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Newcastle Airport
Airport Directory » United Kingdom » Newcastle » Newcastle AirportNewcastle Airport (IATA: NCL, ICAO: EGNT) is turn up at Woolsington in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 5 NM (9.3 kilometre; 5.8 mi) north west of the town center. In 2008 it was the 13th busiest airport in the United Kingdom.
Though in Newcastle, the airport itself is really owned by 7 local dominances (51%) and Copenhagen Airport (49%). The 7 local dominances are: Durham County Council, Gateshead MBC, City of Newcastle, North Tyneside MBC, Northumberland County Council, South Tyneside MBC and City of Sunderland.
Newcastle Airport has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P725) that lets voyages for the public transport of riders or for winging direction. It was also voted the northward's favorite airport in a appraise by Wanderlust.
History
The Airport was opened on 26 July 1935 by the Secretary of State for Air, Sir Phillip Cunliffe-Lister. Incorporating a club, depot, shops, fuel garage and grass landing track, at the clip it cost £35,000 to construct.
Although during World War II the independent airport in the district was turn up at Cramlington in Northumberland, coming after the conflict a determination was taken to concentrate development on the present airport location. Accordingly, in the early 1950s, ex-RAF fighter airplane pilot Jim Denyer was named as Airport Manager and within a few yr over 5,000 individuals were using the Airport each yr to travel to destinations such as Jersey and the Isle of Wight.
The 1960s saw tremendous growing in rider figure at the Airport. This was primarily due to British mortals taking foreign vacations to locations such as Spain or else of vacationing within the UK. A new landing track was made, alongside with an apron and a new air traffic control tower. These new additions were opened by the then-Prime Minister, Harold Wilson.
In the 1970s, with rider figs draw close 1 million per yr, the Airport position was modified to Category B, make it a regional international airport. The 1980s saw further investing in check-in, providing and duty free stores. In 2000 a new £27 million extension was opened by then-Prime Minister Tony Blair and the 1st low-cost air hose arrived at the airport, with Go kick off a service to London Stansted coming after the break of locally found Gill Airways. 2001 saw the acquisition of a 49% hazard in the Airport by Copenhagen Airports.
In August 2004 an continued and renovated Departure Terminal was opened. The restoration consisted a 3,000 square meter extension which included new stores, coffee bar and 1,200 new waiting sits.
Newcastle was the 1st regional airport in the UK to set up common-use self-service stalls in the depot, letting riders to check-in themselves without the take to line up at a conventional desk. In 2006 a enter 5.4 million riders used the Airport, consorting to Civil Aviation Authority figs. Passenger figs are anticipated to draw close 7 million by 2009.
Rapid enlargement in rider traffic has directed to increasing commercial use of the south-side of the airport, which was antecedently used for civil aviation, and is currently used for cargo, get off and corporate voyages. This is partly due to troubles obtaining going and reaching slots for visible light aircraft traffic, which take to be divided from bigger aircraft to protect against wake turbulency. As division of the Airport Master Plan, the south-side area is to be spread out with care facilities including new depot and apron area . The Newcastle Aviation Academy is also turn up within this area .
Recent events
- Emirates was the 1st air hose to offer scheduled long-haul voyages from Newcastle. On one September 2007 the air hose set about daily direct services to Dubai using their A330 aircraft, with connexions to other international destinations available from the air hose's Dubai hub. This has provided an choice for riders to other European conveyance points such as London Heathrow.
- The local companies who own and function Newcastle Airport are now in an ongoing legal example (of which the results are confidential), attempting to find a £6 million fillip paid to former Chief Executive, John Parkin, after he was paid the fillip and later go forth to take a occupation on the board of managing director at Leeds Bradford International Airport.
Future programmes
The Airport late print a Master Plan that set about development proposals for the airport until 2016. In the near term, these include construction a multi-storey auto parkland to replace the current short-stay parkland, a new 187-bedroom on-site hotel (now under building) and the enlargement of the cargo installations on the southward side of the airport. Feasibility surveys are being action to measure the longer-term proposals that include:
- continuing the landing track at its eastmost finish;
- Change over the junction with the A696 into a grade-separated junction to provide for the anticipated increase in traffic stages; and
- the construction of a heavy rail link up to link the airport with the National Rail web.
In October 2007 a new Air Traffic Control Tower was finished at a cost of £8.2 million, located on the northward side of the field. The currently baptised ' Emirates Tower ' was projected by REID designers, and bears resemblance to the control tower they planned for Edinburgh Airport. In the function the Newcastle VHF omnidirectional bush beacon fire has been move out of service, since the new tower would have interfered with its functioning. Although the withdrawal is impermanent, it is anticipated to be do lasting.
Plans were late denoted for a new business office development southward of the independent airport landing track. The three narration strategy should make around 170 new line of work. The airport desires to spread out one-year rider capacity to 10 million (duplicate current capacity) by 2016 and to 15 million by 2030.
It is anticipated that £70million shall be placed in the airport during the current Master Plan time period, which runs from 2006 to 2016. The airport also late complete continuing its distant parkland for aircraft, ensuing in an duplicate five parkland stand up that is able to adapt five medium-sized aircraft (Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 size), or four big aircraft plus two little aircraft (such as the BAe Jetstream 41).
