Belfast International Airport (BFS/EGAA)

Belfast, United Kingdom

The airport has 2 runways; the longest is 07/25 at 2,780 m (9,121 ft). Its elevation is 82 m (268 ft).

Weather

Observed 04:50

Rain 12 °C

Automatic observation; some weather may not be detected.

Wind: From the southwest 17 km/h (9 kt) Gentle breeze
Rain: Rain
Snow: None
Thunderstorm: None
Fog and mist: None
Visibility: 3.2 km
Cloud: Partly cloudy, lowest cloud 90 m, towering cumulus
Temperature: 12 °C
Humidity: About 100%
Pressure: 1008 hPa
Next 2 hours: Not stated in the report

Forecast

At times until 06:00: rain
At times until 11:00: drizzle and rain

Forecast valid until 01:00 tomorrow.

Local time 05:06 (UTC+1)
Sunrise 07:53
Sunset 18:26

Details (expert)

Code-by-code decoding of the report
Code	Meaning
METAR	METAR (routine report)
EGAA	Airport ICAO code
150350Z	Observed at 03:50 UTC (04:50 local time)
AUTO	Automatic observation; some weather may not be detected.
24009KT	Wind: 240° 9 kt (17 km/h)
3200	Visibility: 3.2 km
RA	Weather: Rain
FEW003///	Cloud: A few clouds 300 ft (90 m)
SCT007///	Cloud: Partly cloudy 700 ft (210 m)
//////TCU	Cloud: Could not be determined — (—), towering cumulus
12/12	Temperature 12 °C, dew point 12 °C
Q1008	Pressure (QNH): 1008 hPa
REDZ	Recent weather: Drizzle

Flight category (US classification, aviationweather.gov): IFR. This classification says nothing about whether flights operate.

Raw METAR

METAR EGAA 150350Z AUTO 24009KT 3200 RA FEW003/// SCT007/// //////TCU 12/12 Q1008 REDZ

Forecast periods (TAF issued 00:00 (23:00 UTC))
Period	Change	Wind	Visibility	Weather	Cloud
01:00 to 01:00 tomorrow (1500/1600)	Main forecast	200° 15 kt (28 km/h), gusts 25 kt (46 km/h)	10 km or more	—	Mostly cloudy 2,000 ft (610 m)
01:00 to 05:00 (1500/1504)	Gradually (BECMG)	250° 5 kt (9 km/h)	—	—	—
01:00 to 06:00 (1500/1505)	At times (TEMPO)	—	7 km	Rain	—
01:00 to 05:00 (1500/1504)	30% chance at times (PROB30 TEMPO)	—	4 km	Heavy rain	Mostly cloudy 1,400 ft (430 m)
03:00 to 07:00 (1502/1506)	30% chance at times (PROB30 TEMPO)	—	—	—	Mostly cloudy 300 ft (90 m)
05:00 to 11:00 (1504/1510)	At times (TEMPO)	—	4 km	Drizzle and rain	Mostly cloudy 800 ft (240 m)

Raw TAF

TAF EGAA 142300Z 1500/1524 20015G25KT 9999 BKN020 BECMG 1500/1504 25005KT TEMPO 1500/1505 7000 RA PROB30 TEMPO 1500/1504 4000 +RA BKN014 PROB30 TEMPO 1502/1506 BKN003 TEMPO 1504/1510 4000 RADZ BKN008

Aerodrome forecasts do not include temperature.

Sunrise and sunset are calculated for sea level and a flat horizon; in mountainous terrain they may differ by a few minutes.

METAR/TAF log

Aviation weather reports issued in the last 24 hours, newest first. Times are the airport’s local time (currently UTC+1), with UTC alongside. METAR is the routine report, SPECI a special report issued when the weather changes significantly, and TAF the aerodrome forecast.

Belfast International Airport: reports from the last 24 hours (53 reports)
Time	Type	Summary	Raw report
04:5003:50 UTC	METAR	Rain, 12 °C, from the southwest 17 km/h (9 kt)	METAR EGAA 150350Z AUTO 24009KT 3200 RA FEW003/// SCT007/// //////TCU 12/12 Q1008 REDZ
04:2003:20 UTC	METAR	Rain, 12 °C, from the west 15 km/h (8 kt)	METAR EGAA 150320Z AUTO 25008KT 3100 RA FEW003/// SCT014/// //////TCU 12/12 Q1008 REDZ
03:5002:50 UTC	METAR	Light rain, 13 °C, from the southwest 11 km/h (6 kt)	METAR EGAA 150250Z AUTO 24006KT 3900 -RA BR SCT002/// BKN016/// //////CB 13/12 Q1008 REDZ RERA
03:2002:20 UTC	METAR	Light rain, 13 °C, from the west 13 km/h (7 kt)	METAR EGAA 150220Z AUTO 27007KT 3700 -RA BR SCT002/// BKN005/// BKN016/// //////CB 13/12 Q1008 REDZ RERA
02:5001:50 UTC	METAR	Rain, 14 °C, from the west 24 km/h (13 kt), varying between southwest and northwest	METAR EGAA 150150Z 29013KT 240V300 8000 3500NE RA VCSH BKN010 14/13 Q1008
02:2001:20 UTC	METAR	Light rain, 14 °C, from the south 20 km/h (11 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 150120Z 20011KT 180V240 9999 -RA BKN014 OVC021 14/13 Q1007 RERA
01:5000:50 UTC	METAR	Rain, 14 °C, from the south 22 km/h (12 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 150050Z 20012KT 180V240 7000 RA BKN014 OVC021 14/13 Q1008
01:2000:20 UTC	METAR	Rain, 14 °C, from the south 22 km/h (12 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 150020Z 20012KT 170V230 7000 RA BKN014 OVC021 14/12 Q1008
00:5023:50 UTC	METAR	Light drizzle, 14 °C, from the south 22 km/h (12 kt)	METAR EGAA 142350Z 20012KT 9999 -DZ BKN014 OVC022 14/13 Q1008 RERA
00:2023:20 UTC	METAR	Rain, 14 °C, from the southwest 24 km/h (13 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 142320Z 21013KT 180V240 7000 RA OVC015 14/13 Q1009
00:0023:00 UTC	TAF	Forecast for 01:00 to 01:00 tomorrow	TAF EGAA 142300Z 1500/1524 20015G25KT 9999 BKN020 BECMG 1500/1504 25005KT TEMPO 1500/1505 7000 RA PROB30 TEMPO 1500/1504 4000 +RA BKN014 PROB30 TEMPO 1502/1506 BKN003 TEMPO 1504/1510 4000 RADZ BKN008
14 October 23:5022:50 UTC	METAR	Rain, 15 °C, from the southwest 28 km/h (15 kt), gusts 50 km/h (27 kt)	METAR EGAA 142250Z 21015G27KT 6000 RA OVC017 15/12 Q1009
14 October 23:2022:20 UTC	METAR	Light drizzle, 15 °C, from the southwest 22 km/h (12 kt)	METAR EGAA 142220Z 21012KT 9999 -DZ BKN020 OVC027 15/12 Q1009
14 October 22:5021:50 UTC	METAR	Light rain, 15 °C, from the southwest 26 km/h (14 kt)	METAR EGAA 142150Z 21014KT 7000 -RA OVC022 15/12 Q1009 RERA REUP
14 October 22:2021:20 UTC	METAR	Light drizzle, 15 °C, from the southwest 28 km/h (15 kt)	METAR EGAA 142120Z AUTO 21015KT 9999 -DZ OVC022 15/12 Q1009
14 October 21:5020:50 UTC	METAR	Overcast, 16 °C, from the southwest 30 km/h (16 kt), gusts 52 km/h (28 kt)	METAR EGAA 142050Z AUTO 21016G28KT 9999 OVC023 16/12 Q1009
