Belfast City Airport

Belfast city airport far exceeds the limitations of it's more substantial neighbour at Templepatrick. It is easily accessed by road from North Down around and Belfast city itself. Why there is no rail station simply beggars belief. The rail track runs about 50 metres past its entrance so NIR or Translink should sort that out immediately. Facilities inside are clean and all plane departures are easy to get to.

All in all a neat and tidy regional Airport convenient to the City Centre but the trek to the Rail Link is somewhat exasperating-doubtless Northern Ireland Railways will move the station-when if ever they have the funding! Hopefully it will not over expand thereby keeping its' local and friendly position.

I entirely agree with James Brown. The Belfast-Bangor commuter railway runs right past the airport but the new terminal is too far from Sydenham railway station. A new station for the airport is urgently needed.

The new terminal building is a vast improvement on the old shed (no really it was a shed...). Bright light airy and easy to find your way around. Definite premium feel - hence largely business passengers flying on full-service airlines such as BA and BMI. Some queries though - the space for security between land- and airside is cramped and passengers queue in the main entrance hall for this. And with the move from the old terminal (at the southern end of the airfield) the NIR rail station at Sydneham is now accessible only by requesting a shuttle bus and the bridge to it across the dual carriageway is not an attractive welcome for passengers continuing their journey with public transport. Surely a new rail station at the northern end of the car parking (where the rail line passes under the motorway and is back on the same side of the road as the terminal) would be a welcome investment?

I use this airport to get down to London Heathrow every summer. The airport itself is very nice has the nice business touch so I feel awkward not wearing a business suit every time I go there. However the airport is very small with restaurants at level 2 with the main dining area looking out to the runaway. The boarding area which also have a small cafe and lots of seating which has smoking and non-smoking. A very quiet place-with little things to do with 1 or 2 arcade machines and your view of the runaway is seriously limited.