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Robin Hood Airport, or to use its full name, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley station at Finningley, Doncaster. By the time it opened as a commercial airport in 2005, more than 11,000 people had signed a petition against the name Robin Hood Airport.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/4005945.stm BBC News (2004-11-12) &ndash; Airport's new name misses target.]</ref> As is often the case with petitions, this one had no effect, and indeed if a million Brummies seem to contemplate with relative equanimity the possibility of their final joruneys ending at the [[Robin Hood Cemetery (Solihull)|Robin Hood Cemetery in Solihull]] &ndash; perhaps after a brief stop-over at [[Robin Hood Crematorium (Solihull)|the adjacent Robin Hood Crematorium]] &ndash; surely a good ten thousand Doncastrians can suffer the prospect of flying to sunnier climes via the Robin Hood safe in the knowledge that the return ticket will be valid.
Robin Hood Airport, or to use its full name, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley station at Finningley, Doncaster. By the time it opened as a commercial airport in 2005, more than 11,000 people had signed a petition against the name Robin Hood Airport.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/4005945.stm BBC News (2004-11-12) &ndash; Airport's new name misses target.]</ref> As is often the case with petitions, this one had no effect, and indeed if a million Brummies seem to contemplate with relative equanimity the possibility of their final joruneys ending at the [[Robin Hood Cemetery (Solihull)|Robin Hood Cemetery in Solihull]] &ndash; perhaps after a brief stop-over at [[Robin Hood Crematorium (Solihull)|the adjacent Robin Hood Crematorium]] &ndash; surely a good ten thousand Doncastrians can suffer the prospect of flying to sunnier climes via the Robin Hood safe in the knowledge that the return ticket will be valid.
=== Background ===
 
* [http://www.robinhoodairport.com/ Robin Hood Airport website.]
According to a newspaper article dated 13 July 2022, the airport 'may no longer be commercially viable' and its owners are 'considering whether the site could be better used for something else'.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/news-analysis/doncaster-sheffield-airport-regional-aviation-peel-group-b2122294.html Calder, Simon; Jamieson, Alastair. 'Why the future of Doncaster Sheffield Airport is in doubt', ''Independent'' (2022-07-13)] (paywalled).</ref>
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_Airport_Doncaster_Sheffield Wikipedia: Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield.]
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/4005945.stm BBC News (2004-11-12) &ndash; Airport's new name misses target.]
== Gazetteers ==
=== Notes ===
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
 
== Background ==
* [https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/news-analysis/doncaster-sheffield-airport-regional-aviation-peel-group-b2122294.html Calder, Simon; Jamieson, Alastair. 'Why the future of Doncaster Sheffield Airport is in doubt', ''Independent'' (2022-07-13)] (paywalled)
* [http://www.robinhoodairport.com/ Robin Hood Airport website]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_Airport_Doncaster_Sheffield Wikipedia: Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/4005945.stm BBC News (2004-11-12) &ndash; Airport's new name misses target]
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Latest revision as of 20:55, 13 July 2022

Locality
Coordinate 53.479206, -1.00201
Adm. div. West Riding of Yorkshire
Vicinity First Avenue, Doncaster
Type Establishment
Interest Robin Hood name
Status Extant
First Record 2005
A.k.a. RAF Finningley; Doncaster Sheffield Airport; DSA
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Robin Hood Airport.
Robin Hood Airport / Wendey North, 14 Nov. 2006, Creative Commons, via Geograph.
The Village Idiot: Austerfield: Doncaster Parish #25 of 43 (FaceBook), includes Robin Hood Airport.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-07-13.

Robin Hood Airport, or to use its full name, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley station at Finningley, Doncaster. By the time it opened as a commercial airport in 2005, more than 11,000 people had signed a petition against the name Robin Hood Airport.[1] As is often the case with petitions, this one had no effect, and indeed if a million Brummies seem to contemplate with relative equanimity the possibility of their final joruneys ending at the Robin Hood Cemetery in Solihull – perhaps after a brief stop-over at the adjacent Robin Hood Crematorium – surely a good ten thousand Doncastrians can suffer the prospect of flying to sunnier climes via the Robin Hood safe in the knowledge that the return ticket will be valid.

According to a newspaper article dated 13 July 2022, the airport 'may no longer be commercially viable' and its owners are 'considering whether the site could be better used for something else'.[2]

Gazetteers

Background


Notes

  1. ↑ BBC News (2004-11-12) – Airport's new name misses target.
  2. ↑ Calder, Simon; Jamieson, Alastair. 'Why the future of Doncaster Sheffield Airport is in doubt', Independent (2022-07-13) (paywalled).



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