There are 4 ways to get from Belfast to Svalbard by bus, plane, or car ferry
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Bus to Dublin Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane DUB - LYR
13h 52m$205–651Fly from Belfast International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane BFS - LYR
14h 2m$173–677Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane BHD - LYR
14h 32m$214–864Car ferry, Bus, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryancarferry
- Take the bus from Cairnryan Stena Terminal to Glasgow Buchananbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane EDI - LYR
19h 36m
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Belfast to Svalbard is to bus and fly which costs $200 - $650 and takes 13h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to Svalbard is to bus and fly which takes 13h 52m and costs $200 - $650.
The distance between Belfast and Svalbard is 3051 km.
It takes approximately 13h 52m to get from Belfast to Svalbard, including transfers.
Svalbard is 1h ahead of Belfast. It is currently 9:09 PM in Belfast and 10:09 PM in Svalbard.
There are nine+ hotels available in Svalbard.
What companies run services between Belfast, Northern Ireland and Svalbard, SJ?
Aer Lingus, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) twice daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Manchester, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via London Heathrow, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Edinburgh Airport, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Edinburgh Airport, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Edinburgh Airport, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Edinburgh Airport, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Bus from Cairnryan Stena Terminal to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- customerrelations@dublinexpress.ie
- Website
- dublinexpress.ie
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–160
- Website
- https://www.dublinexpress.ie/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–49
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Passenger
- $49
- Car Passenger
- $201
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