Teesside International Airport

Small, but convenient and well-planned airport. Great for connection flights in Amsterdam! They have an updated security systems, so you don’t need to take out anything from your bags! Efficient and helpful staff members. No disturbing queues, everything very well managed. There is alcohol, cosmetics, sweets and chocolates shop, couple of places to have a drink and a meal, as well as a small business lounge.

I travel to a lots of airports but I just love this airport. The efficiency and friendliness of the staff are just amazing. The only downside is the parking charges are madness. Maybe I missed an airport, but this may be only airport which charges you £2 to just drop someone off.

Teesside Airport provides a calm and easily accessible experience, which is a welcome alternative to larger, busier airports. Boarding was smooth and well-organized. However, there are some drawbacks. Airside facilities are limited, and although there are multiple bars and food outlets, only one was open during my visit. The security process was particularly disappointing: despite no queue, baggage screening was slow, and around half of the bags were sent for secondary checks, even with CT scanners in place. Items were confiscated without clear explanation; for example, a toothpaste tube was taken simply because “the computer said no.” This lack of efficiency and transparency detracts from what could otherwise be a pleasant journey.

Great local airport. The staff are lovely and always happy & welcoming! Everywhere is clean & tidy and even though only small, there's enough choice in duty free & the bar area. Shame there's not more flights as it's perfect for those in the area.

This is by far the smallest airport I’ve flown from and to . From the car park through security in 5 minutes. Everyone was friendly. Lovely waiting area with eating & drinking opportunities. If there would be direct flights going out to Hamburg , it’d be perfect ( for me).

Great airport, all calm and quick check-in. Flight on time, very friendly and welcoming all round. Maybe a few more toilets would be good (a bit of a que for women), and another hand dryer for the men's (only one).

Best airport in the UK for service. Quick to get through, staff are really friendly, from check in/bag dropping, security, boarding, retailers. Feels worlds away from most airports. Hopefully they can introduce more routes. Lost a star as my regular route between London and Teesside was withdrawn and public transport connections are terrible compared to other airports. But the service and staff are incredible.

Great Airport, personally its my favorite....easy, no fuss, car parking is amazing, right in front of the main building and is half the cost of other airports. Drop off is £2, NCL is currently £4 and due to rise. Manchester is already £7.

We flew into Durham Tees Valley Airport earlier this year for a short break. A lovely little airport with nice facilities. This would have been a firm four stars if not for one fact. Arriving on a Friday afternoon virtually no car rental is possible. It is that Europcar anyway operates a drop-off service from Darlington and provides an out-if-hours service, otherwise we would have come seriously unstuck.

Until recently, I was a regular traveller to Teesside on business. After years of travelling on by train GNER, I thought I'd give the bmi service to the (then) Teesside International Airport. Since then, I've become a firm fan. It's closer to Teesside and, being very small (just two gates!), is very easy to use. OK, so the facilities are a bit limited, but it compares well with Darlington station. Although on principle I'd preferred to have used the train (lower carbon emissions), the lousy connections from Darlington to Middlesbrough, coupled with the difference in price, made it a no-brainer. £75 return on bmi compared with over £200 on GNER? The four return flights a day are well timed for business in either direction, too. The only downside is having to use Heathrow at the other end, but then King's Cross during the rebuilding work is hardly pleasant, either. The only thing I don't like is the new name - it's nowhere near Durham, as it implies. Still, that's a minor quibble.

Nice little airport to fly from, never over busy just normally your own flight in departures. When I used it last summer, I brought 2 bottles of baileys, to save me taking then on me hols only to bring back, the shop held them for me whilst I was away & met me on my return. Not sure if that was above board but worked for me. Parking rates pretty good but not living far it's easy to get dropped off or taxi. It's a shame they don't do more flights but better some than none at all. Overall nice experience & atmosphere. Roll on my next holidays.

Teesside airport is the original name, and is still on most road signs. Indeed, if you are new to the area and ask people how to get to 'Durham Tees Valley' airport, you may meet blank looks. Teesside Airport is very small, I last used it January 1st 2006 when my dad died, it was a bit frustrating really, i booked the wrong day on the internet form, then had to pay a surcharge at Heathrow to fly on the right day. We flew over Stockton, below the cloud, where I wanted to be, and i ended up in darlington. As far as i remember all the shops were shut and there was only one bus from the airport, to Darlington. I got that bus because I thought I could get a train from Darlington to Stockton, and that would have been a good guess, because most days that would have been true, and indeed most New Years Days that would have been true, but there was some kind of problem on the line so that no trains were running between Darlington and Thornaby station (originally called Stockton South, and the original line of the famous Stockton Darlington railway, you can still get trains cross country from Thornaby). I had to get a taxi from Darlington, about 12 miles or so, and it was very expensive because it was New Years Day. I suppose the point to all this rambling is that links between Teesside Airport and the surrounding towns are poor; there used to be a regular rail link but no longer. You are best being met at the airport by a friend or relative. People complain about public transport in London, but I think they don't use the buses in their home towns. My local bus stops at 11pm in Stockton, and is only one an hour after 6pm. I remember being a kid and having a great time watching planes take off from the roof of the airport. If I remember correctly it was all wood panelled but they've got rid of that.

I've flown a few times in and out of Teesside (or to give it the new name Durham Tees Valley). The most recent on a trip to Mexico where I flew via KLM and Amsterdam. Whilst the airport small this does mean it has a friendly side and people are willing to chat while they do their jobs. The airside part doens't have any room for shops and you have to walk out to th eplanes but then that is quite nice and harks back to the old fashioned flying era. With this service on the doorstep you really can go on to explore the world.

Excellent local airport - much improved over the last few years. Has a WHSmiths that is well stocked,a little pub and a decent duty free - great for local short haul flights.

The staff at Durham Tees Valley Airport went above and beyond to assist us during the recent "Beast from the East" storm that caused many flights to be cancelled. In particular, Sharon did a magnificent job to make sure that my disabled husband was accommodated as she worked to find us alternative ways to get back to Chicago. Many, many thanks are due the airport staff-- they had their hands full with this weather event and yet treated all of the disappointed passengers very well.

Living in Darlington I am pleased to have Durham Tees Valley Airport so close. It is 10 minutes out of town and therefore if you don't want to park and fly then a taxi is not overly expensive. It is a pretty small airport with a limited duty free section, and food and drink places one you are through to the departure lounge. I have always found staff to be friendly and even when they chose to search my friend on the way to Amsterdam they were easy going and tried not to be too intrusive whilst being thorough. Finger crossed for a bigger variety of flights coming soon but even without is ideal for connecting flights to Heathrow and onward