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Leeds Bradford Airport Passenger Statistics
LBA · Official CAA data · May 2026
Passengers (12 months)
4.50m
4,503,389 total
+3.2% year on year
UK rank
#13
of 43 reporting UK airports
May 2026
491k
491,297 passengers in the month
Cancellations
0.0%
1 of 3,502 flights cancelled
Passenger Trend (rolling 12 months)
12 months to May 20264,503,389
Same period a year earlier4,363,086
Leeds Bradford Airport handled 4,503,389 passengers in the 12 months to May 2026, up 3.2% on the same period a year earlier.
How Leeds Bradford Airport Compares
Manchester Airport32.2m
London Luton Airport18.0m
Edinburgh Airport17.3m
Birmingham Airport13.8m
Bristol Airport11.0m
Leeds Bradford Airport4.50m
Rolling 12-month passenger totals to May 2026. Busiest UK airports shown for comparison.
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Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), UK Airport Data, May 2026. Passenger totals are terminal passengers; cancellation figures are cancelled air transport movements as reported by the CAA. Figures are published by the CAA and reproduced here with attribution.