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
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
Website	www.lbia.co.uk
Runways
Direction 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

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	Number of Movements
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:

Terminals

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  check-in
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  Jet2.com
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  KLM
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  Spanair