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Park & Ride
Off-airport secure compounds with regular shuttle to the terminal.
Yorkshire's hilltop hub, undercover options recommended in winter.
Live operator prices for a sample 7-day stay. Sort by price, transfer time or rating. Click through for your exact dates.
| Type | Park Mark | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Park2Travel Outdoor Park2Travel Outdoor | Park & Ride | £77.98Cheapest | £9.56/day | Shuttle | Yes | 4.5(44) | View |
Park2Travel Indoor Park2Travel Indoor | Park & Ride | £85.98 | £10.56/day | 2 min shuttle | Yes | 5(79) | View |
Sentinel Security Parking Sentinel Security Parking | Park & Ride | £86.98 | £10.69/day | 5 min shuttle | — | 4(2479) | View |
Leeds Bradford Long Stay Parking Leeds Bradford Long Stay Parking | On-Airport | £88.98 | £10.94/day | 5 min walk | Yes | 5(83) | View |
The two most popular ways to park at LBA. Meet & Greet saves you time; Park & Ride saves you money. Here is how they compare on today's live prices.
Yorkshire's main airport.
Leeds Bradford is Yorkshire's main aviation gateway, perched on a hilltop at over 200m above sea level, making it one of the highest commercial airports in the UK. It handles around 4 million passengers a year from a single terminal that is in the middle of a long-running expansion programme.
Carriers are dominated by Jet2 (whose largest single base is here), with Ryanair, easyJet, TUI and a handful of regional carriers making up the rest of the route map. Destinations are almost entirely short-haul European leisure plus a few UK domestic links.
The airport's elevation means it can be weather-affected in winter, fog, low cloud and the occasional snow event do disrupt operations more frequently than at lower-lying airports. Heated covered parking is unusually well-supplied here for that reason.
All the practical access info, by car, train, coach and otherwise.
A658 from the A65, signposted from the M62 (junction 27) and the A1(M) (junction 41). From Leeds city centre, allow 25-30 minutes; from Bradford, 25 minutes; from Harrogate, 20 minutes.
There's no rail station at the airport. The nearest is Horsforth, connected by the Flyer A1 bus (around 15 minutes).
The Flyer A1 connects with Leeds Bus Station and the rail network via Rawdon, Horsforth and Kirkstall. National Express coaches run to Manchester, London and beyond.
A long-discussed rail link to the airport remains in planning, no service is currently in operation.
Official car parks are Short Stay (next to the terminal), Mid Stay (5-minute walk) and Long Stay (5-minute shuttle). LBA also operates Premium and Meet-and-Greet options at the front of the terminal.
Off-airport operators cluster along the A658 and the surrounding back roads. Indoor and undercover lots are unusually well-represented here, a useful winter advantage given the elevation. Independent rates beat the airport's own long-stay by 25-45% on most stays.
The questions our 24/7 team gets asked most about flying from Leeds Bradford.
8 days costs from £77.98 (about £9.75 a day) at Leeds Bradford right now, based on live prices from 4 car parks we compare. The cheapest option today is Park2Travel Outdoor (park and ride). Prices move with demand and rise sharply in the last fortnight before travel, so booking early is what actually saves money here.
Today the cheapest is Park2Travel Outdoor at £77.98 for 8 days, about £9.75 a day. The cheapest on-airport option is Leeds Bradford Long Stay Parking at £88.98, against £77.98 for Park2Travel Outdoor off-airport. There is no single car park that is always cheapest at Leeds Bradford, because operators reprice constantly, so the honest answer is to compare the live table above for your own dates rather than trusting a fixed list.
No, the nearest station is Horsforth, connected by the Flyer A1 bus.
More than at lower-lying airports, fog and snow can cause delays in winter. Most flights operate normally, but check with your airline if conditions are poor.
Yes, both official and independent options are mid-priced compared to the UK average. Off-airport park-and-ride is the cheapest option for most stays.
Two hours for short-haul flights. The terminal can get busy during peak Jet2 departures, add 30 minutes during summer.
Yes, both airport-operated and independent operators accept stays of up to 12 months.
No scheduled long-haul. Most long-haul travellers from Yorkshire connect via Manchester or Amsterdam.
Off-airport secure compounds with regular shuttle to the terminal.
Walk to the terminal, official airport-operated lots.
