One person was taken to hospital as the LinksAir flight came down at the town's Robin Hood Airport at around 7.30pm last night.
The plane had been travelling from Belfast City Airport and the airport confirmed that the passenger plane had experienced problems with its landing gear.
The aircraft was pictured beached on the runway as emergency services rushed to the scene.
More than 300 hundred passengers were left waiting for hours as the airport closed to begin clearing the runway.
Many of those looking forward to going away were travelling to popular party island Ibiza as at least 10 flights were affected.
Steve Gill, managing director at the airport, told the Doncaster Free Press this morning: "Our apologies go to any passengers expecting to fly into or out of Doncaster Sheffield Airport tonight. Our team will work to ensure the airport reopens as soon as possible."
After a 12-hour shut down, air investigators assessing the situation gave officials the all clear to reopen the airport.
Flights are now resuming as normal.
A statement from the airport said: "We are pleased to confirm that the runway at Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield reopened at 14.45pm this afternoon.
"The UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) have visited the airport and the LinksAir flight, LNQ207, which experienced problems with its undercarriage on landing, has now been moved from the runway area.
"The first departure from Doncaster Sheffield Airport will be the Wizzair flight to Bucharest at 15:30pm.
"We apologise for the inconvenience caused to passengers affected by the incident which occurred last night."
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