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Leeds-Bradford (LBA)
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| Time zone: |
GMT 0 |
| Country: |
United Kingdom (UK) |
| Latitude / Longitude: |
53°51'57"N / 1°39'38"W |
| Alternative spelling: |
Leeds-Bradford, Leeds |
| Service telephone: |
+44 113 250 9696 |
Access to public transport: |
Use the A658 from Bradford in a northerly direction to Knaresborough; beyond Yeadon follow the signs to the airport. |
| Address: |
Leeds Bradford International Airport, Leeds LS19 7TU, United Kingdom |
Passengers: |
2,800,000 |
| Operating Company: |
Leeds Bradford International Airport Limited |
Take-off and landing: |
68,044 |
| Parking spaces: |
Yes, there is chargeable short - and long-term parking. |
Stations: |
There is a daily airport shuttle service from Bradford Railway Station using the Metro Connect buses 737 and 747 and from Leeds Railway Station with the Metro Connect bus 757. |
| Altitude of runway: |
208 m |
Length of runway: |
2250 m |
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Nearby cities:
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Leeds (9 km), Bradford (11 km), Huddersfield (25 km), York (39 km), Oldham (46 km), Rotherham (52 km), Manchester (55 km), Blackburn (56 km), Sheffield (57 km), Bolton (60 km)
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Operating airlines:
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Jet2.com, bmi british midland, Ryanair, TAP Air, Deutsche Lufthansa, FlyBE, South African Airways, ANA All Nippon Airways
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Alternative airports:
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Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) 61 km, Manchester (MAN) 70 km, Durham Tees Valley (MME) 73 km, Blackpool (BLK) 91 km, Humberside (HUY) 92 km, Liverpool (LPL) 98 km |
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Description:
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Leeds Bradford International Airport is in the northern and largest county in England, Yorkshire. It is near the town of Yeadon, exactly between Leeds and Bradford and is one of the largest airports in the UK according to traffic volume. The airport is used by over 2 million passengers annually.
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Location:
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Leeds Bradford International Airport is located north of the town of Yeadon. Motorists should use the A658 Bradford-Knaresborough and just before Yeadon follow the signs to the airport.
Rail passengers should take the train to Bradford Interchange Railway and then take a bus to the airport from the bus station. "Metro Connect" operates the buses 737 or 747 that serve the airport on a daily basis. Passengers may also travel to Leeds City Railway Station and take the "Metro Connect" bus No. 757 that stops at the airport terminal.
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History:
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Destinations:
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Currently (December 2007) there are 39 regular European flights from Leeds-Bradford. Flybe flies regularly from Leeds to Aberdeen, Belfast, Bergerac, Southampton and Exeter, Jet2.com currently operates the most flights from Leeds and flies to Avignon, Amsterdam, Heraklion, Dusseldorf, Faro, Madrid, Krakow and Prague for example; during the winter timetable bmi provides flights to Brussels, Copenhagen, Edinburgh and London-Heathrow, and the Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair operates daily flights to Shannon and Dublin.
There are also seasonal charter flights to various beach resorts. In 2007, destinations included Antalya, Acapulco, Bridgetown, Larnaca, Taba and Zakynthos.
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