Doncaster Sheffield airport, formerly Robin Hood airport until 2016, could be closing with bosses saying that “aviation activity on the site may no longer be commercially viable.”
The first commercial flight departed the airport on April 28 2005 on route to Palma, and over the next 17 years, it has seen millions more customers take flights from the local airport.
The airport officially re-branded to Doncaster Sheffield Airport in 2016 after 11 years of being named Robin Hood airport.
From opening to passengers in 2005, we take a look back at the airport’s first few years in operation.
The airport officially re-branded to Doncaster Sheffield Airport in 2016 after 11 years of being named Robin Hood airport.
![May 25 2004: Geoff Cox (right), then Health and Safety Executive Head of Operations Construction Yorkshire and North East, and Andy Hopwell, then Project Manager for Bovis Lend Lease, inspect the construction of the terminal building at Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRiZTJhMzBlLWE1ZWEtNDYzMi05NGRjLTFmNTQxMDIxMjgwZTo5NmM2NGM1Ni03MjVjLTQyMDEtYjVjNC0zMmZjOTU0YWQwYmU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Terminal Building Construction
May 25 2004: Geoff Cox (right), then Health and Safety Executive Head of Operations Construction Yorkshire and North East, and Andy Hopwell, then Project Manager for Bovis Lend Lease, inspect the construction of the terminal building at Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster. Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
![The Yeaman family, who were the 250,000th customers at Doncaster Robin Hood Airport, flying off to Alicante airport.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmFjNDZjZGRhLWVhNGYtNGQyZC1hOTBhLTJlN2QzYTBiMGNmYTpmMjA3MjI0Ny0xYTI1LTRmYTQtYTIxMS03MTZkYjNjY2E1ODg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. Customer 250,000
The Yeaman family, who were the 250,000th customers at Doncaster Robin Hood Airport, flying off to Alicante airport. Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
![April 27 2005: Matthew Fitton (left), then Peel Holdings Property Manager, and Roger Kuhmel, then Property Manager at Robin Hood Airport, are pictured at the launch of the Airport's business park.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk0OTg5NWY1LTRjOWYtNDM1Mi05NjhjLTIzZmRmNjM2ZmYzOTowYTA2OTY2Yy00ZTJhLTQ4NTktYTk5Ni1hZTBiZDY5NTNiNWI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. Business Park Launch
April 27 2005: Matthew Fitton (left), then Peel Holdings Property Manager, and Roger Kuhmel, then Property Manager at Robin Hood Airport, are pictured at the launch of the Airport's business park. Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd