What changed
Belfast International raised its drop-off charge from £3 to £5 for 10 minutes — a 67% jump, the biggest percentage rise of 2026 so far.
Took effect 9 Mar 2026; see the change log. The figures below are from today's data, checked against Belfast International Airport's own pages on 28 Oct 2026.
The key facts
- Airport
- Belfast International
- The charge now
- £5 for up to 10 minutes
- Before
- £3 (the charge in 2025)
- The rise
- +67%
- Took effect
- 9 Mar 2026
- Source
- www.belfastairport.com
- Last checked
- 28 Oct 2026
How Belfast International now compares
At £5, Belfast International is the 21st most expensive of the 29 UK airports we track, £1.74 below the UK average of £6.74. See every airport ranked in the price index.
| Nearby airport | Drop-off charge | Time allowed |
|---|---|---|
| Belfast City | £4 | 10 minutes |
| City of Derry | £1 | 20 minutes |
| Glasgow | £7 | 15 minutes |
How to avoid paying it
Belfast International's free alternative is Long Stay car park: 15 minutes free for dropping off and collecting, behind the Maldron Hotel. The Belfast International drop-off guide has directions, pick-up rules and the Blue Badge position, and the free drop-off guide covers every airport.
Every change we've logged at Belfast International
- 28 Oct 2026: Belfast International re-checked against the airport's drop-off page: £5 for up to 10 minutes directly opposite the terminal, paid at the coin or card machine on exit, then £8 to 20 minutes and £13 to an hour. We've added the £60 charge for stays over an hour.
- 9 Mar 2026: Belfast International raised its drop-off charge from £3 to £5 for 10 minutes — a 67% jump, the biggest percentage rise of 2026 so far.
All changes at every airport are in the change log. If you're writing about this, the figures are free to quote under CC BY 4.0: see the press page.
Belfast International drop-off charge: your questions
How much is drop-off at Belfast International Airport now?
£5 for up to 10 minutes, checked against Belfast International Airport's own pages on 28 Oct 2026.
When did Belfast International raise its drop-off charge?
It took effect on 9 Mar 2026. Belfast International raised its drop-off charge from £3 to £5 for 10 minutes — a 67% jump, the biggest percentage rise of 2026 so far.
Method & corrections
Every charge on this page is checked against the airport's own published charges and stamped with the date we checked it. We re-verify the full dataset quarterly, and after any reported change — see how we check every figure and who maintains the site.
Spotted an error? Email hello@airportdropoffcharges.co.uk — corrections are made visibly and dated. The dataset behind this page is free to reuse with attribution: JSON · CSV (CC BY 4.0) — about the data.