Leeds Bradford International Airport

Leeds Bradford International Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EGNM
IATA code	LBA
Coordinates	53 ° 51 '57 "  N , 1 ° 39' 38"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 51 '57 "  N , 1 ° 39' 38"  W.
Height above MSL	208 m (682  ft )
Transport links
Street
Basic data
opening	1931
operator	Leeds Bradford International Airport Limited
Passengers	3,612,117 (2016)
Air freight	22 t (2016)
Flight movements	44,304 (2016)
Start-and runway
14/32	2250 m × 46 m concrete

The Leeds Bradford International Airport ( IATA : LBA , ICAO : EGNM ) is an international commercial airport between the two British cities Bradford and Leeds . With around four million passengers a year, it is the 16th largest airport in the country.

history

The origins of the airport go back to 1931 when there were club and training flights here under the then name Yeadon Aerodrome . The first scheduled flights took place in 1935 . During the Second World War , the Royal Air Force used the facility under the name RAF Yeadon in particular as a flight test center for the machines produced on the edge of the airfield at an Avro factory. Besides its own patterns Lancaster , Anson , York and Lincoln were also Bristol Blenheim produced.

After the war, the airfield was used for civilian purposes and was named Yeadon Airport . From the beginning of 1954, BKS Air Transport was the first airline to again offer national liner services and international charter services from Yeadon. Because the airport did not have any customs controls at the time, incoming and outgoing international traffic first had to stop at other British airports for customs clearance. Traffic increased significantly at the end of the 1950s, making Yeadon one of the UK's fastest growing airports. For 1965 an annual passenger number of 150,000 to 200,000 passengers was forecast. In 1959 it was decided to expand the airport because the length of the runway, the size of the terminal and the insufficient number of parking spaces no longer met the requirements. The converted airport was then given its current name.

Airlines and Destinations

Leeds Bradford is mainly used by low cost and charter airlines. The largest local airlines are Jet2.com , which is based here, and Ryanair , which has a base here. While Flybe offers some intra-UK city connections, Pakistan International Airlines operated the only long-haul flights from LBA to Islamabad - but these were discontinued in mid-May 2014. Jet2.com flies in Germany to Berlin and Düsseldorf , Ryanair to Niederrhein .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Passenger numbers at all airports in the United Kingdom. (PDF; 79 KB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed May 13, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Freight figures from all UK airports. (PDF; 12 KB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed May 13, 2017 .  
3. ↑ Aircraft movements at all UK airports. (PDF; 157 KB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed May 13, 2017 .  
4. ↑ Flight International, August 5, 1960 (PDF)

Web links

Commons : Leeds / Bradford Airport  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of Leeds Bradford Airport (english)