Airport Name: Durham Tees Valley Airport
Airport Code: MME
Telephone: +44 (0)1325 332 811
Web: http://www.durhamteesvalleyairport.com/

Durham Tees International Airport,
Darlington,
County Durham,
DL2 1LU

Durham Tees airport is situated just six miles from the centre of Darlington, north east England. The airport started life in 1941 as an RAF base known as Middleton-St-George, the base later became an RAF aerodrome. In 1964 the base was handed over for civil use and was designated the task of becoming the commercial airport for the region. The airport had £1.4 million spent on it to make it suitable for commercial passengers before it reopened in 1966. Today the airport sees approxiamtley 50,000 passengers pass through each year and flies to more than 25 destinations.

Getting there by Car / Taxi

The airport is located just 6 miles from the centre of Darlington. It is conveniently positioned on the A67, which can be accessed from the A1(M), the A66 and the A19 - it is well signposted from all of these roads. The airport is in an ideal position to be accessed from Newcastle, Durham, York and Leeds. There is a taxi rank in front of the terminal; or alternatively taxis can be booked in advance.

Getting there by Bus / Coach

There are regular bus services from Darlington, Stockton and Middlesbrough to the airport. Full timetables can be found on the Traveline website. National Express runs services into Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough. Full details on times and fares can be obtained by contacting National Express.

Getting there by Train

The nearest major station to the airport is Darlington station. Hourly servces to London King's Cross and Edinburgh operate during peak hours from this station. For more details contact National Rail.

Services

• Callers Pegasus and Thomas Cook offer bureau de change facilities in the terminal building. A cash point can also be found at the Thomas Cook desk.
  
• Car hire can be obtained from the Avis, Europcar and Hertz desks, also located in the main terminal building.
  
• Executive lounge facilities are available. Access is ticket type dependent. The lounges can be found on airside and next to gate 4.
  
• The information desk offers fax, photocopy and phone facilities; there are also a number of payphones located throughout the terminal building.
  

Shopping

• A range of books, magazines, drinks and confectionery can be purchased at W H Smith, which is situated in the airport building, before security.
  
• Tax and duty free goods are available in the departure lounge in the Alpha Retail store.
  

Eating

• Before security, a range of snacks and drinks are available in Café Oasis; while in the departure lounge these are available in Café Express.
  
• Alcoholic beverages are available in the Yard of Ale, which has outlets both before security and in the departure lounge.
  

Disabled

• Durham Tees airport has a range of disabled passenger facilities, such as disabled parking spaces (for disabled badge holders only) and several disabled toilet facilities.
  
• Durham Tees airport also has an ambulift to assist disabled passengers with boarding aircraft.
  

Children

• Baby change facilities are available in all male and female toilets, except for those in baggage claim, where the baby change facilities are located in the unisex disabled toilets.
  
• An unsupervised children's play area can be found on airside.

 

Durham Tees airport parking is located conveniently just in front of the terminal building. Both Short and Long stay parking is available here and whilst you can simply turn up and park, it is advisable that advance bookings are made to ensure a space and take advantage of the best prices.

On Airport Parking (min stay 3 days)

• The airport started life in 1941 as an RAF base known as Middleton-St-George.
  
• Aircraft developments meant extensive airside renovation took place during the period 1957 to 1963, when the air base became an RAF aerodrome.
  
• In 1964 the aerodrome was handed over for civil use and was designated the task of becoming a commercial airport for the region.
  
• £1.4 million was spent on the airport to make it suitable for commercial passengers before reopening in 1966.
  
• The first flight out of Durham Tees airport was to Manchester and since then the airport has been home to a number of airlines offering several scheduled flights to European destinations every week.