J3878 : Approaching George Best Belfast City Airport

taken 16 years ago, near to Holywood, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Approaching George Best Belfast City Airport
Approaching George Best Belfast City Airport
Flybe de Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q400 G-JECS LinkExternal link seconds before landing at George Best Belfast City Airport.
Aircraft etc photographs, Belfast City Airport :: J3775

Originally opened in 1937 when it was built as part of the Short Brothers and Harland Limited aircraft factory. The present airport opened to scheduled passenger flights in 1983 as Belfast Harbour Airport. The terminal buildings were temporary ones – later extended and improved. The present terminal, close to the Sydenham bypass, opened in 2001.

Aer Lingus operates to London Heathrow.
British Airways to London Heathrow.
Flybe to Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter and Newquay, Glasgow, Inverness, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London City, Manchester, Doncaster/Sheffield and Southampton.
KLM to Amsterdam.
Loganair to Carlisle.

The airport is also used by a variety of operators for business and medical flights.

This link is to the official City Airport website LinkExternal link.

To search this shared description for a particular registration go to here LinkExternal link

The photographs submitted by me appear as a matter of neutral record only. I appreciate that many find the airport’s presence unacceptable. I have no connection with the airport or any group opposed to it.

I cannot enter into correspondence or supply photographs for any purpose.

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J3878, 43 images   (more nearby search)
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Monday, 3 March, 2008   (more nearby)
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Monday, 3 March, 2008
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Aircraft   (more nearby)
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 384 781 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:37.9245N 5:51.4052W
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Irish: geotagged! J 378 783
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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