Newcastle Airport

Some general information about the airport:  

Airport Owner:   Owned by seven local authorities (51%) and (495) APM – till October 2012 this was owned by Copenhagen Airport. The seven local authorities are: Durham County Council, Gateshead MBC, City of Newcastle, North Tyneside MBC, Northumberland County Council, South Tyneside MBC and City of Sunderland.

Airport Operator:         Newcastle International Airport Ltd
Airport website:       http://www.newcastleairport.com/
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New 2013 draft master plan consultation

Newcastle Airport has a new draft master plan out for consultation, until 31st October  2013.
Details are at  http://www.newcastleairport.com/masterplan
It anticipates some 6.1 million passengers by 2021 and some 8.5 million by 2030, while the DfT antiicipates around 6.2 million by 2030. There is no longer any plan for a runway extension. Usual claims about how many jobs to be created and how much benefit to the local economy, though around 80% of Newcastle passengers are leisure.
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Airport’s 2003  Master Plan
 The airport’s website says:  “Our Masterplan sets out the development that may be required to accomodate the future growth of Newcastle Airport up to 2016. It also explains how we intend to manage these planned developments while minimising any adverse impact on the local environment and local communities.
The plan accounts for a projected growth in passenger numbers to a maximum of 9.5 million by 2016, although we expect the actual figure to be somewhat lower. Provision is made in the plan for developments to the following areas of the airport:

  • Terminal building and pier
  • Passenger apron
  • Runway and taxiway corridors
  • Car parks and landside ancilliary activites
  • Airside ancilliary actvities

The Masterplan also includes a detailed assessment of the economic and environmental impacts of development. A full environmental appraisal outlines the impact of developments on noise, air quality, water quality, biodiversity, land use, heritage, agriculture, landscape and recreation. Download  the masterplan by clicking on the links below:

Key details of 2003 Master Plan:    
For Newcastle International, the forecasts indicate a predicted growth in passenger numbers from 3 million in 2000 to between 5.7 million and 6.3 million passengers by 2020, depending on the scenario.   By 2030, numbers are expected to have grown to between 5.8 million and 9 million passengers.
Newcastle International believes that all of the national forecasting scenarios significantly underplay the extent of growth at Newcastle, perhaps by as much as a third.
The forecasts predict that, by 2016, passenger throughput at Newcastle could be as high as 9.5 million, compared to 3.4 million in 2002.
 
Air traffic movements are expected to rise from around 70,000 per year in 2006 to 90,000 by 2016.  
 
A short runway extension of 345 metres, taking the runway length to 2,600 metres, is possible.   Another option is for a longer extension, of 745 metres, taking the runway length to 3,000 metres.    
 
Consultation was 2001 or 2002?
Newcastle International published its first Masterplan in 1995 with an indication of how the Airport would expand until 2006.   The publication of a revised Masterplan (?? 2002?) would update this vision and extend its timescale to 2016 and beyond.  
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Airport Consultative Committee:   Consultative Committee
 Click on the following links to view past Consultative Commitee minutes:

Newcastle Airport. Flights and CO2 emissions.

Analysis of flights, routes, and top 10 destinations from Newcastle Airport in 2011. Also carbon emissions. And passenger growth and numbers over the past 15 years. http://www.awsw.co.uk/allco2/NCL_co2.html

 
CAA figures:       CAA aviation statistics       

Terminal Passengers: 

(thousands)
UK Airport Statistics: 2012 – annual  (Table 10.3)  Terminal Passengers  2002 – 2012
2013    4,415,684  ( up + 1.4% on 2012)
2012    4,354,648  (up + 0.4% on 2011)
2011    4,336,000 ( no change on 2010)
2010   4,346,893   (down – 4.9% on 2009) )  link to 2010 data
2009   4,569  (down – 9% on 2008) 2008    5,017  (down -11% on 2007)
2007    5,624 2006    5,407 2005    5,187 2000    3,145 1997    2,587

