol, Corfu, Dalaman, Edinburgh, Faro, Geneva, Glasgow, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Isle of Man, Jersey, Krakow, Lanzarote, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, London (Gatwick, Luton, Stansted), Lyon, Majorca Palma, Malaga, Manchester, Menorca Mahon, Newcastle, Nice, Paris, Rhodes, Southampton (CDG), Tenerife.

For further flight information or to book a flight contact easyJet via their website easyjet.com or telephone 0330 551 5151.

Jet2 operate return flights from Belfast to:

Alicante, Antalya, Crete, Dalaman (Turkey), Dubrovnik (Croatia), Faro (Algarve), Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Majorca (Palma), Malaga, Menorca, Paphos (Cyprus), Prague, Reus (Costa Dorada), Reykjavik, Rhodes, Salzburg, Tenerife, Verona, Zante.

For further flight information or to book a flight contact jet2 via their website jet2.com or telephone 0333 300 0042.

Ryanair operate return flights from Belfast to:

Alicante, Barcelona Girona, Budapest, Cardiff, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Faro, Gdansk, Krakow, London Stansted, Malaga, Manchester, Milan Bergamo, Paris Beauvais, Palma, Valencia

For further flight information or to book a flight contact RyanAir via their website ryanair.com, there are no telephone numbers available to you before logging onto their website.

TUI operate return flights from Belfast to:

Crete, Corfu, Kos, Rhodes, Lanzarote, Malaga,Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Reus, Tenerife South, Dalaman, Orlando.

For further flight information or to book a flight contact TUI via their website tui.co.uk or telephone 020 3451 2688.

How to get to Belfast International Airport

Unfortunately, the International Airport has no rail link so your options are really limited to the road. We'll take a look at available bus services and the routes you could use by car or taxi.

The good news is that Translink which provides bus services in Northern Ireland, provides regular services to Belfast City Centre as well as other destinations such as Lisburn City.

Belfast International Airport - By Bus

If you are travelling to the airport, the bus you need is the 'Airport Express 300' which you can catch at its desinated stand in the Europa bus station.

If you are arriving into Belfast International you can board the 'Airport Express 300' bus just outside the main terminal building.

This designated bus service operates to and from the airport 7 days a week and every 15 minutes during peak times Monday to Friday. It's timetable is designed to accomodate the airport's schedule and get you to your checkin on time.

Check out the translink via this link http://journeyplanner.translink.co.uk/mobile/TTB/20230927-105919/nir/13300AHy20_TP.pdf

Tickets for the Airport Express 300 can be purchased onboard but if you wish to plan ahead you can purchase advance tickets from the bus station in Belfast, the tourist information desk in the arrivals hall in the terminal building or via your Smartphone.

At the time of writing this article a single journey ticket on this service to Belfast or from Belfast International Airport is £8.50. A return journey ticket works out better value at £12.50 but the return has to be used within 1 month.

A typical journey time is between 30 to 40 minutes but this can always be impacted by the unexpected or by traffic so you should allow plenty of time to ensure you are not late for check in.

Belfast International Airport - By Road

The airport sits about 18 miles from Belfast City Centre and is well connected by road. Simply take the M2 motorway northbound and exit at Junction 5 then follow the A57 (and the road signs) for the remaining 7 miles until you arrive at the airport.

If you decide to use you SatNav simply enter the airport's postcode BT29 4AB.

DROP-OFF ZONE

The Drop Off Zone is located at the front of the terminal, there are two accessible waiting areas reserved for PRMs. There is a shelter beside each waiting area and an Assistance Point in each shelter. Press the green button to request assistance.

There are Help Buttons at each exit of the Drop Off Zone. Please press to contact Car Park staff. A minimum charge of £3 is applied for use of the Drop Off Zone.

Parking at Belfast International

The airport's short stay car park, which has a drop of zone charge's a minimum £3 charge and is located beyond the drop off zone situated just in front of the terminal building. The drop off zone in front of the terminal building also attracts a minimum £3, so choose wisely! The airport facilitates 'Blue Badge' holders free access to the short term car park for up to 30 minutes for the purpose of picking up or dropping off but you have to get your ticket validated by the car park office or by calling a member of the car parking team to the exit barrier - not exactly ideal! For passengers wishing to leave their vehicles whilst away there is always the airport's long stay car Park.

Like most airport's there are various parking options, most of which if you choose wrongly can be an expensive mistake - so plan and select the best option of you.