George Best Belfast City Airport
Belfast City Airport, formally George Best Belfast City Airport, is an international airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Situated in County Down, it is adjacent to the Belfast Harbour and is three miles from Belfast City Centre.Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Also known as: “Belfast City (George Best)”, “Belfast City Airport”, “BHD”, and “EGAC”
- Address: Belfast, BT3 9JH
Photo: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Oval and Sydenham railway station.
The Oval
Pitch
The Oval is a football stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which has been home to Glentoran F.C. since 1892. In 1941, the stadium was severely damaged by aerial bombing during the Belfast blitz of World War II and was unusable until 1949.
Sydenham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wilson Adams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sydenham railway station is located in the townland of Ballymisert in east Belfast, and is within walking distance of Belfast City Airport and Victoria Park. The station is unstaffed, and was opened on 1 November 1851.
HMS Caroline
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS Caroline 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holywood and Titanic Quarter.
Holywood
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holywood is a town five miles northeast of Belfast. It's historically in County Down, but since 2015 has been governed as part of Ards and North Down District, along with Bangor and Newtownards.
Titanic Quarter
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Titanic Quarter in Queen's Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 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 centered on land in Belfast Harbour, known until 1995 exclusively as Queen's Island, and initially, Dargan's Island.
Clarawood
Suburb
Photo: Clarawood123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Clarawood is a housing estate in Belfast, 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.
George Best Belfast City Airport
- Categories: international airport, airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.62022° or 54° 37′ 13″ northLongitude
-5.86996° or 5° 52′ 12″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Operator
Belfast City AirportNamed after
George BestIATA airport code
BHDICAO airport code
EGACUnited Nations Location Code
GB BHDOpen location code
9C6PJ4CJ+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 1494033059OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
6296570Wikidata 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”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи шаҳрии Ҷурҷ Бест Белфост”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи шаҳрт Ҷурҷ бест Белфост”
- 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 Knocknagoney and Sydenham.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tillysburn Park and Belfast City Airport.
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