Woolsington (Newcastle)
Major
| Also known as: | Newcastle Airport / Newcastle International Airport / Newcastle Municipal / RAF Woolsington / Woolsington Aerodrome |
| 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
- Dinnington Parish Council
- 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
- Woolsington Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
- 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
- flybmi
- 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
- 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
King's Cup Air Race at Woolsington,1952. Courtesy of British Pathé
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