Northern Ireland
County Antrim
Belfast

George Best Belfast City Airport

Belfast City Airport, formally George Best Belfast City Airport, is an international airport in , Northern Ireland. Situated in , it is adjacent to the Belfast Harbour and is three miles from .
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  • Type: Airport
  • Description: airport in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
  • Also known as: “Belfast City (George Best)”, “Belfast City Airport”, “BHD”, and “EGAC”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sydenham railway station and HMS Caroline.

Railway station
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is located in the townland of Ballymisert in east , and is within walking distance of Belfast City Airport and Victoria Park. The station is unstaffed, and was opened on 1 November 1851.

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is a decommissioned C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that was the lead ship of her sub-class. Completed in 1914, she saw combat service during the First World War and served as an administrative centre in the Second World War.

Movie theater
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The Strand Arts Centre, also known as is an independent four-screen cinema in Strandtown on Holywood Road in , . It is one of the two remaining independent cinemas in Belfast, alongside the Queen's Film Theatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Titanic Quarter and Holywood.

Quarter
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in , , is a large-scale waterfront regeneration, comprising historic maritime landmarks, film studios, education facilities, apartments, a riverside entertainment district, and the world's largest Titanic-themed attraction centred on land in Belfast Harbour, known until 1995 as Queen's Island, and initially, Dargan's Island. is situated 2 miles southwest of George Best Belfast City Airport.

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is a town five miles northeast of Belfast in Northern Ireland. It's historically in , but since 2015 has been part of Ards and North Down District, along with Bangor and Newtownards.

Suburb
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is a housing estate in , Northern Ireland. It is located in the east of the city and incorporates the neighbouring Richhill development. Its name is probably derived from An Chlárach. It is located off Knock Road. is situated 2 miles south of George Best Belfast City Airport.

George Best Belfast City Airport

Latitude
54.61806° or 54° 37′ 5″ north
Longitude
-5.8725° or 5° 52′ 21″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
IATA airport code
BHD
ICAO airport code
EGAC
United Nations Location Code
GB BHD
Open location code
9C6PJ49G+6X
Geo­Names ID
6296570
Wiki­data ID
Q8987
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“George Best Belfast City Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار مدينة جورج بست بلفاست”
  • Basque: “George Best Belfast City aireportua”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de la Ciutat de Belfast”
  • Cebuano: “George Best Belfast City Airport”
  • Chinese: “乔治·贝斯特贝尔法斯特城市机场”
  • Chinese: “貝爾法斯特城市機場”
  • Dutch: “George Best Belfast City Airport”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار مدينه جورج بسانت بلفاست”
  • Finnish: “George Best Belfast Cityn lentoasema”
  • French: “aérodrome de Royaume Uni”
  • French: “Aéroport de Belfast-George Best”
  • French: “aéroport George Best de Belfast”
  • French: “BELFAST CITY (GEORGE BEST)”
  • French: “BHD”
  • French: “EGAC”
  • German: “Belfast City Airport”
  • German: “EGAC”
  • German: “George Best Belfast City Airport”
  • German: “RAF Nutts Corner”
  • Hungarian: “George Best Belfast City repülőtér”
  • Irish: “Aerfort Chathair Bhéal Feirste George Best”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Belfast-Città”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Belfast-City”
  • Japanese: “ジョージ・ベスト・ベルファスト・シティ空港”
  • Korean: “조지 베스트 벨파스트 시티 공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Belfast City”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “George Best Belfast City Airport”
  • Persian: “BHD”
  • Persian: “EGAC”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه شهری جورج بست بلفاست”
  • Piemontese: “George Best Belfast City Airport”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Belfast-City George Best”
  • Pushto: “جارج بیسٹ بیلفاسٹ سٹی ایئرپورٹ”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Belfast George Best”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul George Best Belfast City”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Белфаст-Сити имени Джорджа Беста”
  • Slovenian: “Belfast City Airport”
  • Slovenian: “BHD”
  • Slovenian: “EGAC”
  • Slovenian: “George Best Belfast City Airport”
  • Slovenian: “Mestno letališče Georga Besta v Belfastu”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de la Ciudad de Belfast George Best”
  • Swedish: “George Best Belfast City Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи шаҳре ҷурҷ баст блфост”
  • Turkish: “George Best Belfast City Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Белфаст-Сіті”
  • Urdu: “جارج بیسٹ بیلفاسٹ سٹی ایئرپورٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay George Best Belfast City”
  • Yue Chinese: “貝爾法斯特城市機場”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sydenham and Queens Island.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Musgrave Channel and Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve.

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