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Newcastle Airport

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{{dablink|This article is about the airport in England, for other airports with this name, see Newcastle Airport (disambiguation).}} {{Airport frame}} {{Airport title|name= Newcastle Airport |}} {{Airport image|airport_image=Newcastle International Airport Logo.gif}} {{Airport infobox | IATA = NCL | ICAO = EGNT | type = public | run by = Local Authorities, Copenhagen Airports A/S | closest town = Newcastle upon Tyne | elevation_ft = 265 | elevation_m = 81 | coordinates = {{coor dms|55|02|15|N|01|41|30|W|type:airport}} }} {{Runway title}} {{Runway| runway_angle = 07/25 | runway_length_f = 7,650 | runway_length_m = 2,332 | runway_surface = Asphalt | }} {{Airport end frame}} '''Newcastle Airport''' {{Airport codes|NCL|EGNT}} is the ninth largest airport in the United Kingdom. It is located about 6 miles (11 kilometre km) from Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle city centre. Newcastle Airport is owned by seven local authorities (51%) and Copenhagen Airport (49%). The seven local authorities are: County Durham Durham County Council, Gateshead (borough) Gateshead MBC, Newcastle upon Tyne City of Newcastle, North Tyneside North Tyneside MBC, Northumberland Northumberland County Council, South Tyneside South Tyneside MBC and City of Sunderland. The airport has seen tremendous growth in recent years. The United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority CAA recently named Newcastle as the fastest growing regional airport in the UK. The Airport handled 5.19 million passengers in 2005.

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled services
*Air France (Paris CDG) *Air Malta (Malta) *Air Wales (Cardiff) *British Airways (London Heathrow, London Gatwick) *Eastern Airways (Aberdeen, Birmingham, Isle of Man, London City, Southampton) *easyJet (Alicante, Barcelona, Belfast International, Berlin Schönefeld, Bristol, Budapest, Faro, Geneva, Ibiza, London Stansted, Málaga, Nice, Palma, Paris, Prague, Rome Ciampino) *Flybe (Belfast City, Exeter, Jersey, Southampton) *Jet2.com (Amsterdam [starts 27 April], Bergen [starts 24 April], Cork, Menorca [starts 25 May], Murcia, Pisa [starts 25 May], Tenerife-South [starts 3 October]) *Hapag-Lloyd Express (Hanover) *KLM (Amsterdam) *Ryanair (Dublin, Milan Bergamo, Oslo Torp) *Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen) *SN Brussels Airlines (Brussels) *Thomsonfly (Alicante, Ibiza, Málaga, Palma) *Widerøe (Bergen [starts 29 March], Stavanger)

Charter flights
Destinations in Europe, the Middle East and North America are served from Newcastle Airport by charter airlines. Operators include Futura International Airways Futura, MyTravel Airways, Thomsonfly and Thomas Cook Airlines.

Surface access

Light rail
See Newcastle Airport metro station

Road transport
The Airport is connected to the A1 road (Britain) A1 trunk road by the A696 dual carriageway. A regular bus service ([http://www.tyneandweartimetables.co.uk/library/101-arrnorthumbria-01-04-01.pdf 101]) also runs from the airport to Newcastle and South East Northumberland. A half-hourly service ([http://www.tyneandweartimetables.co.uk/library/076-077-stgnewcastle-31-08-04.pdf 76/77]) runs between the airport and Newcastle City Centre, with a limited service ([http://www.tyneandweartimetables.co.uk/library/102-stgnewcastle-31-08-04.pdf 102]) linking the Airport with the Metrocentre shopping centre.

Ancillary services
The main Aircraft ground handling handling agents at the Airport are Swissport UK (previously Groundstar) and Servisair/Globeground. There are two hotels on the Airport site, the [http://www.britanniahotels.com/hotel_home.asp?Page=113 Britannia Airport Hotel] and a [http://www.premiertravelinn.com/pti/hotelInformation.do?hotelId=23904 Premier Travel Inn], with an additional Premier Travel Inn located at Callerton, near the general aviation terminal. There are also a large number of hotels in Newcastle and the surrounding area.

Statistics
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right; width:550px;" align="center" |+ |- ! style="width:100px"| !! Number of Passengers !! style="width:100px"| Number of Movements !! style="width:100px"| Freight
(tonnes) !! style="width:100px"| Mail
(tonnes) |- !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 |5,187,444* || 55509* || Not yet Available || Not yet Available |- | colspan=5 align="right"| ''Source: United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority'' |} Number of Movements represents total takeoffs and landings during that year. Number of Passengers, Freight and Mail include both domestic and international counterparts. * provisional data. Image:Newcastle_Airport_Pax_Statistics.png center|600px

History
The Airport was first opened on the 26th of July, 1935 by the Secretary of State for Air, Philip Cunliffe Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton Sir Phillip Cunliffe-Lister. Incorporating a clubhouse, hangar, workshops, fuel garage and grass runway, at the time it cost £35,000 to build. Although during World War II World War Two the main airport in the region was located at Cramlington in Northumberland, following the war a decision was taken to concentrate development on the present airport site. Accordingly, in the early 1950s, ex-Royal Air Force RAF fighter pilot Jim Denyer was appointed as Airport Manager and within a few years over 5,000 people were using the Airport each year to travel to destinations such as Jersey and the Isle of wight Isle of Wight. The 1960s saw tremendous growth in passenger numbers at the Airport. This was mainly due to United Kingdom British people taking foreign holidays to places such as Spain instead of holidaying within the UK. A new runway was built, along 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 passenger figures approaching one million per year, the Airport status was changed to Category B, making it a regional international airport. The 1980s saw further investment in check-in, catering and duty free facilities. In 2000 a new £27 million extension was opened by Prime Minister Tony Blair and the first Low cost carrier low-cost airline arrived at the airport, with Go Fly Go-Fly inaugurating a service to London Stansted Airport London Stansted following the withdrawal from the route by the now defunct Gill Airways. 2001 saw the acquisition of a 49% stake in the Airport by Copenhagen Airports.

Future plans
The Airport recently published a [http://www.newcastleairport.com/masterplan.ni Master Plan] that set out development proposals for the airport until 2016. In the near term, these include building a multi-storey car park to replace the current short-stay parking, a new 187-bedroom [http://www.newcastleairport.com/ReadNews.aspx?news=118 on-site hotel] and the expansion of the freight facilities on the south side of the airport. Feasibility study Feasibility studies are being carried out to evaluate the longer-term proposals that include: *extending the runway at its eastmost end, *converting the Road junction junction with the A696 into a Grade separation grade-separated junction to cater for the expected increase in traffic levels, and, *the building of a heavy rail link to connect the airport with the National Rail network. In November 2005 the Airport announced [http://www.newcastleinternational.co.uk/ReadNews.aspx?news=121 plans] to build a new Control tower Air Traffic Control Tower on the north side of the site, replacing the existing structure which was completed in 1966. The work is to commence in March 2006 and the building is expected to be in use by December 2007 at a cost of £8.2 million.

External links

- Official Newcastle Airport site
- Air North history and spotters site
- Metro timetable from the airport (PDF)
- Newcastle Airport Extenstion Opened - Article from the Copenhagen Airports website.
- "Mission control" - Local newspaper article about the future Air Traffic Control tower. {{airlistbox}} {{UKAirports}} Category:Airports in England Category:Newcastle upon Tyne Category:Transport in Tyne and Wear

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