Teesside International Airport

Teesside International Airport, also previously known as Durham Tees Valley Airport, is an international, public-use airport which is located in the Borough of Darlington within the County Durham, in north-east England. The airport is at the east of Darlington town center and the west of Stockton-on-Tees, within ten mi (16 km) south-west of Middlesbrough and around 24 mi (39 km) south of Durham. The airport serves the County Durham, North East, and North Yorkshire, situated near to the village of Middleton St George. The airport codes are IATA: MME, and ICAO: EGNV.

Teesside International Airport

About MME

Teesside International Airport, also previously known as Durham Tees Valley Airport, is an international, public-use airport which is located in the Borough of Darlington within the County Durham, in north-east England. The airport is at the east of Darlington town center and the west of Stockton-on-Tees, within ten mi (16 km) south-west of Middlesbrough and around 24 mi (39 km) south of Durham. The airport serves the County Durham, North East, and North Yorkshire, situated near to the village of Middleton St George. The airport codes are IATA: MME, and ICAO: EGNV.

MME holds a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Public Use Aerodrome Licence (No.P518). Founded initially as a Royal Air Force (RAF) station, the airfield later in the 1960s became Teesside International Airport and was renamed Durham Tees Valley Airport from 2004-2019. On 25 July 2019, the airport again reverted to its former name of Teesside International Airport.

History

The MME airfield was established in 1941 as Royal Air Force Station Middleton St. George, known to the locals as RAF Goosepool. The former airfield and RAF Station was developed into a civil-public airport. The first civilian flight from MME took place in April 1964 served via Mercury Airlines to Manchester. In 1966, Princess Margaretha of Sweden first opened the international passenger terminal.

Capacity

The Tees Valley Combined Authority owns the MME's 75%, while the Stobart Aviation owns the remaining 25%. The airport had strong growth during 1993-2006 when passenger numbers reached its peak of 917,963. Due to the financial crisis of 2007–2010, the MME airport passenger numbers steeply declined. Until 2017, passenger numbers kept falling to 130,911, before having small increases in 2018-2019. Combined with the so-called "core" business flights which are currently operating out of the MME airport, the long-term hope is of pushing the number of passenger beyond 1.4m by attracting a low-cost airline in the next decade.

Airline and Destinations

Teesside International Airport is one of the small airports of the UK, which is offering a connection to five European and seven domestic destinations.

Airlines serving at MME are: