Live flights over George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 72 departures and 72 arrivals at George Best Belfast City Airport, 72 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Manchester, Greater Manchester (MAN), London (LHR) and Birmingham, West Midlands (BHX). The airline seen most often is Emerald Airlines UK.
Airport data
- IATA code
- BHD
- ICAO code
- EGAC
- City
- Belfast
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Elevation
- 5 m (15 ft)
- Coordinates
- 54.6181, -5.8725
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of George Best Belfast City Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Belfast.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 48 | 48 | 96 |
| Sat 24 | 24 | 24 | 48 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Manchester, Greater Manchester MAN 20 flights
- London LHR 20 flights
- Birmingham, West Midlands BHX 13 flights
- London LGW 12 flights
- Leeds, West Yorkshire LBA 12 flights
- Ingliston, Edinburgh EDI 10 flights
- Glasgow GLA 8 flights
- Southampton SOU 6 flights
- London LCY 6 flights
- Amsterdam AMS Netherlands 6 flights
- Liverpool LPL 5 flights
- Cardiff CWL 4 flights
- Nottingham, Leicestershire EMA 4 flights
- Bristol BRS 2 flights
- Luton, Luton LTN 2 flights
- Aberdeen ABZ 2 flights
4 more connections
- Exeter, Devon EXT 2
- Dublin DUB 2
- Belfast BFS 1
- Inverness, Highland INV 1
Airlines
- Emerald Airlines UKEAG 72
- easyJetEZY 28
- British Airways ShuttleSHT 20
- BA CityFlyerCFE 6
- KLM CityhopperKLC 6
- LoganairLOG 4
- Emerald AirlinesEAI 2
- CatreusVCG 1
Aircraft
- ATR 72-600 AT76 75
- Airbus A319 A319 18
- Airbus A320 A320 16
- Airbus A320neo A20N 12
- Embraer E190 E190 10
- E145 4
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of George Best Belfast City Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/54.6181/lon/-5.8725/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Belfast right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over George Best Belfast City Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Belfast: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of BHD, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from George Best Belfast City Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Emerald Airlines UK, easyJet, British Airways Shuttle, BA CityFlyer and KLM Cityhopper.
What are the main connections from George Best Belfast City Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Manchester, Greater Manchester (MAN, 20), London (LHR, 20), Birmingham, West Midlands (BHX, 13), London (LGW, 12) and Leeds, West Yorkshire (LBA, 12). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Belfast? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for George Best Belfast City Airport? +
George Best Belfast City Airport has IATA code BHD and ICAO code EGAC. It lies in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, at coordinates 54.6181, -5.8725.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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