Leeds
Leeds Bradford Airport officially has some of the lowest airport delay times in the country
Generally all flight delays have come down by an average of two and a half minutes since 2022.
With an average delay of 16 minutes and 54 seconds.
Leeds Bradford Airport has had its fair share of press over the last few years - but it's safe to say that the new report as part of the Press Association study of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data has ranked the airport in the top half of the country.
Taking data to find out the average delay time for airports, Leeds Bradford Airport was seventh best, joint with Cardiff airport, both of which had an average delay time of 16 minutes and 54 seconds.
This is down almost four minutes from 2022 when passengers travelling from Leeds Bradford Airport faced an average delay of 20 minutes.
The full list of airport delays from best to worst are as follows:
1.Belfast City George Best - 12 minutes 30 seconds
2.Livepool John Lennon - 13 minutes 24 seconds
3.East Midlands International 15 minutes 18 seconds
4.London City 15 minutes 36 seconds
5.Exeter 15 minutes 42 seconds
6.Teeside International - 16 minutes 48 seconds
7.Leeds Bradford - 16 minutes 54 seconds
= Cardiff Wales - 16 minutes 54 seconds
8. Southhampton - 17 minutes 6 seconds
9. Aberdeen - 17 minutes 42 seconds
10. Belfast International - 19 minutes 18 seconds
11. Newcastle - 19 minutes 48 seconds
12. Heathrow - 20 minutes
13. Bristol - 20 minutes 24 seconds
= Bournemouth - 20 minutes 24 seconds
14. Birmingham - 21 minutes 30 seconds
15. Edinburgh - 21 minutes 30 seconds
16. Manchester - 21 minutes 54 seconds
17. Luton - 22 minutes 54 seconds
18. Gatwick - 26 minutes 54 seconds
Generally all flight delays have come down by an average of two and a half minutes since 2022.
Although Leeds previously held a mid-ranking position, nearby airports Manchester and Sheffield Doncaster were previously amongst the worst for airport delays in the country, coming in with an average delay of 29 minutes each.
Since this, Sheffield Doncaster has closed its doors and Manchester, although decreasing its average delay time by a significant seven minutes, six seconds, it still ranks in the top three for delays.
According to reports from Sky News, the analysis took into account 'all scheduled and chartered departures from the 22 commercial UK airports with at least 1,000 outbound flights last year'.
Cancellations were not included in the study.
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Leeds
Major DJ has set cancelled as overcrowding concerns continue at Leeds Festival
Clementine Hall
After closing for the entire second day, The Warehouse stage at Leeds Festival has once again been forced to evacuate.
One of the most anticipated dance acts of the day has been cancelled due to health and safety concerns just moments before the set.
Sheffield DJ Silva Bumpa was due to take to The Warehouse stage today at 1:30pm, but the set was cancelled due to overcrowding.
It's not the first time this has happened at Leeds Festival 2026, as yesterday Omar+'s set was cancelled due to the same issue and the stage was subsequently closed for the rest of the day.
The Warehouse stage is completely new for this year, and supposedly is designed specifically for dance music...which is quite ironic.
Announcing the news to Instagram, Silva Bumpa said: "So so sorry Leeds Fest but due to over crowding my set was cancelled last min I was just behind the stage and got told right before such a massive shame."
Prospa, another prominent DJ who's set was cancelled at Reading on Friday afternoon, spoke up on the situation: "We are disappointed in The Warehouse stage closure at Reading Festival. We were told it wasn't possible to play whilst on the way. This was due to too many people outside the stage.
"We have seen this happen before at larger festivals in the UK. It's time to double the capacity of tents or put dance music on the main stage."
It comes after another dance stage, LS23, was closed mid-set last night due to a health and safety hazard when all the lights suddenly switched off and ravers were forced to evacuate.
If yesterday is anything to go by, we wouldn't be surprised if The Warehouse was closed for the rest of the day which means anticipated sets from Rossi and Mall Grab will also be cancelled.
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Leeds
‘Actually lost for words’ – huge artist speaks out as Leeds Festival set is cancelled due to overcrowding
Clementine Hall
For the second day in a row, a huge set has been cancelled due to overcrowding at Reading and Leeds Festival.
Day two of the festival and there's some pretty disappointed ravers hanging their head as one of the biggest dance music sets of the day is cancelled.
Omar+, a rising British electronic DJ and producer, was due to play on the brand-new Warehouse stage at Reading yesterday and Leeds today.
Yesterday's set was cancelled last minute due to overcrowding, and low and behold the same has happened here in Leeds.
Announcing the sad news to his story, Omar+ said "Actually lost for words. My Leeds set has been cancelled due to overcrowding."
He then went on to show a screenshot of a text message, reading: "I've never seen something like this in my entire life where two shows back to back are cancelled due to overcrowding."
The Warehouse stage is completely new for this year, and supposedly is designed specifically for dance music...which is quite ironic.
Prospa, another prominent DJ who's set was cancelled at Reading yesterday, spoke up on the situation: "We are disappointed in The Warehouse stage closure at Reading Festival. We were told it wasn't possible to play whilst on the way. This was due to too many people outside the stage.
"We have seen this happen before at larger festivals in the UK. It's time to double the capacity of tents or put dance music on the main stage."
It comes after another dance stage, LS23, was closed mid-set last night due to a health and safety hazard when all the lights suddenly switched off and ravers were forced to evacuate.
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Sophie Smith -
17th April 2024 
