Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (IATA: DSA, ICAO: EGCN) is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley airbase at Finningley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster within South Yorkshire, England. The airport lies 3 NM (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) southeast of Doncaster and 18 mi (29 km) east of Sheffield.
The airport is operated by Peel Airports, a division of The Peel Group and majority owned by Vancouver Airport Services. Peel Airports also owns and manages Liverpool John Lennon Airport and the former Sheffield City Airport (which closed in April 2008). Handling around 820,000 passengers in 2011, the airport is the smaller of Yorkshire's two large commercial airports, the other being Leeds Bradford 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.
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