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91-529: Teesside International Airport ( IATA : MME , ICAO : EGNV ), formerly Durham Tees Valley Airport , is a minor international airport in the Borough of Darlington , County Durham, England. It primarily serves Teesside (including Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees ) south and mid County Durham (including Darlington ) and north North Yorkshire . The airport has a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Public Use Aerodrome Licence (number P518) that allows flights for

182-454: A Piper Aerostar registered N64719 en route to Iceland from Newcastle International Airport, crashed close to Fortingall , on the north side of Loch Tay in Perthshire , Scotland, killing the single crewmember. The accident report concluded that the aircraft gradually lost airspeed during an icing encounter, before stalling and the pilot losing control. The Newcastle Airport Metro station

273-700: A controlling 65% stake in Peel Airports Ltd and in December 2011, placed the airport up for sale. This led to the Peel Group purchasing their 75% share back on 10 February 2012 under a new subsidiary, Peel Investments (DTVA) Ltd. In November 2010, the airport introduced the Passenger Facility Fee of £6 per adult to curb the airport's losses. Passengers had to purchase a ticket from a machine before being allowed to proceed through security. Similar schemes were at

364-493: A few hundred combinations; a three-letter system of airport codes was implemented. This system allowed for 17,576 permutations, assuming all letters can be used in conjunction with each other. Since the U.S. Navy reserved "N" codes, and to prevent confusion with Federal Communications Commission broadcast call signs , which begin with "W" or "K", the airports of certain U.S. cities whose name begins with one of these letters had to adopt "irregular" airport codes: This practice

455-547: A move from Cavendish House on Teesdale, Stockton-on-Tees to a new 1,360sq m base at the Teesside Airport site. The move completed in 2022. On 7 February 2022, new details of a proposed Teesside Airport business park were announced. The new business park, based on the southside of the airport, will include a new 1.5 km link road running direct to the A67 and a new roundabout close to Wilkinson's Plant Centre. On 29 August 2022,

546-550: A new airport is built, replacing the old one, leaving the city's new "major" airport (or the only remaining airport) code to no longer correspond with the city's name. The original airport in Nashville, Tennessee, was built in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration and called Berry Field with the designation, BNA. A new facility known as Nashville International Airport was built in 1987 but still uses BNA. This

637-431: A new summer holiday route to Majorca for the 2020 summer season and the renewal of the 2019 Burgas route also for 2020. On 25 July 2019, the airport was rebranded back to Teesside International Airport, the name it operated under between 1987 and 2004. In January 2020, flights to multiple destinations were announced by Eastern Airways to Belfast City, Cardiff, Dublin, Isle of Man, London City and Southampton, including

728-595: A nod to the military origins. M iddlesbrough M unicipal Aerodrom E is also often quoted. However the latter seems unlikely as the Airport is actually located in Darlington, County Durham. In the early days, the airport developed a network of mainly scheduled routes, with limited inclusive tour charter flights. The destinations were consistent but the airlines were not, with British Midland , BKS Air Transport , Dan-Air , Autair and Channel Airways all coming and going before

819-447: A planned £56 million expansion and development programme would have enabled the airport to handle up to 3 million passengers annually. However the plan never materialised due to falling passenger numbers after 2006 In late summer 2006, bmibaby announced their surprise departure from Durham Tees Valley Airport. Peel were quick to replace them with Flyglobespan who opened an initial two-aircraft base. Passenger numbers peaked in 2006 when

910-474: A poll indicating 93% of locals preferred the name, with the change occurring on 25 July 2019. 'Teesside Airport' was common on local road signs that were either placed before 2004 or on signs with limited space for the then airport title. The aerodrome began life in January 1941 as Royal Air Force Station Middleton St. George or RAF Goosepool as known to the locals (though it has never officially held that name). It

1001-540: A purpose emergency TVCA meeting called by the Mayor. An established airport operator thought to be the Stobart Aviation had been lined up to run the facility. Should the Mayor's plan to buy back the airport be approved by TVCA, Houchen said he planned to give local residents the opportunity to decide whether to change the airport's name back to Teesside International Airport. An online poll was conducted in December 2018 with

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1092-454: A relaunch of their long established Aberdeen route. Routes to Newquay , Alicante and London Heathrow were later added, the latter for the first time in over a decade. By November, these routes were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A major global aircraft maintenance firm, Willis Lease Finance Corporation, were announced as a new tenant on 15 May 2020. They announced a £25M investment in

