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Doncaster Sheffield Airport, 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 3mi southeast of Doncaster and 18mi east of Sheffield. Handling 857,109 passengers in 2015, the airport is the smaller of Yorkshire's two large commercial airports, the other being Leeds Bradford Airport.The airport was initially operated by Peel Airports, a division of The Peel Group. At that time, Peel Airports also owned and managed Liverpool John Lennon Airport and City Airport Manchester, and had a 75% stake in Durham Tees Valley Airport, the remaining 25% being owned by local councils in the area. 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.HistoryThe 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.

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