Woolsington (Newcastle)
Also known as: | Newcastle Airport / Newcastle International Airport / Newcastle Municipal / RAF Woolsington |
County: | Tyne and Wear |
Current Status: | Aviation |
Date: | Opened 26 July 1935 |
Current Use: | Active |
Used By: | RAF / Civil |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Accessorize
- AMP Capital
- Biza Tax & Duty Free
- Boots
- Britannia Hotel Newcastle Airport
- Claire's Accessories
- Copenhagen Airports A/S
- Cuba Lily Tax Free
- Dixons Travel
- DoubleTree by Hilton
- Durham County Council
- JD Sports
- Kuehne+Nagel Ltd
- Northumberland County Council
- Premier Inn Newcastle Airport
- Servisair
- Shell
- The Kids Store
- Travelex
- Traveller
- WH Smith
- Whistlestop Convenience Store
Main unit(s) present:
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No 13 Gp Comms Flight
No 27 EGS
No 27 GS
No 43 E&RFTS
No 55 OTU
No 62 OTU
No 72 Sqn
No 83 MU
No 278 Sqn
No 281 Sqn
Air 2000
Air Anglia
Air France
Air Malta
Air Safaris
Air Southwest
Airtours International Airways
Air Transat
Air UK
Air Wales
Allied Flying Group
Atlantic Airlines
BA Connect
BH Air
Birmingham European Airways
BKS Aero Charter
BKS Air Transport
Braathens
Braathens SAFE
Britannia Airways
British Airways
British Island Airways
Brussels Airlines
Brymon Airways
Channel Airways
Dan-Air
Debonair
Durham UAS
Eastern Airways
easyJet
Emirates
Excalibur Airways
Executive Air Transport
Flybe
Gill Aviation
Hadrian Group
Hunting-Clan Air Transport
Jet2.com
KLM Cityhopper
Lancashire Aircraft Corporation
Maersk Air UK
Manx2
Manx Airlines
Monarch Airlines
MyTravel Airways
Newcastle Flying School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Municipal Flying School and Air Centre
Northumbria Flying School -
PTT Aviation Ltd
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Ryanair
Scandinavian Airlines
Silver City Airways
SN Brussels Airlines
Starways
TAP Air Portugal
Thomas Cook Airlines
Thomson Airways
Tyne-Tees Air Charter
Wideroe
Footage of Woolsington in the 1930s. Courtesy of Northumbrian Cine Transfers
Predecessor Airfield(s): |