14 October 21:2020:20 UTC	METAR	Overcast, 16 °C, from the southwest 30 km/h (16 kt)	METAR EGAA 142020Z AUTO 21016KT 9999 OVC025 16/12 Q1009
14 October 20:5019:50 UTC	METAR	Overcast, 16 °C, from the southwest 28 km/h (15 kt)	METAR EGAA 141950Z AUTO 21015KT 9999 OVC025 16/12 Q1009
14 October 20:2019:20 UTC	METAR	Partly cloudy, 16 °C, from the south 28 km/h (15 kt), gusts 46 km/h (25 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 141920Z AUTO 20015G25KT 170V230 9999 SCT027 SCT035 16/12 Q1009
14 October 19:5018:50 UTC	METAR	Overcast, 16 °C, from the southwest 33 km/h (18 kt), gusts 52 km/h (28 kt)	METAR EGAA 141850Z AUTO 21018G28KT 9999 OVC028 16/12 Q1010
14 October 19:2018:20 UTC	METAR	Overcast, 16 °C, from the southwest 28 km/h (15 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 141820Z AUTO 21015KT 170V230 9999 BKN027 OVC034 16/12 Q1010
14 October 18:5017:50 UTC	METAR	Partly cloudy, 16 °C, from the southwest 30 km/h (16 kt), gusts 52 km/h (28 kt)	METAR EGAA 141750Z AUTO 21016G28KT 9999 SCT030 SCT043 16/12 Q1010
14 October 18:2017:20 UTC	METAR	Mostly cloudy, 16 °C, from the south 33 km/h (18 kt), gusts 59 km/h (32 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 141720Z AUTO 20018G32KT 180V240 9999 BKN041 16/12 Q1010
14 October 17:5516:55 UTC	TAF	Forecast for 14 October 19:00 to 19:00	TAF EGAA 141655Z 1418/1518 18015G25KT 9999 SCT020 TEMPO 1418/1501 19020G35KT TEMPO 1418/1502 7000 RA PROB30 TEMPO 1422/1502 4000 +RA BKN014 BECMG 1502/1505 25005KT TEMPO 1502/1510 4000 RADZ BKN008 PROB30 TEMPO 1502/1509 BKN003
14 October 17:5016:50 UTC	METAR	Mostly cloudy, 16 °C, from the southwest 30 km/h (16 kt), gusts 52 km/h (28 kt)	METAR EGAA 141650Z AUTO 21016G28KT 9999 BKN044 16/12 Q1010
14 October 17:2016:20 UTC	METAR	Mostly cloudy, 16 °C, from the southwest 35 km/h (19 kt), gusts 54 km/h (29 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 141620Z AUTO 21019G29KT 180V240 9999 FEW033 BKN044 16/12 Q1010
14 October 16:5015:50 UTC	METAR	Mostly cloudy, 16 °C, from the southwest 26 km/h (14 kt), gusts 44 km/h (24 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 141550Z AUTO 21014G24KT 170V240 9999 FEW028 BKN035 16/12 Q1011
14 October 16:2015:20 UTC	METAR	Mostly cloudy, 16 °C, from the southwest 28 km/h (15 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 141520Z AUTO 21015KT 180V240 9999 BKN030 16/12 Q1011
14 October 15:5014:50 UTC	METAR	Partly cloudy, 16 °C, from the southwest 30 km/h (16 kt), gusts 52 km/h (28 kt)	METAR EGAA 141450Z AUTO 21016G28KT 9999 FEW033 SCT039 16/11 Q1011
14 October 15:2014:20 UTC	METAR	A few clouds, 16 °C, from the southwest 33 km/h (18 kt), gusts 56 km/h (30 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 141420Z AUTO 21018G30KT 170V240 9999 FEW026 16/11 Q1012