1183-598: A special committee to investigate the potential for building an airport to serve the North-East of England, considering 18 locations before selecting a site at Woolsington , about 5 mi (8.0 km) northwest of the city centre. The airport was opened on 26 July 1935 as Woolsington Aerodrome by the Secretary of State for Air , Sir Phillip Cunliffe-Lister . Incorporating a clubhouse, hangar , workshops, fuel garage and grass runway , it cost £35,000 to build. The airport became

1274-463: Is 1 flight school located at the airport called AeroSchool (formally 2, Eden Flight Training closed as it went into administration in November 2024) IAS Medical are an air ambulance operator who specialise in patient and organ transfer using Beech King Airs . There are also three multinational defence contractors based on site. Draken Europe provide electronic countermeasure and aggressor training to

1365-499: Is GSN and its IATA code is SPN, and some coincide with IATA codes of non-U.S. airports. Canada's unusual codes—which bear little to no similarity with any conventional abbreviation to the city's name—such as YUL in Montréal , and YYZ in Toronto , originated from the two-letter codes used to identify weather reporting stations in the 1930s. The letters preceding the two-letter code follow

1456-604: Is an international airport serving Newcastle upon Tyne , England. Located approximately 7.7 mi (12.4 km) from Newcastle City Centre , it is the primary and busiest airport in North East England , and the second busiest in Northern England . In 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic , Newcastle International handled 5.2 million passengers annually. Newcastle Airport has a Civil Aviation Authority Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P725) that allows flights for

1547-574: Is different from the name in English, yet the airport code represents only the English name. Examples include: Due to scarcity of codes, some airports are given codes with letters not found in their names: The use of 'X' as a filler letter is a practice to create three-letter identifiers when more straightforward options were unavailable: Some airports in the United States retained their NWS ( National Weather Service ) codes and simply appended an X at

1638-528: Is directly connected to the terminal through an indoor walkway. The station is the northern terminus of the green line of the Tyne and Wear Metro , with frequent direct services to the city centres of Newcastle and Sunderland (approximately 20 and 50 minutes respectively), as well as to many other towns within Tyne and Wear . Connection to the National Rail network is available at Newcastle Central . The airport

1729-629: Is expected that some of their 10,000 tonnes of annual freight will now be handled by Teesside. Teesside was the first airport in the UK to scrap the 100ml limit on liquids in hand luggage with the installation of new scanning equipment known as a C3 Scanner. In August 2024 it was revealed that despite making a gross profit of £308,555 in the previous year, the airport still made an operating loss of £3M. The airport has also used £63M in taxpayer funded loans over four years. The following airlines operate regular scheduled and cargo flights to and from Teesside: There

1820-513: Is in conjunction to rules aimed to avoid confusion that seem to apply in the United States, which state that "the first and second letters or second and third letters of an identifier may not be duplicated with less than 200 nautical miles separation." Thus, Washington, D.C. area's three airports all have radically different codes: IAD for Washington–Dulles , DCA for Washington–Reagan (District of Columbia Airport), and BWI for Baltimore (Baltimore–Washington International, formerly BAL). Since HOU

1911-532: Is not followed outside the United States: In addition, since three letter codes starting with Q are widely used in radio communication, cities whose name begins with "Q" also had to find alternate codes, as in the case of: IATA codes should not be confused with the FAA identifiers of U.S. airports. Most FAA identifiers agree with the corresponding IATA codes, but some do not, such as Saipan , whose FAA identifier

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2002-413: Is part of overall £20 million improvement plans running from 2016 to 2017. This £20m improvement plan included a new radar system alongside digital signage in the check-in areas and the installation of new flooring. The £3m plan includes an extension to the terminal by 4,800 sq ft (450 m ) and will increase the equipment in the security hall, bringing in improved technology to speed up procedures there. This

2093-416: Is used for William P. Hobby Airport , the new Houston–Intercontinental became IAH. The code BKK was originally assigned to Bangkok–Don Mueang and was later transferred to Suvarnabhumi Airport , while the former adopted DMK. The code ISK was originally assigned to Gandhinagar Airport (Nashik's old airport) and later on transferred to Ozar Airport (Nashik's current airport). Shanghai–Hongqiao retained

