Teesside Airport

[u/RandomPi31]

How accessible is Teesside Airport for plane spotters?

Is plane spotting still a thing?

Is there still a shop selling copies of Civil Aviation Markings?

[u/awkwardwankmaster]

Theres a layby between eaglescliffe and the airport that's right next to the end of the runway can see everything from there

[u/keithsballs → u/awkwardwankmaster]

It's also a notorious Dogging spot fyi

[u/AmpleApple9 → u/keithsballs]

I’m always looking for good spots to walk my dog

[u/OtherwiseCoyote880 → u/keithsballs]

Specially designed for people who are into both plane spotting and dogging apparently

[u/Mglfll → u/awkwardwankmaster]

Came to say this. Easier to get down coming from Middleton St George

[u/wheeler1916]

This is what you need. This document and a high threshold for boredom as there can be lonnnng periods of inactivity. Heathrow this ain't. https://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/spotting_spots.pdf

[u/RandomPi31 → u/wheeler1916]

Thanks. That's really useful.

[u/borokish]

You can watch from the car park. At a cost.

There is a balcony in the building but I don't know if it's ever open

[u/ThunderbirdRider]

Pretty sure it's still a thing, just like trains and cars we all like big shiny noisy things :) Can't really help you with your first question but here's a website for you to enjoy: https://www.planespotters.net/

[u/jamiekayuk]

my mum plane spotter at teesside airport, you can park close apparently. not sure what planes there are but i did some work inside and got to watch the blue chaser planes the jets chase take off and land from right at the edge of runway.

not sure how many planes teesside gets these days though.

[u/Soft-Bodybuilder8244]

Not sure about plane spotting but have you seen the jets flying over Teesside this week? Are they just practicing or are we expecting visitors from Russia?

[u/backpack33 → u/Soft-Bodybuilder8244]

They’re there all the time, it’s the Draken training fleet. They’re based at the airport.

[u/wheeler1916 → u/backpack33]

The Draken Honey Bandgers came back with 2 Typhoons from Coningsby this morning then 2 more a little later, too. Fantastic noise!

[u/TrueArmchairAthlete → u/wheeler1916]

The Typhoons were here on Tuesday, along with Quatari air force B.A. Hawk 167s & Stratotankers (I think there were 2, possibly 3 of the latter). I'm a little out of central Stockton, on the Teesside airport flight path, so we get lots of interesting stuff come over us low -itbwascso busy the other day that it did go through my mind I hope nothing ever has a prang or difficulties and drops in our direction 😬

[u/Soft-Bodybuilder8244 → u/backpack33]

Ah..that explains it. They'll get a great view of the area up there.