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Belfast International Airport Passenger Statistics
BFS · Official CAA data · May 2026
Passengers (12 months)
6.74m
6,743,811 total
-0.1% year on year
UK rank
#10
of 43 reporting UK airports
May 2026
632k
632,287 passengers in the month
Cancellations
0.1%
6 of 4,501 flights cancelled
Passenger Trend (rolling 12 months)
12 months to May 20266,743,811
Same period a year earlier6,752,932
Belfast International Airport handled 6,743,811 passengers in the 12 months to May 2026, down 0.1% on the same period a year earlier.
How Belfast International Airport Compares
Manchester Airport32.2m
London Luton Airport18.0m
Edinburgh Airport17.3m
Birmingham Airport13.8m
Bristol Airport11.0m
Belfast International Airport6.74m
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.