2184-561: The Canadian transcontinental railroads were built, each station was assigned its own two-letter Morse code : When the Canadian government established airports, it used the existing railway codes for them as well. If the airport had a weather station, authorities added a "Y" to the front of the code, meaning "Yes" to indicate it had a weather station or some other letter to indicate it did not. When international codes were created in cooperation with

2275-556: The RAF . The school was disbanded on 3 September 1939, with the outbreak of the Second World War . In 1940, the airfield was occasionally used to operate detachments of Supermarine Spitfire fighters from RAF Acklington -based 72 Squadron . On 25 July that year, No. 83 Maintenance Unit RAF, tasked with recovering crashed aircraft and salvaging any usable parts, was formed at Woolsington, remaining operational until April 1946. The airfield

2366-797: The Teesside Airport railway station opened, with a shuttle bus running between the station and the terminal. In 1974, the shares were divided between the newly formed Cleveland and Durham County Councils. Also during the year, the CAA declared Tees-Side should be the primary airport for the North East of England, ultimately however Newcastle International Airport prospered. The 1980s saw scheduled routes resurge thanks to home-grown airline Casair Aviation Services, who had started out as an air taxi operator in 1972. In October 1982, Casair merged with Genair of Liverpool and Eastern Airways of Humberside (the airline of

2457-425: The Tyne and Wear Metro system. In August 2004, an extended and refurbished Departure Terminal was opened. The refurbishment included a 3,000 square metre extension with new shops, cafes and 1,200 new seats for waiting passengers. In 2006, a record 5.4 million passengers used the airport, according to Civil Aviation Authority figures. Rapid expansion in passenger traffic has led to increasing commercial use of

2548-471: The list of Amtrak station codes . Airport codes arose out of the convenience that the practice brought pilots for location identification in the 1930s. Initially, pilots in the United States used the two-letter code from the National Weather Service (NWS) for identifying cities. This system became unmanageable for cities and towns without an NWS identifier, and the use of two letters allowed only

2639-465: The 1960s. In 1957, the runway was extended to its current length of 7,516 ft (2,291m). The RAF station was closed in 1964 and the airfield sold to the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The former RAF Station was then developed into a civil airport. The first civilian flight from the newly named Tees-Side Airport took place on 18 April 1964 with a Mercury Airlines service to Manchester . On 1 November 1966,

2730-516: The 2018 takeover. In November 2013, Peel Group released a master plan titled "Master Plan to 2020 and Beyond", covering the period up to 2050. This was followed up with a number of consultation events across the region with both the public and business community, the airport then took the feedback into consideration before releasing a final draft in April 2014. Under the master plan, inclusive tour charter flights were axed as unprofitable. The cornerstone of

2821-511: The IATA Airline Coding Directory. IATA provides codes for airport handling entities, and for certain railway stations. Alphabetical lists of airports sorted by IATA code are available. A list of railway station codes , shared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak , SNCF , and Deutsche Bahn , is available. However, many railway administrations have their own list of codes for their stations, such as

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2912-512: The Mayor held a press conference at the airport confirming Stobart Aviation as the new airport operator. Stobart would invest in a 25% stake in the new holding company with the TVCA owning the majority 75% (it was expected that prior to this the individual local authority shares would be transferred across to the TVCA). The takeover came at a time the airport was back on the rise, the 2017 terminal refurbishment

3003-636: The MoD using a fleet of Dassault Falcon 20 and Aero L-159E ALCA aircraft, and built a new hangar in 2022 to accommodate the latter. Serco operate their International Fire Training Centre, one of the largest in Europe, on the airport's south side. Thales ' calibration and flight inspection subsidiary is based at Teesside; it operates a Beech King Air and Diamond DA42 Twin Star . US firm Willis Lease Finance Corporation subsidiary Willis Asset Management operate out of Hangar 2 at

3094-520: The Passenger Facility Fee, being notoriously against such charges. Other developments included new airfield lighting installed and during 2012, six-figure sums spent revamping the terminal building and renovating one of the World War II -era hangars. On 30 October 2013, after it became clear the market wasn't going to yield any further charter flights, the airport announced it would no longer accept such flights as part of cost-cutting plans that would see

