Robin Hood Airport

Robin Hood Airport is planned to be a new UK international passenger airport, built on the former RAF Finningley base. The proposed £80 million project would make it the the UK’s newest international airport for 30 years. It will have the capacity to serve 2.3 million passengers and 50,000 tonnes of freight per year.

Peel Airports will own and operate three UK regional airports which are Liverpool John Lennon, Durham Tees Valley and the new Robin Hood Airport. Peel Airports was formed in 1997 following the acquisition of Liverpool Airport and the Airports division. Peel Airports is part of the Peel Group which is a leading infrastructure, transport and real estate enterprise in the UK with assets owned, under management, in excess of £6bn.

Tubecon will construct the terminal building which comprises of nearly 1,500 tonnes of steelwork. The complex steel structure consists of four storeys of beam and column construction, with additional complex, tubular, waveform trusses making up the main concourse of the terminal. Combined with the multitude of curved beams creating a waveform entrance canopy, this project highlighted the manufacturing and construction excellence of Tubecon when it comes to innovative, architecturally lead projects.

This airport structure consisted of normal column and beam construction, but with the addition of architectural, tubular, waveform trusses supporting the roof. The terminal building also contained a series of curved beams, which combined with feature columns provided a curved entrance canopy.