Yeadon (Leeds/Bradford)
Major
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"At 681 feet Leeds Bradford International is the highest airport in Britain.
"| Also known as: | Leeds Bradford Airport / Leeds Bradford International Airport / RAF Station, Yeadon / RAF Yeadon / Yeadon Aerodrome / Yeadon Airport |
| County: | West Yorkshire |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened 17 October 1931 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / Civil |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Bridgepoint Capital Limited
- Leeds Bradford Spotters Group
- Servisair
- Premier Inn Leeds/Bradford Airport
- The Aviation Academy
- The Saltaire - bar and eatery
- Travelodge Leeds Bradford Airport
- Yeadon Library
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- AV Roe & Company (Avro)
Main unit(s) present:
- No 6 AACU
- No 9 AEF
- No 20 EFTS
- No 23 GS
- No 51 Gp Comms Flight
- No 609 Sqn
- No 664 Sqn
- No 1964 Reserve AOP Flight
- Air Anglia
- Air Southwest
- Air UK
- BH Air
- BKS Air Transport
- Blackpool and West Coast Air Services
- BMI Regional
- British Airways
- British Hospitals Air Pageant
- Brown Air
- C.D. Barnard Air Tours Ltd
- Capital Airlines
- Centralwings
- Channel Airways
- Dan-Air
- easyJet
- Executive Air Transport
- First Choice Airways
- Flybe
- Jet2.com
- KLM Cityhopper
- Knight Air
- Lancashire Aircraft Corporation
- Leeds UAS
- Leeds/Bradford Air Centre
- Manx2
- Monarch Airlines
- Multiflight
- National Aviation Day Ltd
- North Eastern Airways
- North-South Airlines
- Northair Aviation
- Orbest Orizonia Airlines
- Pakistan International Airlines
- PTT Aviation Ltd
- Ryanair
- Silver City Airways
- Starways
- Thomas Cook Airlines
- Thomson Airways
- Yorkshire Aeroplane Club
- Yorkshire Air Ambulance
- Yorkshire Territorial Flying Group
An aircraft landing at Yeadon, 16 December 2018.