3185-509: The U.S. For example, several airports in Alaska have scheduled commercial service, such as Stebbins and Nanwalek , which use FAA codes instead of ICAO codes. Thus, neither system completely includes all airports with scheduled service. Some airports are identified in colloquial speech by their IATA code. Examples include LAX and JFK . Newcastle International Airport Newcastle International Airport ( IATA : NCL , ICAO : EGNT )

3276-399: The UK, were unfamiliar with the location of Teesside , whilst Durham was better known. The move was widely condemned by the local population who felt passionately about the name Teesside, and considered the term Tees Valley to be geographically inaccurate, as there is no such valley. Shortly afterwards, a new access road, terminal front and terminal interior were completed. The remainder of

3367-481: The United States, because "Y" was seldom used in the United States, Canada simply used the weather station codes for its airports, changing the "Y" to a "Z" if it conflicted with an airport code already in use. The result is that most major Canadian airport codes start with "Y" followed by two letters in the city's name (for example, YOW for O tta w a , YWG for W innipe g , YYC for C algar y , or YVR for V ancouve r ), whereas other Canadian airports append

3458-503: The airfield was used as a satellite field for No. 62 OTU , based at RAF Ouston . Woolsington was handed back to the council in 1946. In 1967, the construction of a new runway and terminal was completed, along with an apron and a new air traffic control tower. These new additions were officially opened by the Prime Minister , Harold Wilson on 17 February 1967. In 1978, with passenger figures approaching one million per year,

3549-484: The airline only operates domestic flights from the airport after scrapping all of its international routes by 31 August 2020. However, since this decision the airline resumed its operations to Palma de Mallorca and Geneva in 2022 as well as Alicante , Amsterdam and Paris Charles de Gaulle in 2024. As well as introducing a winter seasonal route to Lyon in 2025. In March 2022, Ryanair opened its new base at Newcastle and announced 10 new routes which meant that

3640-563: The airline would operate a total of 19 routes, with over 130 weekly flights over Summer 2022 using two based aircraft. In April 2023, TUI announced its biggest ever programme at the airport for summer 2024, operating up to 84 weekly flights to a total of 31 destinations on offer using an additional fifth aircraft, including new routes to Sal , Cape Verde and Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt . In May 2023, Jet2.com announced their biggest ever Winter schedule for Newcastle Airport, with over 45 weekly flights. Destinations that have seen increases in

3731-573: The airport and carry out maintenance and storage of a wide variety of commercial aircraft. Two further subsidiaries have since moved in: Willis Aviation Services are a ground handling company and Jet Centre by Willis now run the airport's business aviation centre. IATA airport code The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763, and it is administered by the IATA's headquarters in Montreal , Canada. The codes are published semi-annually in

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3822-476: The airport and the region. The service operated five times per week onboard B757-2 through September. However, in August 2016, United Airlines announced it would discontinue its seasonal route from Newark to Newcastle in 2017 after operating for just two consecutive seasons, citing economic reasons. In July 2017, it was announced that the airport would be investing £3 million on a terminal expansion project which

3913-482: The airport back into public ownership for the first time since it was sold to Peel in 2003. Purchasing the airport was Houchen's primary election pledge in his campaign in the 2017 Tees Valley mayoral election . The deal would be completed subject to ratification from the leaders of the five local authorities that made up the Tees Valley Combined Authority who were to vote on the deal in January 2019 at

4004-514: The airport diversify into a business airport. The airport stated it would instead focus on scheduled routes and non-passenger related aviation such as cargo/general aviation. The news was part of a master plan for the airport site, including residential and commercial development, released in November 2013. Peel would later reverse the decision with the return of Balkan Holidays to Burgas for summer 2019, with further large scale expansion from two major holiday companies lined up, but stopped because of

4095-460: The airport including two new hangars and a new Jet Centre facility on 18 July 2022. On 27 October 2020, TUI announced their return after nine years with a summer service to Majorca starting in May 2022. On 10 November 2020, Loganair announced flights to five destinations, all in competition with Eastern Airways, however Eastern never reinstated several of their routes following the pandemic leaving Loganair as

4186-440: The airport itself instead of the city it serves, while another code is reserved which refers to the city itself which can be used to search for flights to any of its airports. For instance: Or using a code for the city in one of the major airports and then assigning another code to another airport: When different cities with the same name each have an airport, they need to be assigned different codes. Examples include: Sometimes,

