NCL - Newcastle International Information

Newcastle Airport started life on the 26th July 1935 - a grass runway, a club house, a hangar, workshops, an ambulance room, a hose for petrol and a garage. Cost - just £35,000.

The first scheduled service calling here flew between Croydon and Perth, Scotland, operated by North Eastern Airways using Rapide and 8-seater Airspeed Envoy aircraft.

Passenger numbers are continually growing and in October 2000 a major extension to the terminal was officially opened by Tony Blair, the Prime Minister.

Due to the increasing capacity an additional 2400 surface-level car-parking spaces and the extended and improved terminal building which was opened in May 1994 by the Princess Royal.

Passengers numbers are now up to nearly 3.3 million

P assenger volumes on the fast-growing hub routes demonstrate the potential for new scheduled services and a £27m extension opened in January 2000 and is already well on the way to doubling passenger throughput.

How to get to Newcastle International Airport
From the north: The A1 road network gives travellers fast access to Newcastle Airport from the North.
An alternative route to the A1 is the A68/A696 which provides a shorter journey from Edinburgh to Newcastle Airport.
Also recent upgrades to the A74 between Glasgow and Carlisle now make the journey to Newcastle Airport even easier.
From the south: Traffic on the A696 dual carriageway to the Airport flows freely and the region's Metro system feeds directly into the Airport.
The A1 road network gives travellers fast access to Newcastle Airport. The A1 by-passes Newcastle City Centre as it connects with the upgraded A696 direct to the Airport.
From the west: Traffic on the A696 dual carriageway to the airport flows freely and the region's Metro system feeds directly into the Airport.
The A69 links with the A1 and then the A696, again giving dual carriageway access.

map - Newcastle International Airport