George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)

I regularly use Belfast City Airport and on the whole it's a very good airport. The airport is sometimes referred to as the harbour airport because of its close proximity to the harbour. However it's now known as the George Best City Airport after the late George Best who was a football player. Location It's located about 20 mins from Belfast City Centre and a taxi will cost around 7-10 pounds depending on traffic. There is a bus connection but I have never tried it. I believe it's in the region of £3 though. The airport is also located quite close to Sydenham railway station. However this is not ideal as to get to it you need to walk along the side ...  Read the complete review

I remain open to correction, but I believe Belfast City Airport can probably claim to be one of the only airports in the world to be named after a wife beater. I'd add the word "alcoholic" but then there are more than a few airports named after famous politicians who appreciated too much of the grain or the grape... I digress. Belfast City Airport (IATA code: BHD), not to be confused with Belfast International Airport (IATA code: BFS) is Belfast's most convenient airport. It's just a ten minute drive (never more than thirty, even in the worst rush hours) from the city centre and has excellent public transport connections, more of which ...  Read the complete review

Name: "George Best" Belfast City Airport Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland; 20 minutes by bus from the city centre Number of Flights: 3000 and 183,000 passengers a month Year of Operation: since 1952 Website: www.belfastcityairport.com FORMERLY known as Belfast City Airport, the airport is renamed on 22 May 2006 in tribute to the Irish legendary footballer, George Best who passed away early this year. My first encounter with the airport was last year during my first travel to Northern Ireland from a connecting flight in Heathrow to Belfast by bmi (www.flybmi.com) carrier, one of the major clients of the airport since ...  Read the complete review

Due to the redesign of the terminal building and parking, and with a new entrance, they have effectively moved the entire airport 200 yards down the road. Parking is on the whole very easy, if a little expensive. once you are inside the main building you find a neat, clean layout. the check-in is to the right, with a lone newsstand for your papers. the design is simple, yet effective, and it is this that i like about it. I prefer this to the International. I feel there is a warm, friendly atmosphere about the place most of the time, and plus, it is only a few miles down the road from my home town of Holywood. (If you are lucky and approach over Belfast Lough as opposed ...  Read the complete review

I use Belfast City Airport weekly and I am continually disappointed about the lack of thought that has gone into the ?new? terminal. OK so the L/S and S/S car parks are a we bit better, but the train station is now about a mile?s walk away, the car park monitors have some ridiculous scheme about drop off and pick up points, (drop off at left side of the road and pick up on the right), which causes mass confusion. Didn?t the developers think more about the amount of cars dropping and picking people up or is it a ploy to make you pay the extortionate car park charges? The entrance and exit from the airport also leaves something to be desired on to the Belfast-Bangor ...  Read the complete review