Durham Tees Valley Airport

Durham Tees Valley Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EGNV
IATA code	MME
Coordinates	54 ° 30 '33 "  N , 1 ° 25' 46"  W Coordinates: 54 ° 30 '33 "  N , 1 ° 25' 46"  W.
Transport links
Street
train	Teesside Airport train station
Basic data
Passengers	165,000 (2012)
Start-and runway
05/23	2291 m of asphalt

The Durham Tees Valley Airport is the airport of the British city of Durham in northern England . In 2008 655,017 passengers were handled here. As a result of the international financial crisis , the number of passengers dropped to 290,000 in 2009, they fell by more than half and continued to fall in the following years.

location

The airport is located 8.7 km southeast of Darlington , approximately 16 km southwest of Middlesbrough and 39 km south of Durham. The airport serves County Durham and parts of North Yorkshire , as well as Middleton St George.

history

RAF Middleton St. George

RAF Middleton St. George, 1960

The current airport was originally built as 1,941 military airfield of the Bomber Command of the Royal Air Force opened (RAF). Initially known as the RAF Goosepool , the name was changed to Royal Air Force Station Middleton St. George , RAF Middleton St. George for short . The base was placed under the 6th Group of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 1943 . The types of bombers used by the RAF and RCAF during the war were the Whitley , Wellington , Halifax and Lancaster .

In the two decades after the end of the war, the RAF used the base as a training facility, the types of aircraft flown were Meteor , Hunter , Javelin and Lightning , among others .

Durham Tees Valley Airport

The RAF gave up the station in 1963/1964. It was converted into a civil airfield and opened in 1966 as Teesside International Airport . It was named Durham Tees Valley Airport in 2004. Originally owned by various county councils , the airport is now 75% owned by Peel Investments (DTVA) Limited .

Airlines and Destinations

Durham Tees Valley has regular scheduled connections to Aberdeen and Southampton with Eastern Airways and to Amsterdam with KLM Cityhopper .

The nearest major airport is Newcastle Airport about 60 km north.

statistics

year	Passengers	Air freight in tons	Flight movements
2000	746.983	3,011	54,625
2001	733.617	1.926	58,494
2002	671.131	1.006	52,276
2003	704.269	1,087	51,976
2004	788.382	484	49,529
2005	900.035	363	51.714
2006	917.963	457	55,788
2007	743.727	786	57,515
2008	654.192	290	45.310
2009	289.464	298	25.208
2010	224,673	0	20,756
2011	192.410	3	20,879
2012	165,000	0	17,938
2013	161.092	0	18,298
2014	142,379	2	17,940
2015	140.902	0	18,702
2016	132,369	8th	21,162

Teesside Airport train station

→ Main article : Teesside Airport train station

The airport train station is on the Tees Valley Line and is a scheduled stop for two trains every Sunday. Northern Rail , which operates the station and the route, recorded 18 passengers using the station in the 2010/2011 financial year . In the 2011/2012 financial year, 14 passengers used the station. The airport Teesside station is one of the five least used stations in the route network of the English railways. The station is a 15-minute walk from the airport and there are plans to replace it with a stop closer to the airport as part of the expansion of the railway line to the Tees Valley Metro .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UK Airport Statistics 2012 of the Civil Aviation Authority
2. ↑ Some train stations used by 'fewer than 30' people BBC News May 1, 2013, accessed May 2, 2013

Web links

• Official website of Durham Tees Valley Airport (English)