14 October 14:5013:50 UTC	METAR	Overcast, 16 °C, from the southwest 28 km/h (15 kt), gusts 46 km/h (25 kt)	METAR EGAA 141350Z AUTO 21015G25KT 9999 BKN028 OVC038 16/11 Q1012
14 October 14:2013:20 UTC	METAR	Mostly cloudy, 16 °C, from the south 31 km/h (17 kt), gusts 57 km/h (31 kt)	METAR EGAA 141320Z AUTO 20017G31KT 9999 FEW027 BKN031 16/11 Q1013
14 October 13:5012:50 UTC	METAR	Partly cloudy, 15 °C, from the southwest 28 km/h (15 kt), gusts 46 km/h (25 kt)	METAR EGAA 141250Z AUTO 21015G25KT 9999 SCT026 SCT048 15/11 Q1013
14 October 13:4212:42 UTC	TAF	Forecast for 14 October 13:00 to 13:00 (amended)	TAF AMD EGAA 141242Z 1412/1512 18015G25KT 9999 SCT020 TEMPO 1412/1501 19020G35KT TEMPO 1418/1501 7000 RA PROB30 TEMPO 1422/1501 4000 +RA BKN014 BECMG 1501/1504 26008KT TEMPO 1501/1510 4000 RADZ BKN008 PROB30 TEMPO 1502/1509 BKN003
14 October 13:2012:20 UTC	METAR	Partly cloudy, 15 °C, from the south 30 km/h (16 kt), gusts 50 km/h (27 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 141220Z AUTO 20016G27KT 170V240 9999 FEW026 SCT043 15/11 Q1014
14 October 12:5011:50 UTC	METAR	Mostly cloudy, 15 °C, from the south 35 km/h (19 kt)	METAR EGAA 141150Z AUTO 20019KT 9999 FEW025 BKN040 15/11 Q1014
14 October 12:2011:20 UTC	METAR	Partly cloudy, 15 °C, from the south 30 km/h (16 kt), gusts 50 km/h (27 kt), varying between southeast and southwest	METAR EGAA 141120Z 20016G27KT 150V230 9999 FEW026 SCT042 15/11 Q1015
14 October 11:5410:54 UTC	TAF	Forecast for 14 October 13:00 to 13:00	TAF EGAA 141054Z 1412/1512 18015G25KT 9999 SCT020 TEMPO 1412/1422 19020G35KT TEMPO 1418/1501 7000 RA PROB30 TEMPO 1422/1501 4000 +RA BKN014 BECMG 1501/1504 26008KT TEMPO 1501/1510 4000 RADZ BKN008 PROB30 TEMPO 1502/1509 BKN003
14 October 11:5010:50 UTC	METAR	A few clouds, 14 °C, from the south 28 km/h (15 kt), gusts 46 km/h (25 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 141050Z AUTO 19015G25KT 160V220 9999 FEW023 14/10 Q1015
14 October 11:2010:20 UTC	METAR	No cloud detected (automatic), 14 °C, from the south 31 km/h (17 kt), gusts 50 km/h (27 kt)	METAR EGAA 141020Z AUTO 20017G27KT 9999 NCD 14/10 Q1015
14 October 10:5009:50 UTC	METAR	Partly cloudy, 14 °C, from the south 31 km/h (17 kt), gusts 52 km/h (28 kt)	METAR EGAA 140950Z AUTO 20017G28KT 9999 FEW018 SCT024 14/10 Q1016
14 October 10:2009:20 UTC	METAR	No cloud detected (automatic), 13 °C, from the south 28 km/h (15 kt)	METAR EGAA 140920Z AUTO 19015KT 9999 NCD 13/10 Q1016
14 October 09:5008:50 UTC	METAR	A few clouds, 13 °C, from the south 28 km/h (15 kt), gusts 48 km/h (26 kt)	METAR EGAA 140850Z AUTO 19015G26KT 9999 FEW036 13/10 Q1016
14 October 09:2008:20 UTC	METAR	Mostly cloudy, 13 °C, from the south 26 km/h (14 kt), gusts 46 km/h (25 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 140820Z AUTO 19014G25KT 160V220 9999 BKN040 13/10 Q1017