4277-634: The airport launched its Flying For The Future campaign to try to build support towards the airport and encourage more people to use the facility. On 4 December 2018, the Mayor of the Tees Valley Ben Houchen announced a £40M deal had been agreed to buy Peel Airport's 89% majority shareholding in Durham Tees Valley Airport (made up of £35M for the airport and £5M for land with planning permission for 350 houses) which if approved would bring

4368-414: The airport officially opened a new £2.5M cargo handling facility. The facility includes a purpose-built 21,000 sq ft (2,000 m) hangar with security screening technology, handling, freight-forwarding, customs clearage and storage. The facility can also be used for specialised charter flights for both air and road freight. Following the closure of Doncaster Sheffield Airport in November 2022, it

4459-728: The airport to AMP Capital. The airport mainly serves the counties of Tyne and Wear , County Durham , and Northumberland in North East England , as well as Cumbria in North West England , and the Scottish Borders area of southern Scotland. The airport competes with the smaller Teesside International Airport for passengers travelling from and to County Durham and the Teesside area of North Yorkshire . The nearest similar-sized airports are Edinburgh , Glasgow and Leeds Bradford . In 1929, Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council set up

4550-405: The airport valued the services more than owed fees, leading to Casair being reborn and taking over Genair services to Glasgow and Humberside, which they operated initially on behalf of Air Ecosse and then independently. On 11 December 1982, the airport chartered Concorde for the day, it would visit twice more before its retirement, on 23 August 1986 for the air show and 30 April 1995. In 1987,

4641-430: The airport was designated as a regional international hub airport in the UK government's White Paper on Airports Policy, opening the way for further redevelopment; in the same decade it was re-branded as Newcastle Airport. The 1980s saw further investment in check-in , catering and duty-free shops . In 1991, Airport Metro station opened, connecting the airport with Newcastle Newcastle City Centre and Sunderland using

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4732-567: The airport was privatised, with Cleveland and Durham local authorities retaining their shares. As part of this process the airport rebranded from Tees-Side Airport to Teesside International Airport. 1990 saw the one millionth aircraft movement at the airport, in the form of a British Midland service to London Heathrow. In 1996 when Cleveland County Council was abolished, the airport ownership was divided amongst local Borough Councils. Passenger numbers grew steadily from 1993 based upon an expanding holiday charter business. In 1994, Airtours arrived on

4823-579: The airport was used by 917,963 passengers. However, since the 2007-2008 financial crisis, numbers declined to 130,911 in 2017 before starting to rise again in 2018. A side effect of the crisis saw a number of airline bankruptcies or mergers, greatly reducing the number of potential operators for the airport to pursue. Those that merged consolidated at the larger regional airports, leading to the likes of Newcastle and Leeds expanding, whilst local airports such as Durham Tees Valley continued to struggle for several years. In 2010, Vancouver Airport Services purchased

4914-418: The airport's former name, such as Orlando International Airport 's MCO (for Mc C o y Air Force Base), or Chicago's O'Hare International Airport , which is coded ORD for its original name: Or char d Field. In rare cases, the code comes from the airport's unofficial name, such as Kahului Airport 's OGG (for local aviation pioneer Jimmy H ogg ). In large metropolitan areas, airport codes are often named after

5005-602: The arrival of the Emirates service from Newcastle to Dubai. The Dubai route contributes some £600m to the economy and has opened new export avenues to North East firms, some of whom have opened offices in the United Arab Emirates . The airport is also home to the Newcastle Airport Fire Academy. The Newcastle Aviation Academy is also located within this area. When Gill Airways operated, its head office

5096-525: The base for the Newcastle upon Tyne Flying Club, which moved from its previous home at Cramlington Aerodrome and ran the new airport on behalf of the council. On 1 June 1939, No. 43 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School , operated by Newcastle Flying Club and equipped with a mixture of de Havilland Tiger Moths , Miles Magisters and Hawker Hinds opened at Woolsington, as one of a large number of civil-operated flying schools set up to train aircrew for

5187-491: The code SHA, while the newer Shanghai–Pudong adopted PVG. The opposite was true for Berlin : the airport Berlin–Tegel used the code TXL, while its smaller counterpart Berlin–Schönefeld used SXF; the Berlin Brandenburg Airport has the airport code BER, which is also part of its branding. The airports of Hamburg (HAM) and Hannover (HAJ) are less than 100 nautical miles (190 km) apart and therefore share

