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Sheffield Aero Club

If you’re in South Yorkshire, love flying, and are looking towards obtaining your Private Pilot’s Licence, Sheffield Aero Club is just the place to start. Easily located half an hour outside Sheffield city, it offers a wide range of flying lessons under CAA qualified instruction that will introduce you to the joys of aviation and maybe even a promising hobby or career in it. All available to book through dates and gift vouchers with FlyDays.

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Sheffield Aero Club is open Monday – Sunday serving food during the day. Please note some or all of the flying experiences below at Sheffield Aero Club may be run by an independent operator and the flight dates will be subject to availability.

Sheffield Aero Club Limited
Netherthorpe Airfield
Thorpe Salvin
Near Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S80 3JQ

Sheffield Aero Club is located at Netherthorpe Airfield, and is approximately half an hour’s drive from Sheffield city centre. It also has good links via the A1(M) motorway to other areas in South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, including Rotherham, Worksop and Chesterfield. The nearest train station is Shireoaks, with a taxi from the station to the airfield taking just under 5 minutes.

Runway
06/24
Dimensions(m)
553x36
Surface
Grass
TORA(m)
06-467
LDA(m)
06-401
AMSL
248ft
Maintenance Maintenance
Hangarage Hangarage
Custiner Service Customs
Runway True Runways
Fuel Fuel
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Information About Sheffield Aero Club

A short drive from the tiny village of Shireoaks in Nottinghamshire, and half an hour’s drive away from the bustling Northern industrial city of Sheffield, Netherthorpe Airfield is the home of Sheffield Aero Club, a fine, centrally placed location to book flying experiences and days with FlyDays.

It was initially what was known in 1933 as a ‘Privateers’ aerodrome club for aviation enthusiasts in the local area, specialising in flying the de Havilland DH.60 Moth. After a proposal to the local council in 1935 to form it as a development aerodrome, the Sheffield Aero Club was born.

However, no sooner had this been approved then World War II broke out in 1939, and all flying clubs were forced to cease operations with immediate effect. Military operations commenced at Netherthorpe with the arrival of the No. 613 Squadron RAF of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force in a flight of Westland Lysander Mk II aircraft in 1940.

As the war progressed, they also utilised a Miles Magister and de Havilland Tiger Moth, and the airfield was upgraded with six Type 22 pill boxes, two of which are still standing today as a mark of it’s important role during the Battle of Britain.

However, even though the RAF retained control of the airfield until 1951, operations more or less ceased there when the No. 613 Squadron were moved to nearby RAF Firbeck. The Sheffield Aero Club finally reconvened and reunited in 1961.

A new clubhouse was built during the 1970s to replace the old one which the RAF had used as a control room during the war. It was also around this time that their very popular licenced food and drink establishment the Skyways Bar was established on site, as well as four new hangars, a control tower and a fuel bowser, all of which are still in use today together with a 553 x 36 metre grass runway.

Flying in Sheffield and South Yorkshire

Sheffield Aero Club offers plenty of fantastic opportunities to discover and enjoy the thrills of flying and aviation over South Yorkshire, with our range of Flying Lessons packages that we offer here on FlyDays.

The 30 Minute Lesson is a good way to get your introduction to aviation. An expert, CAA approved instructor will join you as you hop into the cockpit of a two-seater aeroplane, as you get airborne and get to grips with controlling and flying a plane for the very first time.

Double the Lessons, Double the Airtime

Want a bit more time up in the air? You can always go for our 60 Minute Lesson package. You’ll get the same CAA approved tuition whilst up above the skies of South Yorkshire, but more time in the air means more time to build your confidence and come into your own as a pilot.

And no matter how long you choose for your first lesson, the tuition you undertake here will count towards you obtaining your Private Pilot’s Licence. So what started as a fun day out or a bucket list item fulfilled could soon be a fledgling aviation career or hobby!

Booking to Fly at Sheffield Aero Club

With experiences available to book from forthcoming dates that you see listed on our Events calendar, or through our open gift vouchers which can be put towards the experience of your choice at a time to suit you (they’re a fabulous gift idea too), your next flying day or experience at Sheffield Aero Club is sorted with FlyDays.

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