Doncaster Airport Information

Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley airbase in Finningley, South Yorkshire, England. The airport lies 6 nautical miles southeast of Doncaster and eighteen miles (29 km) east of Sheffield. The Airport principally serves the metropolitan counties of South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire moreover due to its key location, a population of more than six million potential customers can access the airport within a 60 minute drive.
The airport's opening was marked by the first commercial flight, destined for Palma in Majorca, which departed exactly on time at 0915 on April 28, 2005. The Captain of the first flight from Robin Hood Airport was Paul Rafferty of Thomsonfly. The airport expected to see at least one million passengers during 2006. Three months after opening the airport had handled 300,000 passengers, by December 2005 the figure rose to 500,000 and within 60 weeks after opening, the airport had cumulatively handled over 1 million passengers. The figure for calendar year 2006 was 899,000, putting the airport in 23rd position in the UK. As of August 2007 the airport had handled 2.28 million passengers since opening.