Leeds Bradford International Airport facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Leeds Bradford International Airport
IATA: LBA ICAO: EGCC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Bridgepoint Capital
Location	Yeadon, West Yorkshire
Elevation AMSL	681 ft / 208 m
Coordinates	53°51′57″N 001°39′38″W / 53.86583°N 1.66056°W / 53.86583; -1.66056 (Leeds Bradford International Airport)
Website	www.lbia.co.uk
Runway
Runway Length Surface m ft 14/32 2,250 7,382 Concrete/Grooved Asphalt
Sources: UK AIP at NATS Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

Leeds Bradford International Airport is a large airport in West Yorkshire, England. It is in Yeadon, Leeds and near Bradford. The airport was sold to Bridgepoint Capital in 2007. The airport has flights to many other cities including London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Rome, Milan, Madrid, Barcelona and Prague. It is widely used for both holiday and business flights. Around 3 million people use the airport every year. The number of passengers is increasing each year.

The airline Jet2.com is based at the airport. In August 2009, Ryanair announced they would open a base at Leeds Bradford Airport. Ryan would increase their routes from 3 to 17 from March 2010.

Statistics

Terminals

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  check-in

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  Jet2.com

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  KLM

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  Spanair

Images for kids

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  A British Airways Boeing 747-100 lands at the airport, 1984

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  A British Airways Concorde taxis at the airport, 1987

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  Grounded aeroplanes during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  In the 1980s, Leeds Bradford International Airport extended its runway to take bigger planes by building an overpass over the A658 road.

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  Multiflight aircraft hangar.

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  British Airtours Lockheed Tristar at end of runway 14, 1985

See also

In Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Leeds Bradford para niños