Newcastle Airport in England
Newcastle Airport (IATA: NCL, ICAO: EGNT) is at Woolsington in the City of
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 5 miles north-west of the city centre. Last year
it was the 13th busiest airport in the United Kingdom
The Airport was opened on 26 July 1935 by the Secretary of State for Air,
Sir Phillip Cunliffe-Lister. Incorporating a clubhouse, hangar, workshops, fuel
garage and grass runway, at the time it cost £35,000 to build.
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The airport mainly serves Northumberland, Tyneside and Wearside. The airport
competes with the smaller Durham Tees Valley Airport for passengers travelling
from and to County Durham and Teesside. Passengers from Cumbria, North
Yorkshire and southern Scotland also use the airport, the nearest similar sized
airport being Leeds Bradford Airport to the south and the larger Edinburgh and
Glasgow International airports to the north. In terms of passenger numbers,
Newcastle is the third largest airport in the North of England, Manchester
Airport being the largest and Liverpool Airport following.
