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Newcastle International Airport (IATA: NCL, ICAO: EGNT) is an international airport in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. 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. As of 2017^[update], Newcastle International handled just under 5.2 million passengers annually.[3]

Newcastle International Airport
IATA: NCL ICAO: EGNT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Newcastle Airport Local Authority Holding Company Ltd (51%) AMP Capital (49%)
Operator	Newcastle International Airport Ltd
Serves	North East England Cumbria Scottish Borders
Location	Woolsington, Newcastle upon Tyne
Hub for	Loganair[1]
Focus city for	Jet2 Ryanair TUI Airlines
Elevation AMSL	266 ft / 81 m
Coordinates	55°02′17″N 001°41′23″W
Website	newcastleairport.com
Map
EGNT Location in Tyne and Wear
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 2,329 7,641 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 5,199,000 Passenger change 2018-19 2.6% Aircraft Movements 50,688 Movements change 2018-19 6%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[2] Statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority[3]

Newcastle Airport has a Civil Aviation Authority Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P725) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.

In 2019, it was named the best airport in Europe of those serving between 5m and 15m passengers annually by Airports Council International (ACI) for the second consecutive year.[4]

Ownership

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 the airport to AMP Capital.[5]

Area served

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 and Glasgow situated to the north.

History

Early years

In 1929, Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council set up 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.[6] 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.[7] The airport became 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.[8] 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 the RAF. The school was disbanded on 3 September 1939, with the outbreak of the Second World War.[9][10]

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 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 Lysanders and Supermarine Walruss in the air sea rescue role.[11] No. 281 Squadron RAF, another air sea rescue squadron, operated from Woolsington from June to October 1943, while from November 1943 to June 1945, the airfield was used as a satellite field for No. 62 OTU, based at RAF Ouston.[11] Woolsington was handed back to the council in 1946.[12]

In 1967, the construction of a new runway and terminal was completed,[13] 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.[13]

In 1978, with passenger figures approaching one million per year, 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;[14] 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 the Tyne and Wear Metro system.

Since the 2000s

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.[15]

In 2006, a record 5.4 million passengers used the airport, according to Civil Aviation Authority figures.[16]

Rapid expansion in passenger traffic has led to increasing commercial use of the south side of the airport. This was previously used for general aviation, but is now used for freight, mail and corporate flights. This^{[clarification needed]} 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.[17]

In January 2007 it 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.[18] Until 2012, the route was flown by an Airbus A330. Since September 2012 it has been flown by a Boeing 777.

In August 2016, United Airlines announced it would discontinue its seasonal route from Newark to Newcastle in 2017, citing economic reasons.[19]

In July 2017, it was announced that the airport would be investing £3 million on a terminal expansion project which is part of overall £20 million improvement plans running from 2016 to 2017.[20] 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 m²) and will increase the equipment in the security hall, bringing in improved technology to speed up procedures there. This was due to be constructed over the winter of 2017/2018.[21]

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 the airline only operates domestic flights from the airport after scrapping all of its international routes by 31 August 2020.[22]

Facilities

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.[23]

In April 2016, Emirates reported that flown exports have soared to £310m a year since the arrival of the Emirates service from Newcastle to Dubai.[24] The Dubai route contributes some £600m to the economy and has opened unlimited export avenues to North East firms, some of whom have opened offices in the United Arab Emirates.[24]

The airport is also home to the Newcastle Airport Fire Academy.[25][26] The Newcastle Aviation Academy is also located within this area. When Gill Airways operated, its head office was in the New Aviation House, on the airport property.[27] The south side of the airport also has bases for Great North Air Ambulance[28] and the National Police Air Service.[29] 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.[30]

Airlines and destinations

The table below shows the current regular scheduled and charter services to and from Newcastle upon Tyne:[31]

Airlines	Destinations
Aer Lingus	Dublin[32]
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
BH Air	Seasonal: Burgas
British Airways	London–Heathrow
Corendon Airlines	Seasonal: Antalya,[33] Dalaman
Eastern Airways	Aberdeen
easyJet	Belfast–International, Bristol Seasonal: Geneva (begins 10 December 2022),[34] Palma de Mallorca[35]
Emirates	Dubai–International
Eurowings	Düsseldorf
Flybe	Belfast–City,[36] London–Heathrow[37]
Jet2.com	Alicante, Antalya, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Kraków, Lanzarote, Málaga, Tenerife–South Seasonal: Bodrum, Budapest, Burgas, Chania (begins 2 May 2024),[38] Corfu, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Geneva, Girona, Grenoble, Heraklion, Ibiza, İzmir, Jersey, Kefalonia, Kos, Larnaca, Malta, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Prague, Reus, Reykjavik–Keflavik, Rhodes, Rome–Fiumicino, Salzburg, Santorini, Skiathos, Thessaloniki, Verona (begins 10 May 2023),[39] Vienna, Zakynthos
KLM	Amsterdam
Loganair	Exeter, Southampton, Stavanger[40] Seasonal: Bergen,[40] Newquay
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
Ryanair	Alicante, Barcelona,[41] Bergamo, Cork, Dublin, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gdańsk, Gran Canaria, Kraków, Lanzarote, Málaga, Riga, Shannon (begins 26 March 2023),[42] Tenerife–South, Wrocław Seasonal: Chania, Ibiza, Menorca, Paphos, Palma de Mallorca, Zadar
SunExpress	Seasonal: Antalya (begins 28 March 2023)[43]
TUI Airways[44]	Alicante, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Lanzarote, Tenerife–South Seasonal: Antalya, Burgas, Cancún, Corfu, Dalaman, Dubrovnik,[44] Enfidha, Geneva, Heraklion, Ibiza, Innsbruck, Kefalonia, Kos, Larnaca, Málaga, Melbourne/Orlando,[44] Menorca, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Reus, Rhodes, Salzburg, Skiathos, Turin, Verona, Zakynthos

Statistics

The airport saw significant growth in 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.

