Cheap flights from Belfast to New York

December is the cheapest month on this route, and the price calendar covers September through March, plus May. Winter is the quiet season in New York: cold, but calmer for seats and rooms. Summer is the reverse — school holidays, peak demand and the fares that follow. Fly midweek where you can; Tuesday and Wednesday departures tend to cost less than Friday or Sunday. Time it around Thanksgiving and Christmas, when transatlantic seats go early, and book well ahead for summer. If your dates are flexible, compare the shoulder months before you commit.

Easyjet is the low-cost name on this route, so extras such as checked bags and seat choice sit outside the fare. British Airways, Aer Lingus and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines are full-service, and their itineraries are usually sold as one through ticket. Emerald Airlines feeds regional flights into the larger networks. Nothing here is nonstop: every itinerary changes planes, often at a hub such as London, Dublin or Amsterdam, so check whether both legs sit on one ticket or two — that decides who rebooks you when a connection slips.

New York has three arrival airports: Newark Liberty International, John F Kennedy and La Guardia. Newark sits across the Hudson in New Jersey, JFK is out in Queens, and La Guardia is the closest of the three to Midtown. From Newark and JFK, the AirTrain links to the rail network into Manhattan; La Guardia has no rail link, so buses, taxis and rideshares do the work. Allow plenty of time either way — traffic into the city is heavy at most hours. Watch which airport your inbound leg uses, because a connection between them means crossing the city.

Currency

USD ($)

Power sockets

Type A, B · 120 V

Language

Samoan, Hawaiian, Chamorro, Carolinian, Spanish

Emergency number

911

Driving side

right

Calling code

+1

Internet domain

.us

Population of New York

8.8 M (2020)

Time zone

UTC-05 (America/New_York)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check which New York airport you land at — Newark Liberty International, John F Kennedy and La Guardia sit in different places.
• If the legs sit on separate tickets, confirm what happens when the first flight is delayed.
• On a low-cost leg, add checked bags and seat selection before you compare fares.
• Make sure your passport and any United States visa or travel authorisation are in order well before departure.
• Belfast flies from George Best City only, so the connection matters more than the airport.
• Compare December fares with the shoulder months on the price calendar before you book.