14 October 08:5007:50 UTC	METAR	Partly cloudy, 13 °C, from the south 26 km/h (14 kt), gusts 44 km/h (24 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 140750Z AUTO 19014G24KT 160V220 9999 SCT014 13/10 Q1017
14 October 08:2007:20 UTC	METAR	Mostly cloudy, 12 °C, from the south 24 km/h (13 kt)	METAR EGAA 140720Z AUTO 19013KT 9999 SCT026 BKN041 BKN048 12/10 Q1017
14 October 07:5006:50 UTC	METAR	Mostly cloudy, 12 °C, from the south 24 km/h (13 kt)	METAR EGAA 140650Z AUTO 18013KT 9999 BKN037 12/09 Q1017
14 October 07:2006:20 UTC	METAR	Mostly cloudy, 12 °C, from the south 28 km/h (15 kt)	METAR EGAA 140620Z AUTO 18015KT 9999 BKN034 12/09 Q1018
14 October 06:5005:50 UTC	METAR	Overcast, 11 °C, from the south 20 km/h (11 kt), varying between southeast and southwest	METAR EGAA 140550Z AUTO 18011KT 150V210 9999 FEW029 OVC036 11/09 Q1018
14 October 06:2005:20 UTC	METAR	Mostly cloudy, 10 °C, from the south 20 km/h (11 kt)	METAR EGAA 140520Z AUTO 19011KT 9999 BKN041 10/08 Q1019
14 October 05:5304:53 UTC	TAF	Forecast for 14 October 07:00 to 07:00	TAF EGAA 140453Z 1406/1506 18015G25KT 9999 SCT030 PROB40 TEMPO 1406/1409 BKN012 TEMPO 1409/1422 19020G35KT TEMPO 1418/1501 7000 RA PROB30 TEMPO 1422/1501 4000 +RA BKN014 TEMPO 1501/1506 5000 RADZ BKN008 BECMG 1502/1505 26008KT PROB30 TEMPO 1502/1506 2000 +RADZ BKN003
14 October 05:5004:50 UTC	METAR	No cloud detected (automatic), 10 °C, from the south 20 km/h (11 kt)	METAR EGAA 140450Z AUTO 20011KT 9999 NCD 10/08 Q1019
14 October 05:2004:20 UTC	METAR	No cloud detected (automatic), 10 °C, from the south 20 km/h (11 kt), varying between south and southwest	METAR EGAA 140420Z AUTO 20011KT 170V230 9999 NCD 10/07 Q1019

Reports are kept for 30 days; the last 7 days are available from the API.

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Key facts

IATA code: BFS
ICAO code: EGAA
Type: Large airport
Country: United Kingdom
Municipality served: Belfast
Airport reference point: 54.6575° N, 6.2158° W54° 39′ 27″ N, 6° 12′ 57″ W
Elevation: 82 m (268 ft)
Runways: 2

Runways

Runways at Belfast International Airport
Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lighting	True bearing	Displaced runway threshold
07/25	2,780 m (9,121 ft)	45 m	Asphalt	Yes	07 65°25 245°	—
17/35	1,891 m (6,204 ft)	45 m	Asphalt	Yes	17 162°35 342°	17 160 m35 153 m

Bearings are relative to true north; runway names come from the magnetic bearing.

A displaced runway threshold means landings start this far along the runway rather than at its beginning.

Nearest airports

George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), United Kingdom: 23 km
City of Derry Airport (LDY), United Kingdom: 74 km
Campbeltown Airport (CAL), United Kingdom: 93 km

Distances are straight-line distances between airport reference points.