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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.
