Leeds-Bradford International Airport (LBA)

Introduction

Leeds-Bradford International Airport serves the Yorkshire area. Approximately two million passengers are handled by Leeds-bradford international Airport every year. Located near Yeadon, West Yorkshire, 7 miles north east of Bradford and 11 miles north west of Leeds, Leeds-Bradford International Airport is one of the UK’s smaller International Airports.

Facilities and Services

Leeds-Bradford International Airport can offer its passengers flights to several scheduled and chartered destinations, including domestic and European services.
Leeds-Bradford International Airport has one terminal that provides passengers with a departure lounge containing a small range of retail and catering facilities. Leeds-Bradford International Airport also has currency exchange facilities, car hire representatives and information desks to meet arriving passengers’ needs.
Leeds-Bradford International Airport has an executive business lounge, located within the departures lounge. Passengers can enjoy business facilities such as fax; e-mail; and Internet access as well as complimentary drinks and snacks in a quiet and relaxing atmosphere.

Getting To The Airport

Leeds-Bradford Airport is on the A658 just outside Yeadon. The A658 runs north from Bradford to Harrogate. Leeds and Bradford can both be reached by the M62 motorway. Those travelling from Leeds should follow the A65 to Yeadon and turn off onto the A658 and follow signs to the airport from there.
Passengers can travel to Leeds Bradford International Airport by train via Leeds City Rail Station or Bradford Interchange. Connections to and from the Airport can be made by the MetroConnect Bus Services.
From Bradford, Metroconnect 747 provides a direct service between Bradford and Leeds Bradford International Airport serving Bradford Forster Square train station, Greengates, Apperley Bridge, Rawdon and Yeadon. The 737 service operates hourly between Bradford and Leeds Bradford International Airport serving Shipley, Guiseley and Yeadon.
From Leeds, Metroconnect 757 provides a direct service between Leeds and Leeds Bradford International Airport serving Leeds bus and train stations, Kirkstall, Horsforth, Rawdon, Pool and Otley.
From Harrogate Bus2Jet 767 provides a direct service between Harrogate bus station and Leeds Bradford International Airport serving Pannal and Poole

Parking at the Airport

The short stay car park is recommended for dropping off and picking up passengers as it is opposite the terminal building and it offers good value for stays up to 24 hours.
Alternatively a nearby off-airport parking facility offers a Park & Ride service. In order to make a booking to secure a space at any of these pre-bookable car parks at Leeds-Bradford International Airport via carparkinguk.co.uk.

History of Humberside International Airport

Scheduled flights commenced in 1935 at Yeadon Aerodrome. The destinations served were Newcastle, Edinburgh, Blackpool and the Isle of Man. The following year seasonal flights between Yeadon and Liverpool started, and work began on a terminal building but progress was halted when the RAF arrived at Yeadon in 1936. Civil aviation ceased from Yeadon in 1939 with the outbreak of World War II and did not recommence until 1947.

In 1955 Belfast, Jersey, Ostend, Southend, Isle of Wight and Dusseldorf were added to Yeadon’s destination list. In 1959 Leeds Bradford Airport Joint Committee took over and work soon began to develop the facilities at the airport.

Scheduled flights to London began in 1960 and Dublin was added shortly afterwards. A new runway was constructed which became operational in 1965.

By the late 1970s it was decided that after further runway extensions the airport’s status could be upgraded to a regional airport and work to this effect began in 1982. There was also extensive development to the terminal and the first phase of this work was opened in 1985. Restrictions relating to its operating hours were removed in 1994, and this meant that flights could leave and return to Leeds Bradford Airport at any time of day or night.

Work on the airport terminal has continued since 1996, and because of this there have been considerable growths in the terminal size and the passenger facilities.