Area assisted
The airport primarily assists Northumberland, Tyneside and Wearside. The airport contends with the little Durham Tees Valley Airport for riders move from and to County Durham and Teesside. Passengers from Cumbria, North Yorkshire and southern Scotland also use the airport, the about similar sized airport being Leeds Bradford Airport to the southward and the bigger Edinburgh and Glasgow International airports to the northward. In terms of rider figure, Newcastle is the 2nd biggest airport in the North of England, Manchester Airport being the biggest.
Surface access
Light rail
Main article: Airport Metro station (Tyne and Wear)Airport station on the Tyne and Wear Metro is direct linked to the depot through an indoor paseo. The station is the northern depot of the green line with frequent, direct services to Newcastle upon Tyne (22 mins) and Sunderland (55 mins) town centers.
Road transport
The Airport is linked to the A1 highroad by the A696 divided highway. A regular bus company (101) also runs from the airport to Newcastle (Kingston Park) and South East Northumberland. A half-hourly service (X77 / X78 / X79) connects the Airport to the nearby small town of Ponteland and Darras Hall, as good as Newcastle City Centre.
Ancillary services
The independent deal agentive role at the Airport are Swissport UK (antecedently Groundstar) and Servisair.
There are 2 hotels on the Airport location, the Britannia Airport Hotel and a Premier Inn, with another Premier Inn turn up at Callerton, near the civil aviation depot. The building of a new 187-bedroom, 4-star hotel commenced in June 2007, with pass completion due in springtime 2009.
Work commenced on nine February 2009 to build a new gas petrol station at the gate to the Airport, with pass completion anticipated by Summer 2009.
Traffic statistics
The airport has seen eminent development over the last 10 yr, deal 5.62 million riders in 2007, more than duplicate the figure dealt 10 yr earlier. Passenger ontogeny dragged one's feet in 2008, due to the fiscal crisis of 2007–2009, although freight and get off traffic turned.
|
Number of riders |
Number of motions |
Freight (t) |
Mail (t) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2,592,000 | 81,279 | 1,219 | 3,489 |
| 1998 | 2,920,000 | 81,299 | 678 | 3,631 |
| 1999 | 2,934,000 | 79,291 | 776 | 3,409 |
| 2000 | 3,147,000 | 82,940 | 526 | 3,720 |
| 2001 | 3,376,358 | 82,524 | 783 | 2,859 |
| 2002 | 3,387,222 | 79,173 | 1,438 | 2,368 |
| 2003 | 3,903,340 | 75,113 | 924 | 2,576 |
| 2004 | 4,707,818 | 77,721 | 799 | 7,756 |
| 2005 | 5,187,182 | 55,494 | 199 | 7,820 |
| 2006 | 5,431,976 | 58,940 | 306 | 7,884 |
| 2007 | 5,623,765 | 58,395 | 785 | 8,483 |
| 2008 | 5,039,993 | 54,706 | 1,938 | 10,901 |
| Source: United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority | ||||
| Rank | Airport | Passengers dealt | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| One | London Heathrow Airport | 462,615 | ▼ Six |
| Two | Belfast International Airport | 205,180 | ▼ Nine |
| Three | Bristol International Airport | 202,178 | ▼ 18 |
| Four | London Stansted Airport | 200,126 | ▼ 33 |
| Five | Southampton Airport | 117,305 | ▼ Two |
| Six | London Gatwick Airport | 101,400 | ▼ Eight |
| Seven | Exeter International Airport | 48,216 | ▼ 14 |
| Eight | Belfast City Airport | 40,449 | ▲ Nine |
| Nine | Cardiff Airport | 31,516 | ▲ 96 |
| Ten | Birmingham International Airport | 22,551 | ▼ Seven |
| Rank | Airport | Passengers dealt | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| One | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | 289,550 | ▼ 13 |
| Two | Palma Airport | 271,015 | ▼ Nine |
| Three | Alicante Airport | 225,706 | ▼ 11 |
| Four | Málaga Airport | 200,764 | ▼ 21 |
| Five | Dublin Airport | 199,985 | ▼ Twelve |
| Six | Paris CDG Airport | 196,214 | ▼ 16 |
| Seven | Tenerife South Airport | 160,856 | ▼ 14 |
| Eight | Dubai Airport | 140,954 | ▲ 219 |
| Nine | Faro Airport | 111,471 | ▼ 20 |
| Ten | Barcelona Airport | 90,243 | ▼ Five |
| 11 | Dalaman Airport | 85,958 | ▼ Ten |
| Twelve | Murcia Airport | 80,620 | ▼ Eight |
| 13 | Prague Airport | 79,394 | ▼ Twelve |
| 14 | Paphos Airport | 77,693 | ▲ Eight |
| 15 | Ibiza Airport | 68,707 | ▲ Three |
| 16 | Girona Airport | 67,710 | ▲ 17 |
| 17 | Arrecife Airport | 60,671 | ▼ Two |
| 18 | Las Palmas Airport | 59,462 | ▼ 18 |
| 19 | Krakow Airport | 56,186 | ▼ 17 |
| 20 | Corfu Airport | 50,652 | ▼ 17 |
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