Belfast City Airport (George Best)

Sections:

– General information about Belfast City Airport (below)

– Some recent NEWS about Belfast City Airport

– Local community group – Belfast City Airport Watch

– Roof damage and wake vortex due to planes

– Why Northern Ireland needs a regional aviation strategy -A briefing paper from Belfast City Airport Watch (3 pages)

– There is an excellent Video on the Belfast City Airport Watch website, showing what it is like living under a noisy flight path.

General information about Belfast City Airport:

Airport Owner: 3i group, from December 2016. Details Was ABN Amro Global Infrastructure Fund (bought from Grupo Ferrovial SA, in Sept 2008)

Airport Operator: ABN Amro – 3i now?

Airport website: http://www.belfastcityairport.com/

Airport Master Plan:

In January 2005, George Best Belfast City Airport published an Outline Plan up to 2015. During 2005, this Outline Plan was developed into a Draft Master Plan to 2030. Public consultation on the Draft Master Plan closed at the end on 2005, and the final Master Plan was then completed. This document provides an overview of potential development at the airport, and is available here in a downloadable format.

Belfast Ciry Airport Master Plan at

http://www.belfastcityairport.com/getdoc/b4ab44b4-927a-4427-baf3-a39e55119356/BCA-Master-Plan-2005.aspx

Key details of Master Plan:

Passengers – 2005 = 2,217,000

Passengers – 2015 = 2,900,000

Passengers – 2030 = 3,173,000

The forecasts within the Plan are predicated on the assumption that some form of runway re-configuration will take place to accommodate some further charter operations. (lengthening? “starter strips?) Page 20 of master plan.

Airport Consultative Committee:

Belfast City Airport Forum

Dr Chris Lundy, Minutes Secretary,

Belfast City Airport Forum,

Belfast City Airport,

Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT3 9JH

028 9093 9093

028 9093 9094

Click Here

Noise restrictions and noise data, by airport alphabetically, from Boeing

Details on Airports with Noise and Emissions Restrictions

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/noise/list.html

There is a data sheet for each airport with a lot of detail.

Belfast City Airport. Boeing noise data page http://www.boeing.com/commercial/noise/belfast_city.html#apu

Belfast City Airport. Flights and CO2 emissions.

Analysis of flights, routes, and top 10 destinations from Belfast City Airport in 2011. Also carbon emissions.
And passenger growth and numbers over the past 15 years. http://www.awsw.co.uk/allco2/BHD_co2.html

CAA figures: CAA airport statistics

Terminal Passengers

Number of passengers (thousands)

CAA – Terminal Passengers 1998 – 2008

UK Airport Statistics: 2012 – annual (Table 10.3) Terminal Passengers 2002 – 2012

2012 2,246,202 (down – 6.3% on 2011)

2011 2,397 (down – 13% on 2010)

2010 2,740,000 (up + 5% on 2009) link to 2010 data

2009 2,621,996 (up 2% on 2008)

2008 2,570,741 (up 17.5% on 2007)

2007    2,187 thousand
2006    2,106
2005   2,237
2000    1,288
1996    1,360

by comparison, Belfast International airport, in 2009, had 4,536,501 passenger, a fall of – 13.1% on 2008) and a fall of – 12% also in 2010.

Air Transport Movements

Number of ATMs (thousands)

CAA ATM statistics 1998 – 2008

UK Airport Statistics: 2012 – annual (Table 4.2) ATMs 2002 – 2012

2012 35,921 (down – 11.4% on 2011)

2011 40,556 (up 5% on 2010)

2010 39,000 (up +3% on 2009) link to 2010 data

2009 37,676 (down 6.3% on 2008)

2008 40,211 (up 0.7% on 2007)

2007    40 thousand (approx)
2006    37
2005    37
2000    33
1996    35

Air Freight

Freight tonnage

CAA Air Freight statistics 1998 – 2008

UK Airport Statistics: 2012 – annual (Table 13.2) Freight 2002 – 2012

2012 581 ( up + 27% on 2011)

2011 457 (up + 195% on 2010)

2010 155 (up + 12% on 2009) link to 2010 data

2009 138 (down – 18% on 2008)

2008 68 (down – 84% on 2007)

2007    1,057
2006      827
2005      516
2000      820
1996   1,236

Airport Contact Details:
Belfast BT3 9JH Northern Ireland

Tel: 028 9093 9093 Email: info@belfastcityairport.com

Multimap: Map of airport location

Aerial view of airport

Runway: 04/22 1,829 metres 6,001 feet

Proportion of domestic passengers, out of total passengers

CAA statistics, annual figures – comparing Tables 9 and 10.2

2006    97.4%
2007    95.7%
2008    97.3%

Business Aviation: Number of business flights (= private jets)
CAA statistics, annual figures – Table 3.1

2007 286

2008 485

Local community group:

Belfast City Airport Watch is the local group that includes and represents many local community groups and residents’ associations (see list below) in opposing the airport’s expansion plans.
http://www.belfastcityairportwatch.co.uk/

Contact Dr Liz Fawcett Contact

The vortex roof tiles damage issue:

Story from 13th September 2009 Roof damage by low flying aircraft on flight path

Story from 4th August 2010 Belfast City residents’ concerns raised by CAA safety report

Story from 29th June 2010 Politicians to hear Belfast residents’ concerns on plane safety and noise

Story from 19th June 2010 CAA to investigate east Belfast roof tiles incident:

Story from 7th June 2010 Belfast residents call for independent inquiry into yet another roof tiles incident

There is a lot of information about the possible runway extension on the Belfast City Airport Watch website. Belfast City Airport Watch have called on the Environment Minister to immediately insist on a FULL PUBLIC INQUIRY.

Recent monthly passenger data CAA airport statistics

(Terminal and Transit passengers, compared to the same month a year earlier)

Oct 2011

Sept 2011

Aug 2011

July 2011      220,481      – 19.8%
Jun 2011       210,920      – 19.6%
May 2011    207,540       – 9.5%

Apr 2011 217,140 + 10.8%

Mar 2011 210,719 – 17.1%

Feb 2011 185,571 – 15%

Jan 2011 174,238 – 8%

All of 2010 2,740,305 + 4.5%

Dec 2010 147,045 – 32.9% (snow)

Nov 2010 179,287 – 21.7%

Oct 2010     261,935        + 8.1%
Sep 2010     250,847        + 13.2%
Aug 2010       277,736        +15.4%

July 2010 274,946 + 12%

June 2010 262,670 +16.9 %

May 2010 229,429 + 3.5%

April 2010 196,039 – 10.5% (ash cloud closed airspace for 6 days)

Mar 2010 256,708 + 22.7%

Feb 2010 218,380 + 22.5%

Jan 2010 188,595 + 10.4%

Wikipedia page on Belfast City Airport: Wikipedia

Airlines and destinations (off Wikipedia)

Aer Arann (Cork)
bmi (London-Heathrow)
Flybe (Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow-International, Inverness, Jersey, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle, Rennes, Southampton)
operated by Loganair (Dundee)
Manx2 (Blackpool, Isle of Man)
Ryanair (East Midlands, Glasgow-Prestwick, Liverpool, London-Stansted)

Noise complaints:

http://www.belfastcityairport.com/template1.asp?pid=19&parent=14

Website says: “Our policy is to respond to all complaints where the complainant has provided us with an address. Please Click Here to submit a complaint.

Alternatively you may lodge a complaint by telephone by ringing 028 9093 5020 – this is a dedicated Noise Telephone Complaint service where your message will be recorded.”

Some recent news about Belfast City Airport:

News stories about the airport can be found at the UK Airport News website

see also Some Belfast City Airport News