Leeds Bradford Airport

Very antiquated buildings, scruffy long cold corridor to/from aircraft. Sometimes upon disembarking aircraft, you may be lucky, and be provided with a bus transfer to the terminal. Arrived recently on a flight early hours a.m., what seemed like a mile from the terminal - no bus provided. Walk across tarmac in the rain, to the eternal corridor. Many people, some very elderly seriously struggling to cope with the walk, followed at the corridor end by several flights of stairs to passport control. Partner was struggling after this experience, and when mentioning this to a surly faced female security officer, was met with total indifference, and told 'There are stands farther away than yours'. Great. This really helped. Only decent thing about Leeds Bradford Airport are the Jet2 staff, otherwise I really wouldn't bother putting myself through this dismal experience.

From the drop off the experience just gets worse. Free drop off too far away and 2 people cannot pass when pulling 2 cases. Not a smooth path that allows your case to run well. Long queues through security. Extra long walk through Duty Free with nothing that could count as a bargain from high street prices. Over priced food and Drink in the bars & cafes. Miserable looking staff (except Jet2). Scruffy walk to plane under what could have been built during the war dirty tin shed.

Coming back no escalator up the steps to passport control. Where there is one I have never seen it work. Long wait for bags in a dismal 2 conveyor belt baggage reclaim. Bags arrived after another flight that came in after ours. Over priced Taxis that have a monopoly over other taxi firms because of the extortionate charges for getting anywhere near the terminal.

At last home and the only saving grace is that I live only 5 minutes away. If I didn't live so near I would never ever use this Airport.

Awful, awful experience. Kept waiting on a plane for 35 minutes to disembark because "there were only two buses" and also the outdoor walkway was "already full of people wanting to get on a planer and we couldn't mix you up". Get on the bus and then have to go upstairs through passport control; and then back downstairs to exit. Have used the airport for years and there have been many experiences like this. It puts a dreadful end top your business trip/holiday. On the upside, there was a quick security clearance when leaving.

The only reason I use Leeds Bradford airport is that I live 10 minutes away, otherwise I'd go elsewhere. It didn't use to be too bad but in recent years the number of flights using the airport has significantly increased but the management is still distinctly incompetent, amateurish and provincial.

There is not enough seating; most seats are in the cafes and I've heard people being told to move if they hadn't bought food or drink.

Over-zealous security, both outgoing and incoming. The metal zip on my jeans is enough to set off the metal detector at Leeds (I never set off the detectors at other airports), and being searched at Leeds feels like being physically assulted

At other airports passengers who are clearly sun-seeking tourists are waved through passport control with just a glance at the passport, at Leeds they scrutinse everyone, flicking suspicious glances between the passport and your face.

This lack of any common sense on the part of the security staff inevitably leads to queues at security when leaving and returning. There are usually staff marching up and down the queues barking unnecessary orders who would be better employed doing something that improves passenger throughput.

It can take ages before the luggage is taken off the plane and put on the conveyor belt. Recently 4 flights arrived within a few minutes of each other and the monitor indicated that the luggage from all the flights would be put on the same conveyor belt, even though there was another belt available. It was only when the space around the converor belt turned into a crowded, chaotic scrum that it occurred to staff that they could use the other conveyor belt. They then had to send a member of staff to run around shouting at passengers to use the other belt.

The airport charges for pretty much everything, there is a £1 non-refundable fee to use a luggage trolley and there is no pick-up/ drop-off area, so you have to use the car park for which there is a £2 fee even if you're only there for 30 seconds. Until recently they charged £1 for plastic bags to put liquids into.

You pay to drop off/pick up, for plastic security bags, to avoid their horrendous queues. This is an airport to avoid if possible.

This is a great little airport and very convenient for me. The parking is well priced and the transport links from parking to the airport are excellent. The airport itself was clean and calm and the staff polite and helpful. My only gripe is the fact that there is no chemist after the security point. WHS have a very small, overpriced range of toiletries but they had no suntan lotion - surely an essential at airports? As you can now not take liquids of more than 100 ml through security the lack of a decent toiletries range after security seems a bit of an oversight. It would be good if there was more competition from other low cost airlines to the one named after a boy e.g. a wider range of destinations from the jet named airlines as I hate having to give my custom to the aforementioned money grabbing boy - but that's a whole different story!

short term parking at Leeds Bradford Airport is ridiculus only 5 minutes free for pick up drop off, when its busy you need longer,should go back to 15 minutes free.tenerife give you 30 minutes free

I dislike Leeds Bradford airport. So I try and avoid it as much as possible. The staff were not helpful enough and the shops and eating facilities are poor.

This used to be a very good airport until recently. I would rather go to the nearby Robin Hood airport or pay a little extra and get 24/7 facilities and disabled parking that is monitored at Manchester airport.

I travel a lot on business and have recently been flying out of Leeds Bradford Airport quite regularly. The airport has all of the usual shops and restaurants as well as games rooms for the kids and a number of vip lounges for people willing to pay a bit more. The airport is very clean which is a plus if you ever want to freshen up while waiting for a connecting flight - the airport also seems to be very safe and secure with a visible police and security guard presence all the times I have been there. The rest of the staff are friendly and approachable and as a bonus none of my flights from LBIA have been delayed - I may have just been lucky so far though. A good alternative to the Manchester and Heathrows of this world.