RAF Bomber Command 1936–47 & 1957–68 RAF Flying Training Command 1947–57 RAF Strike Command 1968–70 RAF Training Command 1970–76 RAF Support Command 1976–96
Condition
Closed
Site history
Built
1936 (1936)
In use
September 1936–1996 (1996)
Fate
Transferred to civilian use and became Doncaster Sheffield Airport.
Airfield information
Identifiers
IATA: FNY, ICAO: EGXI, WMO: 03360
Elevation
10 metres (33 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
03/21
1,830 metres (6,004 ft) Concrete
07/25
1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Concrete
12/30
1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Concrete
Royal Air Force Finningley or RAF Finningley was a Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force station at Finningley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The station straddled the historic county boundaries of both Nottinghamshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The station was used as a bomber base during World War II, then in the early 1950s it had fighters allocated to it. From the late 1950s to the 1970s it was one of the home airfields of the V-bomber force, before becoming a Support Command base and housing the HQ of the Search and Rescue Force.
RAF Finningley was decommissioned in 1996. The airfield was developed into an international airport named Doncaster Sheffield Airport, which opened on 28 April 2005. The closure of the airport was announced in September 2022 with the final passenger flight arriving on 4 November 2022.
Royal Air Force Finningley or RAFFinningley was a Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force station at Finningley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster...
meadow... so a "Clearing of the fen-dwellers". Finningley is known for its airport, once RAFFinningley. The station housed a 'V' force of Vulcan bombers...
primarily used for training, serving RAF Bomber Command crews; only a few combat missions took off from Finningley. It was a key facility for nuclear-armed...
at RAFFinningley Whirlwind HAR.10 June 1976 - December 1992 - HQ at RAFFinningley Westland Wessex HAR.2 December 1992 - September 1997 - HQ at RAF St...
first RAF Waddington International Air Show was staged at RAF Waddington in 1995, after the event was moved down from RAFFinningley - an RAF station...
Unit moved to RAF Scampton from RAFFinningley. Part of the post-war development and upgrading of the station, in common with many other RAF stations at...
disbanded on 4 April 2008. No. 100 Squadron RAF with Hawk T.1As arrived on 21 September 1995 from RAFFinningley. No. 135 Expeditionary Air Wing was formed...
aircraft to fly the Vulcan. Almost immediately 230 OCU transferred to RAFFinningley, South Yorkshire. In 1968, XH558 transferred back to Waddington, where...
Royal Air Force Lossiemouth or more commonly RAF Lossiemouth (IATA: LMO, ICAO: EGQS) is a military airfield located on the western edge of the town of...
unit was formed here during 1969 and returned during October 1995 when RAFFinningley was closing down. The Station headquarters remains and used to incorporate...
Royal Air Force operated Valiants from RAF Gaydon, RAFFinningley, RAF Honington, RAF Marham, RAF Wittering and RAF Wyton by: No. 7 Squadron – Reformed at...
History of the Air Engineer: Training in the Royal Air Force, U.K.: RAFFinningley, 1984, pp. 39–43. Cox, John. Ask the Captain: What does the flight engineer...
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
operation over northern France. In October 1940, 106 Squadron moved to RAFFinningley while No. 14 OTU remained training crews for Bomber Command, its Hampdens...
flown from local airfields such as RAFFinningley, Doncaster Sheffield Airport and Doncaster Airfield (the former RAF Doncaster). Many of the exhibits have...
to RAFFinningley in November 1946, before being re-designated No. 202 Advanced Flying School RAF in March 1947. No. 22 Operational Training Unit RAF (22...
History of the Air Engineer: Training in the Royal Air Force, U.K.: RAFFinningley, 1984, pp. 39–43. Cox, John. Ask the Captain: What does the flight engineer...
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