Leeds Bradford International Airport
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.
| Leeds Bradford International Airport | |||
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| 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°WCoordinates: 53°51′57″N 001°39′38″W / 53.86583°N 1.66056°W | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 14/32 | 2,250 | 7,382 | Concrete/Grooved Asphalt |
| Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1] Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2] | |||
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
| Number of Passengers[3] | Number of Movements[4] | |||
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| 1997 | 1,254,853 | 26,123 | ||
| 1998 | 1,406,948 | 25,615 | ||
| 1999 | 1,462,497 | 26,185 | ||
| 2000 | 1,585,039 | 29,263 | ||
| 2001 | 1,530,227 | 28,397 | ||
| 2002 | 1,530,019 | 28,566 | ||
| 2003 | 2,017,649 | 29,397 | ||
| 2004 | 2,368,604 | 31,493 | ||
| 2005 | 2,609,638 | 35,949 | ||
| 2006 | 2,792,686 | 37,251 | ||
| 2007 | 2,881,539 | 39,603 | ||
| 2008 | 2,873,321 | 37,604 | ||
| Source: [5] | ||||
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Jet2.com
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Spanair
Leeds Bradford International Airport Media
- DH.84 Dragon G-ACIT AN&T Yeadon 21.05.56 edited-2.jpg
A de Havilland Dragon of Air Navigation & Training at Yeadon Airport, May 1956
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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.
- British Airways Concorde G-BOAG (8118743622) (2).jpg
A British Airways Concorde taxis at the airport, 1987
- Multiflight.jpg
Multiflight aircraft hangar.
- Tristar Incident LBA.jpg
British Airtours Lockheed Tristar at end of runway 14, 1985
References
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ UK Airport Statistics: 2008 - annual
- ↑ Number of Passengers including both domestic and international.
- ↑ Number of Movements represents total air transport takeoffs and landings during that year.
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
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