Doncaster Sheffield Airport Doncaster Sheffield Airport Doncaster Sheffield Airport , formerly named "Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield", is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley station, in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster within South Yorkshire, England. The airport lies southeast of Doncaster Town Centre and east of Sheffield. Handling 1.33 million passengers in 2017, the airport is the smaller of Yorkshire's two large commercial airports, the other being Leeds Bradford Airport. The airport opened to passengers in 2005. It was initially operated by Peel Airports, a division of The Peel Group, who at the time also owned and managed Liverpool John
Doncaster Sheffield Airport Airport being the club's official air travel provider. To promote the partnership, a large advertisement has been displayed across one of the stands at Bramall Lane Stadium. As a method of increasing passenger numbers at the airport, the football club has also been giving away free flights to their fans. Since the new airport link road ("Great Yorkshire Way") opened, which connects Parrots Corner to the M18's Junction 3, Sheffield is only 30 minutes away by road which supports the partnership between the airport and the football club further. In December 2016, the airport received an entirely new corporate design