Teesside International Airport Guide
Teesside International Airport lies at Middleton St George, in the Borough of Darlington. It serves the Tees Valley, County Durham and North Yorkshire. The site began as RAF Middleton St George in 1941 and opened to civil flights as Tees-Side Airport on 18 April 1964. The name Durham Tees Valley Airport was used until July 2019, when it became Teesside International Airport.
A single asphalt runway, 05/23, is 2,291 metres long. The airport handled 261,440 passengers and 20,822 aircraft movements in 2025. Ryanair flies to Alicante and Malaga, with seasonal routes to Corfu, Faro and Palma. KLM links the airport to Amsterdam, and TUI Airways flies seasonally to Palma. Aurigny runs seasonal charters to Guernsey and Jersey, and FedEx Express operates cargo flights.
Tees Valley Combined Authority holds 75 per cent of the airport and the Teesside Airport Foundation holds the other 25 per cent. The terminal opened in 1966 and was refurbished in 2017. Parking is a short walk from the terminal, and the Ramside Lounge sits airside.
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 261K passengers (2025)1 runwayopened 1964
- Location
- 54.509, -1.429
- Operator
- Tees Valley Combined Authority (75%) and Teesside Airport Foundation (25%)
Terminals
1 terminalTeesside International Airport has 1 passenger terminal — Main Terminal, handling both international and domestic flights for around 4 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- Main TerminalMixed
Aurigny, KLM, Ryanair, TUI Airways
Nearby cities
3 citiesTeesside International Airport is closest to Darlington (10 km west), and also serves Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough and other nearby areas. With 3 towns and cities within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Darlington10 km west
- Stockton-on-Tees13 km northeast
- Middlesbrough20 km east
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