5278-919: The end. Examples include: A lot of minor airfields without scheduled passenger traffic have ICAO codes but not IATA codes, since the four letter codes allow more number of codes, and IATA codes are mainly used for passenger services such as tickets, and ICAO codes by pilots. In the US, such airfields use FAA codes instead of ICAO. There are airports with scheduled service for which there are ICAO codes but not IATA codes, such as Nkhotakota Airport/Tangole Airport in Malawi or Chōfu Airport in Tokyo, Japan. There are also several minor airports in Russia (e.g., Omsukchan Airport ) which lack IATA codes and instead use internal Russian codes for booking. Flights to these airports cannot be booked through

5369-417: The existing airport infrastructure to be used for aviation development, and outline planning permission was received on 29 March 2017. On 18 May 2017, Durham Tees Valley Airport announced significant investment to the airport's terminal facilities. Alongside extensive renovations in the departures area, improved retail services were introduced under the new in-house 'Xpress' brand. The first phase of investment

5460-429: The first five years. Peel brought Teesside into the low cost era by securing bmibaby who based initially one, later two aircraft at the airport, ultimately giving the airport its peak years. On 21 September 2004, the airport was renamed Durham Tees Valley Airport at the request of bmibaby, who felt the new name placed the airport better geographically as many of the airport's passengers, particularly those from outside

5551-557: The first three letters of the city in which it is located, for instance: The code may also be a combination of the letters in its name, such as: Sometimes the airport code reflects pronunciation, rather than spelling, namely: For many reasons, some airport codes do not fit the normal scheme described above. Some airports, for example, cross several municipalities or regions, and therefore, use codes derived from some of their letters, resulting in: Other airports—particularly those serving cities with multiple airports—have codes derived from

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5642-474: The following format: Most large airports in Canada have codes that begin with the letter "Y", although not all "Y" codes are Canadian (for example, YUM for Yuma, Arizona , and YNT for Yantai , China), and not all Canadian airports start with the letter "Y" (for example, ZBF for Bathurst, New Brunswick ). Many Canadian airports have a code that starts with W, X or Z, but none of these are major airports. When

5733-593: The form of " YYZ ", a song by the rock band Rush , which utilizes the Morse code signal as a musical motif. Some airports have started using their IATA codes as brand names , such as Calgary International Airport (YYC) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Numerous New Zealand airports use codes that contain the letter Z, to distinguish them from similar airport names in other countries. Examples include HLZ for Hamilton , ZQN for Queenstown , and WSZ for Westport . Predominantly, airport codes are named after

5824-404: The greater Toronto area. Services were discontinued the same summer. In 2012, Air Transat cut its route linking Newcastle with Toronto-Pearson , which had operated for several years. Through this, Newcastle was left without any transatlantic service . On 23 May 2015, United Airlines commenced its summer seasonal route from Newcastle to New York-Newark , which was a huge achievement for

5915-482: The international air booking systems or have international luggage transferred there, and thus, they are booked instead through the airline or a domestic booking system. Several heliports in Greenland have 3-letter codes used internally which might be IATA codes for airports in faraway countries. There are several airports with scheduled service that have not been assigned ICAO codes that do have IATA codes, especially in

6006-403: The international passenger terminal was opened by Princess Margaretha of Sweden . The IATA code for the new airport was determined as MME; however, the meaning of this is disputed. Long term employees and tenants from the 1960s claim M iddleton St George Aerodro ME , but because of the lack of certainty, the current management have unofficially adopted M iddleton M ilitary E stablishment as

6097-449: The master plan was a housing estate which would have raised up to £30M to be reinvested back into the airport under a 'Section 106' agreement. This resulted in heavy opposition from the local public who misinterpreted the development as being at the expense of the airport, which had long been the subject of a conspiracy theory claiming the facility was being deliberately run down for closure. The houses were located on land too far removed from

6188-612: The name of the airport itself, for instance: This is also true with some cities with a single airport (even if there is more than one airport in the metropolitan area of said city), such as BDL for Hartford, Connecticut 's B ra dl ey International Airport or Baltimore's BWI, for B altimore/ W ashington I nternational Airport ; however, the latter also serves Washington, D.C. , alongside Dulles International Airport (IAD, for I nternational A irport D ulles) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA, for D istrict of C olumbia A irport). The code also sometimes comes from