Air Transport Movements

Number of ATMs (thousands)
UK Airport Statistics: 2012 – annual  (Table 4.2) ATMs 2002 – 2012
2012    43,660 (down – 2.2%on 2011)
2011    44,646   (down – 5%  on 2010)
2010    47  (down – 6% on 2009)   link to 2010 data
2009    50  (down – 9% on 2008)
2008    55  (down 6% on 2007)
2007    58 2006    58 2005    55 2000    43 1997    41

Air Freight

Freight tonnage  
UK Airport Statistics: 2012 – annual  (Table 13.2) Freight 2002 – 2012 2012    2,956  (down – 3% on 2011) 2011    3,039 ( down – 15%  on 2010)
2010    3,650  (up + 41% on 2009)    link to 2010 data
2009    2,597 (up + 34% on 2008)
2008    1,938  (up 147% on 2007)
2007    785 2006    306 2005    199
2004    799
2003    924
2002   1,437
2001     783 2000     485 1996    1,202
Mail (tonnes)  CAA Mail 1998 – 2008
CAA data Table 16.2   2000 – 2010 Mail
2010     9,062   (down – 7% on 2009)
2009     9,758   (down – 10.5% on 2008)
2008    10.901  (up + 29% on 2007)
2007     8,483
2006     7,884
2005     7,820
2000     3,720
1997     3,489

Airport Contact Details:  Newcastle International Airport, Woolsington, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE13 8BZ   Tel: 0871 882 1121

Multimap:     Map showing NE13 8BZ
Runway length and direction:  07/25   2,329 metres       7,641 feet
 
Local community group:         –
Noise complaints:   noise@newcastleinternational.co.uk

Noise.   The airport website says: Newcastle International Airport has adopted a Noise Strategy which describes how the Airport Company deals with noise issues and how it plans to tackle the following aspects in the future: 1. Minimising noise disturbance 2. Monitoring aircraft noise in the surrounding communities 3. Review of current routes and noise abatement procedures 4. Monitoring aircraft ground noise 5. Control of military and general aviation flight 6. Maintaining a noise complaints service 7. Establishing an information and education programme 8. Control of helicopter noise 9. Monitoring noise from operations connected with the airport

Noise Monitoring Activities Newcastle Airport has invested in the latest technology to monitor the effects of noise on the surrounding communities. The Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) provides comprehensive airport noise and operations monitoring. The noise and track monitoring system receives data from six environmental monitoring units, strategically placed around the airport, including Ponteland Middle School, Dinnington First School and Seaton Burn Community College. The units feed noise event data to the central system along with radar and flight plan data to provide detailed information on aircraft activities and levels of noise. Newcastle Airport uses the system to monitor flight paths and ensure that the correct procedures are being followed. Regular noise monitoring surveys are carried out at the request of local residents. Newcastle Airport has the facility to place a mobile noise monitor in any location. For information on flight paths and complaints please follow the below links:

 

Newcastle Airport Noise Action Plan

July 2009    The airport prepared its first ever Noise Action Plan, for public consultation. Deadline for comment  was October 2009.     Levels of noise pollution caused by Newcastle airport were revealed for the first time. Hundreds of people living nearby are caused “significant annoyance” by aircraft flying in and out of the region on a daily basis. But none of them are entitled to compensation or special insulation in their homes because the noise levels are not quite high enough for them to qualify. Click here to view full story…

Wikipedia page on   Newcastle airport includes airlines and destinations
Proportion of domestic passengers, out of total passengers
CAA  statistics, annual figures   – comparing Tables 9 and 10.2
2006       32,8%
2007        29.6%
2008       30.0%
 
Business Aviation:   Number of business flights (= private jets)   CAA  statistics, annual figures – Table 3.1
 2007          128 (+482 air taxis)
2008         196 (+ 527 air taxis)
 

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