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Belfast International Airport (IATA: BFS, ICAO: EGAA) is an international airport 11.5 NM (21.3 km; 13.2 mi) [2] northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland, and is the main airport for the city of Belfast. Until 1983, it was known as Aldergrove Airport, after the nearby village of Aldergrove, County Antrim.
George Best Belfast City Airport, serving Belfast, Northern Ireland, a smaller airport closer to Belfast City Centre Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about airports with the same or similar names.
A flight information display system (FIDS) is a computer system used in airports to display flight information to passengers, in which a computer system controls mechanical or electronic display boards or monitors in order to display arriving and departing flight information in real-time. The displays are located inside or around an airport ...
Passengers travelling to Northern Ireland have been making their way home for Christmas despite disruption. Stena Line has added an extra sailing, at 23:30 GMT, from both Belfast and Cairnryan on ...
The city has two airports: The Belfast International Airport offers domestic, European and transatlantic flights and is located north of the city, near Lough Neagh while the George Best Belfast City Airport is closer to the city centre, adjacent to Belfast Lough. In 2005, Belfast International Airport was the 11th busiest commercial airport in ...
The airport began commercial operations in 1983, and was known as "Belfast City Airport" until it was renamed in 2006 in memory of George Best, the professional footballer from Belfast. [3] The airport has a CAA public use aerodrome licence (number P862) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
Map of Belfast International Airport. The outside air temperature was 16 °C (61 °F), but the operating crew entered incorrect figures (variously −47 °C (−53 °F) and −52 °C (−62 °F)) for the airport outside air temperature, into the flight management computer, resulting in miscalculation of the required N 1, the engine fan speed (low-pressure compressor speed) required on the take ...
Known for: Infrastructure systems, water resource systems, adaptation to climate change, flood and coastal risk analysis Awards: Prince Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (2018), Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2010), Institution of Civil Engineers' Robert Alfred Carr Prize (2004), Institution of Civil Engineers' George Stephenson Medal (2001), Institution of Civil Engineers ...