Belfast has two airports.

George Best Belfast City Airport (IATA: BHD) is just 2 miles from Belfast's city centre, with magnificient views of the city of Belfast or Belfast Lough offered to passengers on approach and departure. The airport principally serves routes to domestic UK and Ireland, however bmi has extensive worldwide connections the Star Alliance Network. Airlines using the airport include:

• Aer Arann to Cork
• bmi to London Heathrow (connections to bmi's international network and the Star Alliance
• Manx 2 to Blackpool and the Isle of Man.
• Euromanx to the Isle of Man.
• flybe to Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Guernsey, Inverness, Jersey, Leeds/Bradford, London Gatwick, Newcastle, Southampton, Manchester and Rennes.
• Ryanair to London (Stansted), Glasgow (Prestwick), Bristol, East Midlands and Liverpool.

The terminal is served every twenty to thirty minutes from 06.00 - 22.00 by the 600 Airport bus (£1.40 single, £2.40 return). Depending on traffic, the journey to Belfast's Laganside and Europa Buscentres should take no more than fifteen minutes. Ask at the airport information desk for a free shuttle ride to the near-by Sydenham railway station for trains towards Bangor, Belfast and Portadown. Considering the airport's proximity to the city, taxis cost less than £10 to most parts of the city and are an economical choice for small groups.

Belfast International Airport (IATA: BFS) is further away from Belfast than City Airport, but offers significantly more international destinations. Continental Airlines has connections available to destinations throughout the Americas and beyond.

• Aer Lingus to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Faro, Lanzarote, London-Heathrow, Malaga, Milan Malpensa, Munich, Nice, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Rome Fiumincino. British Airways codeshare with Aer Lingus to London, and offer international connections from Heathrow.
• Air Transat (seasonal) to Toronto
• bmibaby to Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester and Nottingham East Midlands
• Continental Airlines to New York (Newark)
• Easyjet to Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin Schoenefeld, Bristol, Edinburgh, Faro, Geneva, Glasgow, Ibiza, Krakow, Liverpool John Lennon, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Malaga, Newcastle, Nice, Palma, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rome Ciampino, Venice
• Globespan to Orlando Sanford and Toronto
• Jet2 to Blackpool, Chambery, Dubrovnik, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Jersey, Leeds Bradford, Malaga, Murcia, Palma, Pisa, Tenerife South and Toulouse
• Manx2 to the Isle of Man

The terminal is served up to thirty minutes from 05.35 - 23.20 by the 300 Airport bus (£6 single, £9 return). Depending on traffic, the journey to Belfast's Laganside and Europa Buscentres takes about forty-five minutes. Taxis should cost no more than £25-£30 to Belfast City Centre.

From Dublin

It is also possible to get to Belfast from Dublin Airport 100 miles to the south. Ryanair, Aer Arann and Aer Lingus (the national airline of the Republic of Ireland) serve many international destinations in Europe and North America (including Boston, Los Angeles and New York). Hourly buses link Dublin Airport and the Belfast Europa Buscentre.