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Belfast City Airport Passenger Statistics
BHD · Official CAA data · May 2026
Passengers (12 months)
2.43m
2,430,044 total
+1.7% year on year
UK rank
#16
of 43 reporting UK airports
May 2026
217k
217,022 passengers in the month
Cancellations
1.0%
27 of 2,767 flights cancelled
Passenger Trend (rolling 12 months)
12 months to May 20262,430,044
Same period a year earlier2,389,127
Belfast City Airport handled 2,430,044 passengers in the 12 months to May 2026, up 1.7% on the same period a year earlier.
How Belfast City Airport Compares
Manchester Airport32.2m
London Luton Airport18.0m
Edinburgh Airport17.3m
Birmingham Airport13.8m
Bristol Airport11.0m
Belfast City Airport2.43m
Rolling 12-month passenger totals to May 2026. Busiest UK airports shown for comparison.
Live cancellations
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Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), UK Airport Data, May 2026. Passenger totals are terminal passengers; cancellation figures are cancelled air transport movements as reported by the CAA. Figures are published by the CAA and reproduced here with attribution.