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Belfast International Airport

airport in Northern Ireland
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Summary

Belfast International Airport is an international airport[1]. It draws 2,479 Wikipedia views per month (international airport category, ranking #182 of 1,156).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Aldergrove[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: airport[5], commercial traffic aerodrome[6]
  • Owned by: TBI plc[7], Vinci Airports[8]
  • Named after: Belfast[9]
  • IATA airport code: BFS[10]
  • ICAO airport code: EGAA[11]
  • Commons category: Belfast International Airport[12]
  • Runway: 07/25[13], 17/35[14]
  • Coordinate location: 54.6575, -6.215833[15]
  • Official website: https://www.belfastairport.com/[16]
  • Place served by transport hub: Belfast[17]
  • Date of official opening: 1921[18]
  • Different from: George Best Belfast City Airport[19]
  • Elevation above sea level: 268[20]
  • Aerodrome reference point: 54.6575, -6.21583[21]
  • Patronage: 1,225,209[22], 1,184,417[23], 1,081,651[24], 1,039,387[25], 1,176,317[26], 1,411,125[27], 1,477,549[28], 1,409,908[29], 1,448,515[30], 1,397,795[31], 1,587,573[32], 1,656,059[33], 1,860,801[34], 2,123,619[35]

Why It Matters

Belfast International Airport has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Related Entities

Belfast United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Official website → https://www.belfastairport.com/
    Different from → George Best Belfast City Airport
    Located in time zone → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Airport", "EGAA"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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