Airport Masterplan 2035 LOW RES

Kiruna*
Akureyri*
Masterplan 2035
The Airport Site Today
2.7 The Airport is located about 6 miles north west of Newcastle
City Centre, situated between the urban edge of the City
and the settlements of Ponteland, Prestwick and Dinnington
beyond. The majority of the site is within Newcastle City
with the northern extreme, the majority of which is occupied
by long term parking, falling within Northumberland. The
374 hectare airport land holding is largely surrounded by
agricultural land and woodland.
2.8 The Airport consists of a single tarmac runway orientated
north east to south west, with a parallel aircraft taxiway to
the north running for most of its length. The single terminal
building is located to the north of the runway at the western
end, which accommodates passenger and operational
facilities such as check-in, security, immigration, baggage
handling, and retail and catering outlets. A single pier and
the surrounding apron provide the facilities and capacity
for the Airport’s commercial flights. Two areas of apron to
the south of the runway also provide capacity for private,
corporate, and cargo flights. The air traffic control tower,
aircraft fuel farm, and fire and rescue facilities are all located
to the north of the runway, and are remote from the terminal
building.
2.9 Around 8,420 car parking spaces are located to the north
and north west of the terminal, bounded by tree buffers. The
short term park (930 spaces) and the express passenger
drop-off are directly to the west of the terminal, with facilities
situated alongside the A696, close to the main site, providing
additional capacity.
2.10 The Airport is primarily accessed by the A696 which offers
dual carriageway transit to the A1 and the wider trunk road
network 2.8 miles to the south. A single access roundabout
serves the passenger terminal and the majority of car parks.
The Tyne and Wear Metro connects the Airport to the rest
of the conurbation, as well as regional and national rail
networks, primarily via Newcastle Central Station.
Ownership
2.11 The airport company, Newcastle International Airport
Limited (NIAL) operates as a public private partnership.
51% is owned by seven local authorities in the North East,
the ‘LA7’ 1 . The remaining 49% is owned by AMP Capital; an
Australian global investment management company. Multiple
companies operate within the terminal and elsewhere on the
airport, but all land remains under the long term ownership
of NIAL.
Figure 1 – Airline Sector Breakdown (2017)
Scheduled International
Scheduled Domestic
Airline Type
Low Cost International
Low Cost Domestic
Our Current Aviation Operations
2.12 Newcastle Airport is currently the 11th largest airport in the
UK, and the second largest in Northern England, serving
5.4 million passengers in 2017, from over 59,000 aircraft
movements.
2.13 Year round, 14 airlines currently operate from the Airport
with several more operating summer and winter charter
flights. Proportionally our current aeronautical business is
50% low cost carriers, 31% full service scheduled services,
and 19% charter services. We are also predominantly an
internationally focused airport, with over three quarters of
flights being to destinations outside of the UK.
2.14 Over 80 destinations are currently served directly, with
regular connections to 6 hub airports 2 in Europe and the
Middle East, and the extensive global route networks they
Figure 2 – Current Destinations
Aberdeen
Stavanger
Akureyri * Newcastle
Copenhagen*
New York*
Belfast
Isle of Man
Gdansk
Dublin
Berlin
Orlando
Bristol
Amsterdam
Warsaw
Cork
Stavanger
Cardiff London
Wroclaw
Cancun
Dusseldorf
Montego Bay*
Newquay Southampton
Exeter
Krakow
Brussels Prague
Barbados*
Aberdeen
Jersey
Paris Munich
NewcastleSalzburg
Vienna* Copenhagen *
New York *
Belfast
Innsbruck
Isle of Man
Gdansk
Dublin Geneva Milan Verona
Grenoble
Turin
Berlin
Orlando
Cork Bristol Genoa* Amsterdam
Warsaw
Cardiff Nice London
Split
Wroclaw
Cancun
Pisa
Varna
Girona
Dusseldorf
Montego Bay * Newquay Southampton
Exeter
Dubrovnik
Krakow Bourgas
Barcelona
Brussels Prague
Barbados *
Rome
Sofia
Madrid Reus Jersey
Paris Munich
Mahon
Naples
*
Palma
Salzburg Corfu Vienna *
Ibiza
Alicante
Kefalonia Innsbruck Skaithos
Murcia
Zante
Faro Malaga
Geneva
Verona Santorini
Grenoble
Kos
Bodrum
Antalya
Enfidha
Malta
Turin
Rhodes
Genoa *
Heraklion
Dalaman
Nice
Split Paphos Larnaca
Pisa
Varna
Girona
Dubrovnik
Bourgas
Funchal
Barcelona
Rome
Sofia
Reus
Madrid
Palma Mahon
Naples
Corfu
Ibiza
Lanzarote
Alicante
Kefalonia Skaithos
Tenerife
Murcia
Zante
Fuerteventura
Las Palmas
Faro Malaga
Santorini
Kos
Bodrum
Antalya
Enfidha
Malta
Hurghada Rhodes
Heraklion
Dalaman
Paphos Larnaca
*Limited seasonal services
Kiruna *
Dubai
Charter International
Funchal
1
Durham County Council, Gateshead Borough Council, Newcastle City Council, North
Tyneside Borough Council, Northumberland County Council, South Tyneside Council,
and Sunderland City Council
2
Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Dubai, London Heathrow and Paris Charles De Gaulle
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0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000
Passengers
Lanzarote
Tenerife Fuerteventura
Las Palmas
Hub Airports
*
Limited seasonal services
Hurghada
09
Dubai