Traffic figures

[45]

	Number of passengers [nb 1]	Number of movements [nb 2]	Freight (tonnes)[3]	Mail (tonnes)[3]
1997	2,642,591	81,279	1,219	3,489
1998	2,984,724	81,299	678	3,631
1999	2,994,051	79,291	776	3,409
2000	3,208,734	82,940	526	3,720
2001	3,431,393	82,524	783	2,859
2002	3,426,952	79,173	1,438	2,368
2003	3,920,204	75,113	924	2,576
2004	4,724,263	77,721	799	7,756
2005	5,200,806	77,882	199	7,820
2006	5,431,976	81,655	306	7,884
2007	5,650,716	79,200	785	8,483
2008	5,039,993	72,904	1,938	10,901
2009	4,587,883	69,254	2,597	9,758
2010	4,356,130	66,677	3,650	9,062
2011	4,346,270	64,521	3,059	8,532
2012	4,366,196	61,006	2,956	7,929
2013	4,420,839	59,962	3,701	6,512
2014	4,516,739	59,114	4,450	4,738
2015	4,562,853	55,950	3,717	4,633
2016	4,807,906	56,263	4,574	4,894
2017	5,300,274	57,808	5,482	1,128
2018	5,332,238	53,740	5,524	3
2019	5,199,000	50,688	4,745	3

Busiest routes

Busiest routes to and from Newcastle International Airport, UK (2020)[46]

Rank	Airport	Total passengers	Change 2019/20
1	Amsterdam	115,365	68%
2	London Heathrow	114,455	75%
3	Belfast International	96,343	64%
4	Alicante	71,764	81%
5	Dubai International	53,863	76%
6	Bristol	52,839	72%
7	Tenerife South	50,864	78%
8	Dublin	47,607	79%
9	Málaga	43,634	83%
10	Paris Charles de Gaulle	35,834	78%
11	Dalaman	27,934	77%
12	Lanzarote	27,138	81%
13	Geneva	22,870	59%
14	Faro	22,686	88%
15	Antalya	21,148	73%
16	Southampton	20,519	82%
17	Rhodes	17,279	62%
18	Corfu	14,323	76%
19	Aberdeen	12,616	55%
20	Palma de Mallorca	11,104	97%

Accidents and incidents

On 30 November 2000, 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.[47]

Ground transport

Metro

The Newcastle Airport Metro station station is directly connected to the terminal through an indoor walkway. The station is the northern terminus of the green line, with frequent direct services to all the main Newcastle and Sunderland stations (approximately 20 and 50 minutes respectively).

Road transport

The airport is connected to the A1 trunk road by the A696 dual carriageway. A half-hourly bus service links the airport to the nearby villages of Ponteland and Darras Hall, as well as to the City Centre.

References

• Delve, Ken (2006). The Military Airfields of Britain: Northern England: Co. Durham, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Merseyside, Manchester, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire. Ramsbury, UK: The Crowood Press. ISBN 1-86126-809-2.
• Sinton, J. R. (November 1982). "British Isles' Airports: No 11: Newcastle Airport". Aircraft Illustrated. Vol. 15, no. 11. pp. 494–498. ISSN 0002-2675.
• Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John; Halley, James J. (1997). Royal Air Force Flying Training and Support Units. Tunbridge Wells, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-252-1.

External links

Media related to Newcastle International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Newcastle Airport

Der Newcastle Airport (IATA: NCL; ICAO: EGNT; ehem. Woolsington) ist ein internationaler Verkehrsflughafen in Newcastle upon Tyne (England, Vereinigtes Königreich).

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- [en] Newcastle International Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto de Newcastle upon Tyne

El Aeropuerto Newcastle (IATA:NCL; ICAO:EGNT) está entre los más importantes del Reino Unido. Opera con los principales puntos de Europa, entre otros destinos. Poco más de 5 millones de pasajeros lo transitaron durante 2008.[2]

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[fr] Aéroport international de Newcastle

L'aéroport international de Newcastle dessert la ville de Newcastle upon Tyne en Angleterre. C'est l'aéroport le plus important de la région Nord-Est de l'Angleterre avec plus de 5 millions de passagers par an selon le site officiel.

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[it] Aeroporto di Newcastle upon Tyne

L'aeroporto di Newcastle (in inglese: Newcastle Airport) (IATA: NCL, ICAO: EGNT) è l'aeroporto della città di Newcastle upon Tyne, situato a circa 10 km dal centro cittadino.

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[ru] Ньюкасл (аэропорт)

Аэропо́рт Ньюка́сла (англ. Newcastle Airport) (ИАТА: NCL, ИКАО: EGNT) расположен в Ньюкасле-на-Тайне, около 11 км к северо-западу от центра города. В 2006 году был 10-м аэропортом Великобритании по пассажирообороту.

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