6279-597: The number of flights include Tenerife , Gran Canaria , Lanzarote and Alicante . Newcastle Airport Freight Village is south of the airport and includes Emirates SkyCargo , FedEx , and North East Air Cargo company offices which deal with freight exports and imports and mail. It also houses freight forwarding agents such as Casper Logistics Ltd, Kintetsu World Express , Kuehne + Nagel , Nippon Express , Schenker International, Davis Turner Air Cargo, and Universal Forwarding. In April 2016, Emirates reported that flown exports have soared to £310   million per year since

6370-416: The one they are located in: Other airport codes are of obscure origin, and each has its own peculiarities: In Asia, codes that do not correspond with their city's names include Niigata 's KIJ , Nanchang 's KHN and Pyongyang 's FNJ . EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg , which serves three countries, has three airport codes: BSL, MLH, EAP. Some cities have a name in their respective language which

6461-474: The option of continuing with the Durham Tees Valley name or reverting to the airport's former name of Teesside International. Of the 14,000 people who took part, 93% voted for the name to revert to Teesside International. On 24 January 2019, the six TVCA leaders unanimously voted in favour of the plan, bringing the airport back under public ownership after 16 years in the private sector. On 14 March 2019,

6552-446: The public transport of passengers and for flight instruction. Tees Valley Combined Authority owns three-quarters of the airport and Teesside Airport Foundation owns the remainder. Originally Royal Air Force (RAF) station Middleton St George , the aerodrome became Tees-Side Airport in 1964, Teesside International Airport in 1987, and Durham Tees Valley Airport in 2004 before reverting to Teesside International Airport in 2019 following

6643-580: The public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. In 2019, it was named the best airport in Europe of those serving 5–15   million passengers annually by Airports Council International (ACI) for the second consecutive year. The airport is owned by seven local authorities (51%) and AMP Capital (49%). The seven local authorities are: City of Newcastle , City of Sunderland , Durham County Council , Gateshead MBC , North Tyneside MBC , Northumberland County Council , and South Tyneside MBC . In October 2012 Copenhagen Airport sold its stake in

6734-501: The same first and middle letters, indicating that this rule might be followed only in Germany. Many cities retain historical names in their airport codes, even after having undergone an official name/spelling/transliteration change: Some airport codes are based on previous names associated with a present airport, often with a military heritage. These include: Some airports are named for an administrative division or nearby city, rather than

6825-557: The same name still based there today is a Phoenix company ) under the Genair name, and one month later the first UK regional feeder franchise network was launched when Genair partnered with British Caledonian , trading under the British Caledonian Commuter Services banner. Unfortunately the new venture only lasted until July 1984 when Genair collapsed, causing the loss of 11 out of 18 routes for Tees-Side Airport. Luckily,

6916-431: The scene and from 1997 based a summer seasonal aircraft at the airport, this coupled with other tour operator expansion propelled the airport to new heights. In 2002, the airport sought a strategic partner to assist with future development and Peel Airports Ltd was selected as the preferred company, taking a 75% stake in the airport, to be increased to 89% after 10 years, with a commitment to invest £20   million over

7007-461: The sole operator on most of them. On 25 November, Ryanair announced two flights a week to Palma de Mallorca and Alicante from June 2021. On 16 December 2020, a terminal refurbishment was announced including a second lounge, cafe and bar facilities, both landside and airside, as well as opening up previously closed areas. In the 3 March 2021 annual Government budget announcement, the Tees Valley region

7098-555: The south side of the airport. This was previously used for general aviation , but is now used for freight, mail and corporate flights. This is partially due to difficulties obtaining departure and arrival slots for light aircraft traffic, which need to be separated from larger aircraft to protect against wake turbulence . As part of the Airport Master Plan, the south-side area is to be expanded with maintenance facilities including new hangar and apron areas. In January 2007, it

7189-497: The station code of Malton, Mississauga , where it is located). YUL is used for Montréal–Trudeau (UL was the ID code for the beacon in the city of Kirkland , now the location of Montréal–Trudeau). While these codes make it difficult for the public to associate them with a particular Canadian city, some codes have become popular in usage despite their cryptic nature, particularly at the largest airports. Toronto's code has entered pop culture in

