Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Doncaster Sheffield Airport
IATA: DSA ICAO: EGCN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Peel Group
Operator	Doncaster Sheffield Airport Limited
Serves	Doncaster, Sheffield
Location	Finningley, South Yorkshire
Opened	April 2005
Elevation AMSL	56 ft / 17 m
Coordinates	53°28′31″N 001°00′15″W / 53.47528°N 1.00417°W / 53.47528; -1.00417Coordinates: 53°28′31″N 001°00′15″W / 53.47528°N 1.00417°W / 53.47528; -1.00417
Website	flydsa.co.uk dsaflights.co.uk
Map
DSA Location in South Yorkshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 2,893 9,491 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 1,255,907 Passenger change (15-16) 46.5% Aircraft Movements 16,098 Movements change (15-16) 34.2%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

Passengers	1,255,907
Passenger change (15-16)	46.5%
Aircraft Movements	16,098
Movements change (15-16)	34.2%

Doncaster Sheffield Airport (IATA: DSA, ICAO: EGCN), formerly named Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley station at Finningley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster within South Yorkshire, England. The airport lies 3 miles (5 kilometres) southeast of Doncaster and 18 mi (29 km) east of Sheffield. Handling 1.26 million passengers in 2016, 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 Lennon Airport and City Airport Manchester, and had a 75% stake in Durham Tees Valley Airport. Doncaster Sheffield Airport has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P876) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.

The airport owes its origins to military aviation, having been founded as Finningley Airfield in 1915.

During the First World War, it was used as a base by the Royal Flying Corps as they intercepted German Zeppelins targeting the industrial cities of the North. In the Second World War the airfield was used primarily for training purposes, serving as 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.