Doncaster Sheffield Airport a finishing school for new crews of the larger aircraft in Bomber Command; only a few combat missions took off from Finningley. The Cold War saw the airfield's importance rise when it was used for nuclear-armed Vulcan bombers. Training once again became the priority in the 1970s and 1980s before the airport was decommissioned in 1995. Following the ending of scheduled services from Sheffield City Airport, the former RAF Finningley was reopened as Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) in April 2005, after low-cost flights and rising passenger demand made a new commercial airport feasible. The name of the airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport railway station back-up plan for a community railway station on the former Finningley railway station site. This plan was first published in 2008 and would require an upgrade to the services on the Doncaster–Lincoln Line. Doncaster Sheffield Airport railway station Doncaster Sheffield Airport railway station (also known as Aerotropolis) is a proposed railway station in the Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) terminal area to allow an interchange of services between rail and air. The area used to have a railway station called to the north-east of the airfield, and was used by personnel from the former Royal Air Force base that the airport