# George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)

> Belfast, GB · IATA: BHD · ICAO: EGAC · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BHD` |
| ICAO | `EGAC` |
| City | Belfast |
| Country | GB |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 5 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 54.61810, -5.87250 |

## Description

Aer Lingus Regional is the largest operator at George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD/EGAC) with 362,100 departure seats in summer 2026, some 38 percent of an airport that handled about 2.39 million passengers in 2024. Freight is limited to what fits in the holds of narrowbody aircraft: no dedicated cargo terminal or scheduled freighter operation is confirmed at BHD, and the 1,829 m (6,001 ft) runway is not being extended. easyJet has grown into the second-largest carrier and adds a link to London Southend, while more than 95 percent of scheduled capacity stays on UK domestic routes. Northern Ireland's air cargo runs instead through Belfast International (BFS), around 30 km to the north-west, where DHL, UPS and Royal Mail operations are based; Dublin (DUB), some 170 km south on the M1, is the usual second option for intercontinental freight. Goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland follow their own post-Brexit declaration regime, so forwarders clear consignments at the cargo sites rather than at the city terminal. The final Master Plan 2040, published in March 2026, sets out roughly GBP 200 million for an extended terminal, new security and baggage systems and 21 aircraft stands, aiming at seven million passengers.

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