Belfast (airport)

Belfast International Airport Belfast/Aldergrove Airport
IATA: BFS ICAO: EGAA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	ADC & HAS.
Operator	Belfast International Airport Ltd.
Serves	Belfast, United Kingdom
Location	Aldergrove, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Elevation AMSL	268 ft / 82 m
Coordinates	54°39′27″N 006°12′57″W / 54.65750°N 6.21583°W / 54.65750; -6.21583Coordinates: 54°39′27″N 006°12′57″W / 54.65750°N 6.21583°W / 54.65750; -6.21583
Website	www.belfastairport.com
Map
EGAA Location in Northern Ireland
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 2,780 9,121 Asphalt 17/35 1,891 6,204 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 5,147,546 Passenger change 15-16 17.2% Aircraft Movements 55,155 Movements change 15-16 5.6%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

Passengers	5,147,546
Passenger change 15-16	17.2%
Aircraft Movements	55,155
Movements change 15-16	5.6%

Belfast International Airport (IATA: BFS, ICAO: EGAA) is an airport 11.5 NM (21.3 km; 13.2 mi) northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland. It was formerly known and is still referred to as Aldergrove Airport, after the nearby village of Aldergrove, which lies immediately to the west. Over 5.1 million passengers travelled through the airport in 2016, a 17% increase compared with 2015. Belfast International is the busiest airport in Northern Ireland and the second busiest airport on the island of Ireland in terms of passenger numbers after Dublin Airport and is followed by Belfast-City, Cork and Shannon.

Belfast International has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P798) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. The airfield was previously shared with the Royal Air Force base RAF Aldergrove, which closed in 2008; the base is now known as Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station, Aldergrove and both runways are now owned by the airport. The airport is owned by ADC & HAS, the same company which owns , Orlando Sanford International Airport, Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport and Juan Santamaría International Airport.