BFS - Belfast

Belfast (International) is the main airport for Northern Ireland. Its single terminal had 6 million passengers in 2023. Its website can be found at www.belfastairport.com

Parking

Belfast has a few choices for parking - Premium (two to three minute walk to the terminal), main car park (two to three minutes walk to the terminal), long stay (up to ten minutes walk to the terminal), short stay (one to two minutes walk to the terminal), park and fly (three minutes by shuttle to the terminal).

There is an online booking resource www.belfastairport.com/car-parking

Drop Off

The Belfast drop off is adjacent to the terminal and is £3 for ten minutes, £5 for up to twenty minutes and £10 for up to an hour.  Cars cannot be left unattended so you should use short stay parking if wanting to go into the terminal with a passenger.

Security

Security details at Belfast can be found here www.belfastairport.com/more/security Belfast offers a fast track for £5 in advance.

Restaurants and Bars

There are a number of restaurants on offer at Belfast. 

The Lagan Bar, Burger King, Caffe Ritazza, Sip & Stone, Starbucks, Fed & Watered, Northern Quarter Bar, Northern QTR Barista, Hawker Asian Street Food​

Shops

Belfast has a number of shops in the terminal.  You can find out more about each store here www.belfastairport.com/shop-eat/shopping

Aelia Duty Free, Discover Belfast, JD Sports, Boots, WH Smith, BPERFECT

Lounges

Causeway, 0500-2000 (0500-1800 Saturday), self-serve buffet and bar, £30

Assistance

Belfast recommends travellers contact their tour operator, travel agent or airline at least 48 hours prior to departure so that your details can be passed to the Assistance team.  You can find some very detailed information via the following link.

Assistance - www.belfastairport.com/special-assistance

Hotels

There is one on-site hotel

Maldron Hotel - two minutes walk to the terminal

For more on hotels near the airport click the image below.

Shuttles There are no shuttles at the airport.

Immigration

For all international travellers you should check entry requirements on the official government site.  In this case it is www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration and you will find details on the ETA scheme there too.

Reclaim

Just follow the signs after immigration and you will come to the baggage reclaim area.  There are boards that you should check for your flight number, and that will indicate which carousel you need to attend.  There are trolleys available in the area.

Customs

There are two channels - green (nothing to declare) and red (items to declare). 

Just like immigration you should only rely on the official government information regarding what you can bring into the UK. www.gov.uk/bringing-goods-into-uk-personal-use

Taxis

Belfast Airport Taxis are the official taxi provider for the airport.  They can be found by using the right side door from the Exit Lobby of the terminal.  A taxi share scheme is in place too.

Buses and Coaches

There are limited bus and coach options

Airport Express 300 - every fifteen minutes at peak times, £8.50 single (city centre) £5.70 single (Templepatrick).  It takes about thirty to forty minutes to the city centre.

Ulsterbus 109A - for Lisburn rail station and Antrim bus centre.  Rail users can purchase an add on ticket for £2.

705X Aircoach - heads to Derry and (in the other direction) Dublin, thirteen coaches per day.  Departures are from behind the taxi rank.

Rail and Trams

There is no direct train to the airport.  Nearest stations are at Antrim and Lisburn.

For any rail bookings, we recommend Trainline. Just click the logo below.

Routes

Belfast has a range of routes available.  They don't have an overarching list so this is compiled from various sources.

Alicante, Amsterdam, Antalya, Barcelona, Birmingham, Bordeaux, Bristol, Budapest, Cardiff, Corfu, Crete, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gdansk, Geneva, Girona, Glasgow, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Ibiza, Isle of Man, Jersey, Kos, Krakow, Lanzarote, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, London (Gatwick, Luton, Stansted), Lyon, Majorca Palma, Malaga, Manchester, Menorca Mahon, Milan, Newcastle, Nice, Nottingham, Orlando, Paphos, Paris Beauvais, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Porto, Prague, Reus, Reykjavik, Rhodes, Salzburg, Southampton, Tenerife, Turin, Valencia, Verona, Zakynthos, Zante

Maps

No map available.

Meeting Points

There are no designated meeting points. 

Terminal Transfers

Not applicable.

Car Hire

There are five companies at Belfast.

Avis, Budget, Enterprise/National/Alamo, Europcar, Hertz

These can be found in the arrivals hall and booking is done directly.