doncaster Airport Information
About Doncaster Airport Facilities
Transport Facilities - Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield has one large car park that offers both short and long term parking. Purple Parking can arrange airport parking for Robin Hood Airport with our parking partners located at Epworth, just seven miles away. They operate an efficient and competitively priced Meet and Greet service. The closest rail station to the airport is at Doncaster and can be reached by the Airport Arrow shuttle bus service. Doncaster is on the East Coast Main Line and there are frequent services linking it to other rail networks. Regular buses run from the airport to Doncaster and other local destinations. Taxis are available directly outside the terminal building.
Robin Hood Airport provides a small range of facilities for business and leisure travellers including children and disabled passengers.
Business Facilities - Wireless Internet access is available throughout the terminal.
Leisure Facilities - Robin Hood Airport's terminal has a small range of shopping and eating facilities. There are also foreign currency exchange facilities, games centres and toilets available throught the terminal.
Facilities For Disabled Passengers - The majority of passenger facilities are based on the ground floor of the terminal, however facilities and services on the first floor are accessible by lift. Accessible toilets are available on the ground floor, in the Departure Lounge and Arrival areas. A pick-up and set-down area is available outside the terminal entrance and parking spaces for passengers with disabilities are reserved at the front of the airport car park. The Airport Arrow Shuttle bus is a fully accessible vehicle.
The History of Doncaster Airport
Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield is built on the site of a former Royal Air Force airbase, RAF Finningley. The scheme to convert the base into a commercial airport received massive support from local residents, the business community and the wider aviation industry that appreciated that there was a need for further aviation services within the Yorkshire, Humber and surrounding regions.
RAF Finningley opened in 1936 and was best known as the front line Bomber Command base during World War II and the Cold War. The base was also famous for its military aircraft displays. The runway is just less than 2 miles long and was resurfaced in 1989 before the Ministry of Defence declared the site surplus to requirements in March 1995.
In June 1999 Peel Holdings purchased the site with the view to turning it into a commercial airport. Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield commenced commercial operations on 28th April 2005. In 2007 the airport handled over 1 million passengers for the first time ever, ranking i the 22nd busiest airport in the UK.
