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 Glengall Street to Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 21bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane DUB - LYR
20h 22m$175–418Fly from Belfast International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane BFS - LYR
23h 7m$153–427Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane BHD - LYR
18h 42m$194–564Car 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
29h 14m
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Belfast to Svalbard is to fly which costs $150 - $430 and takes 23h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to Svalbard is to fly which takes 18h 42m and costs $190 - $600.
The distance between Belfast and Svalbard is 3051 km.
It takes approximately 20h 22m to get from Belfast to Svalbard, including transfers.
Svalbard is 1h ahead of Belfast. It is currently 2:40 AM in Belfast and 3:40 AM in Svalbard.
There are 16+ hotels available in Svalbard.
What companies run services between Belfast, Northern Ireland and Svalbard, SJ?
KLM, Transavia Holland, and four other airlines fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) once daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Dublin Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Dublin Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Dublin Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Manchester, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Manchester, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Bergen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Manchester, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Amsterdam Schiphol, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Manchester, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Bristol, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Manchester, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Bristol, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–400
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Edinburgh Airport, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Rovaniemi, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $130–400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–450
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–450
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Amsterdam Schiphol, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Amsterdam Schiphol, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- Website
- dublinexpress.ie
Bus from Glengall Street to Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 21
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–28
- Website
- https://www.dublinexpress.ie/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- 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
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 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
- $45–55
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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