7280-445: The ten years to 2007, when passenger numbers peaked at 5.65 million, more than double the number handled ten years earlier. Passenger numbers declined in the subsequent four years due to the financial crisis of 2007–2010 , but later recovered, with around 5.3 million passengers passing through the airport in 2018 (close to the 2006 total), although cargo volumes have broadly increased to record levels since 2005. On 30 November 2000,

7371-417: The time already in place at other small English airports including Blackpool , Newquay and Norwich . Passenger numbers during 2011 were 15% lower compared to 2010. On 11 January 2011, Ryanair left the airport after ending their service to Alicante Airport , having previously served Dublin Airport , Girona Airport and Rome Ciampino Airport . They decided to leave the airport before the introduction of

7462-525: The turn of the decade. In November 1969 British Midland returned when they were awarded the licence to fly the London Heathrow route, which they continued operating until 28 March 2009. The 1970s saw a decline in regional services but a growth in holiday flights, courtesy of Northeast Airlines (a rebranded BKS Air Transport) and Britannia Airways , as well as overseas operators such as Aviaco , Spantax and Aviogenex amongst others. On 19 October 1971,

7553-504: The two-letter code of the radio beacons that were the closest to the actual airport, such as YQX in Gander or YXS in Prince George . Four of the ten provincial capital airports in Canada have ended up with codes beginning with YY, including: Canada's largest airport is YYZ for Toronto Pearson (as YTZ was already allocated to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , the airport was given

7644-480: Was also used as a base for the single Tiger Moth of the Durham University Air Squadron from February 1941, and from 1942 to 1943 by detachments from No. 278 Squadron RAF , operating Westland Lysander and Supermarine Walrus in the air sea rescue role. No. 281 Squadron RAF , another air sea rescue squadron, operated from Woolsington from June to October 1943, while from November 1943 to June 1945,

7735-403: Was announced that Emirates were to begin a daily non-stop service to Dubai from the airport. This service started on 7 September 2007 and has operated ever since. Until 2012, the route was flown by an Airbus A330 . Since September 2012 it has been flown by a Boeing 777 . Also in 2007, now defunct carrier Flyglobespan shortly connected Newcastle with Hamilton, Ontario , through this serving

7826-497: Was awarded Freeport status as well as Treasury North at Darlington (plus other departments announced since). Both expect to have long term benefits for the airport which is included as part of the freeport. On 23 April 2021, It was announced that the £6.00 passenger facility fee would be scrapped. On 12 May 2021, it was announced that duty-free shopping would return to the airport after an eight-year absence courtesy of World Duty-Free. In 2021, Tees Valley Combined Authority announced

7917-512: Was completed in September 2017, with the second phase starting in Autumn 2017. The airport's Privilege Membership Club also faced improvements for passenger service upgrades. Later in May 2017, Durham Tees Valley Airport introduced a new in-house ground handling service called Consort Aviation. Ground handling services are provided for general aviation, cargo and military aircraft. During November 2017,

8008-421: Was due to be constructed over the winter of 2017/2018. Until 2019, Jet2.com frequently linked its base in Newcastle with Newark during Christmas time. However, these services have not been resumed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In August 2020, easyJet announced the closure of their crew base in Newcastle due to the financial difficulties from the COVID-19 pandemic which means that

8099-402: Was fuelling growth in passenger numbers, Peel had invested in a new £3.5M radar system which went live in 2021, and they had "one of the largest increases in flights at the airport since the financial crash in 2007" lined up from "two major holiday companies", which the Mayor blocked in favour of using the start-up subsidies on solicitors and consults for the takeover instead. The airport announced

8190-652: Was in the New Aviation House, on the airport property. The south side of the airport also has a base for the National Police Air Service . They normally have one respective helicopter based here at a time but are known to rotate their fleet around bases. The area also holds maintenance workshops for the airport and various other depots for airport-run services like Alpha Catering. The following airlines operate regular scheduled services to and from Newcastle upon Tyne: The airport saw significant growth in

8281-468: Was the most northerly of all Bomber Command airfields, home to both RAF and Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons during WWII , and exclusively RAF post-war. Bombing missions from the station included those to Berlin, Hanover, Kassel, Mannheim and Munich. Of the many military aircraft based at the aerodrome, it is best known as home to the Avro Lancaster during the war and English Electric Lightning in

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