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Pilot information for George Best Belfast City Airport

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General information for George Best Belfast City Airport

Airport codes: BHD EGAC
Type: major airport (frequent airline service)
Scheduled airline service: yes
Serves: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Latitude: 54.618099 | 54 37.085953 N | N54 37 05
Longitude: -5.872500 | 05 52.349997 W | W005 52 20
Field elevation: 15 ft/5 m MSL
Magnetic variation: 5.136°W

Radio communication frequencies for George Best Belfast City Airport

APP: 130.85 MHz (BELFAST APP)
ATIS: 136.625 MHz
TWR: 122.825 MHz (BELFAST TWR)

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Runways at George Best Belfast City Airport

04/22
6,001 x 148 ft (1,829 x 45 m) — paved — lighted— threshold 04 displaced 303 ft (92 m)

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Aviation weather for George Best Belfast City Airport

Current conditions (METAR) for George Best Belfast City Airport

Retrieved 2012/05/26 10:50: 

EGAC 261050Z 06014KT CAVOK 21/10 Q1024

Forecast (TAF) for George Best Belfast City Airport

Closest forecast is Belfast International Airport, 11.8550574786 nm (22.5 km) WNW. Retrieved 2012/05/26 06:15: 

TAF TAF EGAA 260502Z 2606/2706 09017G27KT CAVOK 
      BECMG 2618/2620 09012KT

Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) for George Best Belfast City Airport

Please confirm all NOTAMs at the original source! These are for information only, and may be wrong, out of date, or incomplete.

NOTAM A1177/12: George Best Belfast City Airport (EGAC) 
A1177/12 NOTAMN
Q) EGPX/QOBCE/IV/M  /A /000/999/5437N00552W005
A) EGAC B) 1205200700 C) 1206101700
D) 0700-1700
E) CRANE OPR 060 DEG MAG AT 800M FROM ARP. CRANE MAX HGT 66FT AGL.
CRANE WILL BE LOWERED DURING LVP.
CREATED: 11 May 2012 14:20:00 
SOURCE: EUECYIYN
NOTAM A0917/12: George Best Belfast City Airport (EGAC) 
A0917/12 NOTAMN
Q) EGPX/QOBCE/IV/M  /A /000/999/5437N00552W005
A) EGAC B) 1204131400 C) 1206221600
D) 0730-1600
E) CRANE OPR 255 DEG MAG 335M FM ARP. MAX HGT 100FT AND LOWERED 
DURING 
LVP.
CREATED: 13 Apr 2012 13:46:00 
SOURCE: EUECYIYN
NOTAM A0814/12: George Best Belfast City Airport (EGAC) 
A0814/12 NOTAMN
Q) EGPX/QNLAS/IV/BO /A /000/999/5437N00552W005
A) EGAC B) 1204021013 C) 1206302359
E) NDB(L) U/S AND THE IAC AND ATC SURVEILLANCE MINIMUM
ALTITUDE CHART ARE AFFECTED AS FOLLOWS :
AD 2-EGAC-8-1 LLZ/DME/NDB(L) RWY 04 : PILOTS WILL BE RADAR
VECTORED FOR APPROACH. THE MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE SHOULD
READ AS FOLLOWS : CLIMB STRAIGHT AHEAD TO 3000FT AND THEN AS
DIRECTED BY ATC.
AD 2-EGAC-8-2 NDB(L)/DME RWY 04 : PROCEDURE IS TEMPORARILY
WITHDRAWN.
AD 2-EGAC-8-3 ILS/DME/NDB(L) RWY 22 : PILOTS WILL BE RADAR
VECTORED FOR APPROACH. THE MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE SHOULD
READ AS FOLLOWS : CLIMB STRAIGHT AHEAD TO 3000FT AND THEN AS
DIRECTED BY ATC.
AD 2-EGAC-8-4 NDB(L)/DME RWY 22 : PROCEDURE IS TEMPORARILY
WITHDRAWN.
AD 2-EGAC-8-5 LLZ/DME/NDB(L) RWY 22 : PILOTS WILL BE RADAR
VECTORED FOR APPROACH. THE MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE SHOULD
READ AS FOLLOWS : CLIMB STRAIGHT AHEAD TO 3000FT AND THEN AS
DIRECTED BY ATC.
AD 2-EGAC-5-1 ATC SURVEILLANCE MINIMUM ALTITUDE CHART.
LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES : INTERMEDIATE AND FINAL
APPROACH SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS : CONTINUE VISUALLY OR BY
MEANS OF AN APPROPRIATE FINAL APPROACH AID. IF NOT POSSIBLE
FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE BELOW DEPENDING ON THE RWY IN USE :
RWY 04 - CLIMB TO 3000FT INITIALLY STRAIGHT AHEAD TO INTERCEPT
AND ESTABLISH ON THE BEL R075 OUTBOUND TO MAGEE TO HOLD.
RWY 22 - CLIMB TO 3000FT INITIALLY STRAIGHT AHEAD THEN TURN
LEFT ON TRACK TO MAGEE TO HOLD.
THEREAFTER COMPLY WITH STANDARD RCF PROCEDURES IN ENR 1.1.3.
CREATED: 02 Apr 2012 10:15:00 
SOURCE: EUECYIYN
NOTAM A0890/11: George Best Belfast City Airport (EGAC) 
A0890/11 NOTAMN
Q) EGPX/QFAXX/IV/NBO/A /000/999/5437N00552W005
A) EGAC B) 1103241027 C) PERM 
E) ATC SURVEILLANCE MINIMUM ALTITUDE CHART. CHANGE THE TEXT IN 
SECTION 
'OUTSIDE THE DESIGNATED ATC SURVEILLANCE MIMIMUM ALTITUDE AREA' A) 
AND B) TO READ
A) WITHIN 5NM OF THE ACFT(STAR SYMBOL), AND
B) WITHIN THE SECTOR 15NM AHEAD OF AND WITHIN 20 DEG EITHER SIDE OF 
THE ACFT TRACK (STAR SYMBOL).
AIP AD 2-EGAC-5-1 REFERS
CREATED: 24 Mar 2011 10:27:00 
SOURCE: EUECYIYN