Belfast International Airport
Belfast International Airport (
Irish: Aerfort Idirnáisiúnta Bhéal Feirste) is an
airport located some 21 kilometres (13 miles) northwest of
Belfast in
Northern Ireland. It is also known as
Aldergrove, after the village of that name lying immediately to the west of the airport. Belfast International shares its
runways with the
Royal Air Force base
RAF Aldergrove, which otherwise has its own facilities. Over 5 million passengers (2.1% of passengers at all UK airports) travelled through the airport in 2006 (a 1.7 million/54.1% increase over 2000). Belfast International is the 11th busiest airport in the UK in terms of passenger numbers and it is the busiest airport in Northern Ireland. It is also the second busiest airport in all Ireland (after
Dublin Airport's 21.1 million passengers). BIA serves 47 scheduled destinations with 15 domestic services and 32 European and transatlantic services. Belfast International Airport transatlantic flights include Newark, Orlando (with two airlines), Toronto (with two airlines), Vancouver and Halifax. Airlines Such as Easyjet, Aer Lingus, Jet2,First Choice and Mytravel Airways all base aircraft at the airport. There are chartered flights to Africa, Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, the USA and many European destinations.The airport is owned by the same company (TBI) which owns -
London Luton,
Cardiff International Airport and
Orlando Sanford Airport.
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Aéroport international de Belfast
Flughafen Belfast
Aeroporto di Belfast
L'Aeroporto Internazionale di Belfast è un
aeroporto localizzato a circa 24
chilometri (15
miglia) a
ovest di
Belfast in
Irlanda del Nord. Il Belfast Airport è conosciuto anche come Aldergrove, dal nome del villaggio situato nelle immediate vicinanze. Il traffico di passeggeri dell'aeroporto ammonta a oltre 4,82 milioni (il 2,1
ei passeggeri di tutti gli aeroporti del
Regno Unito) nel 2005 (aumentato del 54,1% rispetto ai 1,7 milioni del 2000). Il Belfast International è al 12° posto tra quelli del Regno Unito e primo dell'Irlanda del Nord.
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Belfast International Airport
Belfast International Airport is een
luchthaven bij de
Noord-Ierse hoofdstad
Belfast. Het heeft de code BFS. De luchthaven ligt ongeveer 20 km ten noordwesten van Belfast en wordt ook wel Aldergrove genoemd, naar het nabijgelegen dorp Aldergrove. Belfast International Airport deelt zijn
landingsbanen met de militaire luchtbasis RAF Aldergrove; de rest van de infrastructuur is gescheiden.
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