Doncaster Sheffield Airport including a change of name from Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield to Doncaster Sheffield Airport, with the Robin Hood title being downgraded to a lesser used graphic appendix. In September 2017, the airport entered a sponsorship deal with Sheffield Arena giving it the new name of Fly DSA Arena. The airport has a single runway designated 02/20, with a length of , making it longer and wider than those at many other airports in Northern England. This stems from the airport's history as a former long-range nuclear bomber base (RAF Finningley), and makes the airport suitable for wide-bodied, long-haul or
Doncaster Sheffield Airport railway station airport estate and joining up with the East Coast Main Line south of the airfield boundary. The line would stretch for but would require of new line with junctions at both ends. Initial costings placed the scheme at £100 million, but by 2018, a more detailed estimate was given as £170 million for the station and £280 million for all the works including "unexpected circumstances". With ancillary works and new housing, the project is believed to be able to generate 73,000 jobs in the local community, and the whole linked project was described in the press as being "Aerotropolis". Doncaster