Information on Durham Tees Valley Airport Airport



Durham Tees Valley Airport began life as RAF Station Goosepool, then in 1941 it changed to RAF Middleton St.George until its closure in 1963 when the airfield was put up for sale by the MoD and purchased by the late Cleveland County Council as they saw great potential for the airfield. In 1964 Mercury Airlines operated the first flight from the airport to Manchester and in  1966 the International Terminal was opened by Princess Margaretha of Sweden. The first flight to London Heathrow took place in November 1966 operated by British Midland, a route that still exists today. By 1990 British Midland operated the one millionth aicraft movement from Durham Tees Valley to London Heathrow. Cleveland County Council disbanded in 1996 and the airport ownership was divided amongst sevetal Borough Councils, in 2002 Peel Airports Ltd took a 75% share in airport ownership, the remaining 25% is owned by a consortium of local authorities consisting of Darlington, Stockto on Tees, Middlesborough, Hartlepool, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Councils.

The airport is located approximately 6 miles (10km) East of Darlington, 10 miles (16km) South West of Middlesborough and 24 miles (39km) South of Durham and is one of the smallest but fastest growing regional airports in the UK. Although there is only one runway and one terminal, 30 different airlines serving 80 destinations operate from Durham Tees Valley carrying over one million passengers every year.


Getting to the Airport.

Durham Tees Valley has its own Railway Station but is only served by two trains per week (ONLY on Saturdays with 1 Each Way), ranked in the five worst served railway stations in the UK in terms of the number of services calling. May 2005 saw the launch of the Sky Express bus service operated by Arriva North East that runs every hour during the day and  connects the airport with Darlington's Railway Station and Town Hall, this is a FREE service for bona fide passengers.

By road the airport is easily accessible from the A1(M), A19, A66 and A67.

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Airlines and Destinations



Scheduled.

*Bmi to London Heathrow.
*Eastern Airways to Aberdeen.
*Flyglobespan to Alicante, Faro, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife South.
*KLM City Hopper to Amsterdam
*Ryanair to Alicante, Dublin, Girona.

Charter.

*Onur Air to Dalaman, Bodrum.
*Thomas Cook Airlines to Reus.
*Thomson Airways to Palma de Mallorca (Begins 7 May 2009).
*Thomsonfly to Alicante.

General Aviation.

Flight training, flying clubs and business charter operators are also based at the airport.

Other Operators.

FR Aviation have a fleet of 7 Dassault Falcon 20's based at the airport. FRA's Durham Tees Valley aircraft fly electronic countermeasure flights for the RAF and other NATO air forces.

Flight Precision is a Durham Tees Valley based FRA subsidiary who operate four Beaech Super King Air B200's and the Great North Air Ambulance has a single McDonnell Douglas MD902 Explorer based at the airport, the Police have the North East Air Unit in the form of a Eurocopter EC135 also based at Durham Tees Valley Airport.

PPL and NPPL training as well as night rating training, ground and flight exams are offered by Tees Valley Flight Training.

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