Originally Posted by
flybar
Some very poor Geography on here. West Yorkshire has a population of 2.5 million South Yorkshire 1.4 million.
Leeds is central in West Yorkshire, DSA is on the Eastern fringes of South Yorkshire with little population to the east.
People to the West of Leeds have Manchester as an alternative. They are not going to travel to DSA.
South Yorkshire tried an Airport on the fringes of Sheffield and it failed. The population of South Yorkshire will never support an airport whilst EMA and LBA are available.
According to Google it's 40 miles from EMA to the M1-M18 junction near Sheffield. It's about 12 from the same place to DSA. It's over 30 from Tinsley viaduct to LBA. Just saying....