Leeds Bradford Airport

international airport in West Yorkshire, England
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Summary

Leeds Bradford Airport is an international airport[1]. It draws 2,232 Wikipedia views per month (international airport category, ranking #213 of 1,156).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Yeadon[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: commercial traffic aerodrome[5]
  • Owned by: Bridgepoint Capital[6]
  • Named after: Leeds[7], Bradford[8]
  • IATA airport code: LBA[9]
  • ICAO airport code: EGNM[10]
  • Commons category: Leeds Bradford International Airport[11]
  • Runway: 14/32[12]
  • Inception: 1931[13]
  • Coordinate location: 53.865833333333, -1.6605555555556[14]
  • Interchange station: Leeds/Bradford Airport railway station[15]
  • Official website: https://www.leedsbradfordairport.co.uk/[16]
  • Place served by transport hub: Leeds[17], Bradford[18]
  • Replaces: RAF Yeadon[19]
  • Date of official opening: 1931[20]
  • Elevation above sea level: 682[21]
  • Aerodrome reference point: 53.865833333333335, -1.6605555555555556[22]
  • Patronage: 283,049[23], 277,690[24], 286,525[25], 309,647[26], 331,548[27], 388,298[28], 362,063[29], 377,887[30], 408,689[31], 422,893[32], 435,500[33], 497,369[34], 646,955[35], 543,950[36]

Why It Matters

Leeds Bradford Airport has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 8w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Airport", "EGNM"], Entity["WeatherStation", "EGNM"]
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["WeatherStation", "EGNM"], Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/54526084|EGNM (#54526084)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog"
  3. 21w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14452 → 920GLBA1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33791|batch #33791]]: NaPTAN stop area codes (920)"
  4. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Inception → +1931-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Official website → https://www.leedsbradfordairport.co.uk/
    Located in time zone → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Airport", "EGNM"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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