Come to our Annual General Meeting
The AGM of Belfast City Airport Watch Limited will be held on Wednesday 14th October at 19:30 on Jitsi (online meeting platform). All representatives of our affiliated groups and all our individual associate members are most welcome. Simply register your interest on our email address: info@belfastcityairportwatch.co.uk and we will send you the link. Agenda: Notice of Meeting Apologies Minutes of Annual General Meeting held on Monday 8th December 2025 at 19:45 Consideration of
BCAW
6 days ago
Urgent Action Required
Urgent! Actions required now to prevent more flights and later flights at Belfast City Airport. 1. Please read our newsletter: Download here [PDF] 2. Please display the poster: Download here [JPG] 3. Please attend one of the consultations (details in our newsletter) and fill in their online consultation form here: https://www.belfastcityairport.com/vision/have-your-say 5. If you feel that the questionnaire produced by the airport is biased to get the answers they require, sen
BCAW
Sep 27
Belfast City Airport expansion plans: residents call for full Public Inquiry
Belfast City Airport Watch says proposed changes could lead to substantially more flights, increased early-morning and late-evening noise, and greater disturbance for communities surrounding the airport. Belfast City Airport Watch, representing 10 residents’ associations and 746 individual members, announced today that it intends to object to the proposed planning application by Belfast City Airport and is calling for a full Public Inquiry before any decision is taken. The Ai
BCAW
Aug 26
City Airport Master Plan - The Expansion Campaign
The airport is pressing ahead with efforts to build support for its expansion plans. Its latest high-profile recruit is Gavin Robinson, leader of the DUP and MP for East Belfast. He recently hosted a Westminster reception for the airport, where he praised the commercial and connectivity benefits the plan would allegedly bring to Northern Ireland. According to the airport, its vision would “unlock” £200 million of investment, support 20,000 jobs, and attract £1.7 billion to th
BCAW
Aug 25
The effects of Noise and Sleep Disturbance on Children's Health and Education
An article that appeared in our recent newsletter aroused a lot of interest and we have been asked to supply the sources from which it drew. The article in question discussed, at some length, the effects of noise and particularly aircraft noise on children’s health and education. The possible reason that it garnered such attention is because it pointed out the blindingly obvious but frequently forgotten fact that however badly noise might affect adults, it is much worse for c
BCAW
Dec 10, 2025
Response from Belfast City Airport Watch (BCAW) to GBBCA Draft MasterPlan 2040
Representatives of BCAW attended all the “Consultations “as did a number of our individual members. There was a consensus among our members and attendees to whom they spoke that these events might better have been described as “presentations” or “exhibitions”. “Consultations” before attendees have had time to take professional advice, without a question-and-answer session and without the opportunity to cross examine your assertions are not proper consultations. There was also
BCAW
Nov 20, 2025
Consultation Meetings for the BCA Development Plan 2040
The airport is holding a series of consultation meetings on their development plan on three successive Thursdays: Thursday 2 October...
BCAW
Oct 1, 2025
Belfast City Airport 2040 Expansion Plan
It was with dismay and incredulity that we heard about Belfast City airports plans covering it’s hoped-for growth for the next 15 years....
BCAW
Sep 23, 2025
Late Flights after 9:30pm in 2024
The statistics on flight arrivals and departures for the City Airport for 2024 have finally become available. Just like last year they...
BCAW
May 7, 2025
Another Summer of late flights at Belfast City Airport
The summer season has come to a close and for those living with the constant disturbance of late flights arriving and departing at...
BCAW
Nov 15, 2024