| Teesside
Airport Parking - Airport History
Please find below a brief history
of Teesside Airport which we hope that you will find
useful.
Teesside Airport started life as an RAF base for Bomber Squadrons during
the Second World War. From its earliest use in 1941 Teesside
Airport, known then as RAF Middleton St-George, housed bombers
for both the British RAF and the Canadian Air Force. When
the war was over the base was used for advanced flight training
purposes, and remained home to RAF Squadrons.
In 1957 work began on improving the runway and airside buildings,
but by the time the work had finished in 1963 it was decided
that the airbase should close. By early 1964 the local authorities
had taken over the sight and set out plans to turn it into
an airport for civil use, and excellent choice as the site
already had well developed facilities.
Around 1.5 million pounds was invested in the airport, in
order to re-equip the airport, build a passenger terminal
and build an on site hotel. Work was completed and in 1966
Swedish royalty officially opened the airport. The first scheduled
service from Teesside Airport was to Manchester Airport, ever
since then the airport has added more services and flights
to various destinations.
Number of terminals : 1
Number of passengers :1 million +
Number of destinations : 28
Number of runways: 1
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