Belfast City Airport

George Best Belfast City Airport (IATA: BHD, ICAO: EGAC) is a single-runway airport in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland next to the Port of Belfast^[1] it is 3 mi (5 km) from Belfast City Centre. It shares the site with the Short Brothers/Bombardier aircraft making area. The airport began commercial operations in 1983.

George Best Belfast City Airport Belfast City Airport
IATA: BHD ICAO: EGAC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	ABN Amro
Operator	Belfast City Airport Ltd.
Serves	Belfast
Location	Port of Belfast
Elevation AMSL	15 ft / 5 m
Website	www.belfastcityairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 6,001 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers 2,397,312 Passenger change 10-11 12.5% Aircraft Movements 41,844 Movements change 10-11 3.8%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1] Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2]

The airport was known as "Belfast City Airport" until it was renamed in 2006 in memory of George Best, the professional footballer from Belfast, best known for his time with Manchester United.

The airport gets over 2.7 million passengers in 2010, a record total for the airport, though the total fell by 12.5% to 2.4 million in 2011.^[2]

The airport is a major base for Flybe, which began services at the airport in 1993 and is now the largest operator at Belfast City.

Belfast City has a CAA public use aerodrome licence (number P862) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.

References

1. Belfast/City – EGAC
2. CAA: UK Annual Airport Statistics