A general aviation aerodrome on Hangar Road, Denham, UB9 5DF, around 30 minutes from central London. Home to HQ Aviation: the resident helicopter school, Robinson dealer, hangarage and CAA Part-145 service centre.
From the motorway to the hover, in four steps.
Set the sat-nav to UB9 5DF. Leave the M40 at Junction 1, where the M25 joins at Junction 16, and follow the signs for Denham Aerodrome onto Hangar Road.
From central London the A40 and M40 take around 30 minutes. Coming by train, Chiltern runs direct from Marylebone to Denham in 25 to 30 minutes, and Denham Golf Club and Gerrards Cross are both a short taxi away.
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Denham is an aerodrome, not an airport. You park by the hangar, for free, and walk out to the aircraft. There is no security line and no terminal to cross.
We are in Hangar E. If you have not been before, come to us and someone will take you out.
HQ Aviation flies one of the largest Robinson fleets in the UK from this hangar: more than 30 R22, R44 and R66 helicopters, out every day.
The CAA Part-145 engineering shop is in the same building, so the aircraft you fly is maintained a few metres from where it stands.
The walk from the hangar door to the aircraft takes about a minute. Denham sits in the Colne Valley, so you are over open country almost as soon as you lift.
A trial lesson puts you on the controls for that. You fly it, from the hover onwards.
HQ Aviation, Hangar E, Hangar Road, Denham Aerodrome, Denham, London UB9 5DF. Contact and opening hours
Learning to fly, buying an aircraft, keeping it airworthy and keeping it under cover all happen on this one aerodrome. The school was founded by Captain Quentin Smith, twice Helicopter Aerobatics World Champion and the Guinness World Record holder for the first piston helicopter at the North Pole.
The resident helicopter school. Trial lessons through PPL(H), type ratings, night rating and CPL(H), all on the Robinson fleet.
Training
A CAA Part-145 approved organisation and a Robinson Authorised Service Centre, working on the Robinson range in house.
Maintenance
New and pre-owned Robinson sales as an authorised dealer, and self-fly hire from the same fleet for licensed pilots.
Aircraft sales
Keep your own helicopter here. A shared hangar with Robinson trained ground handling, half an hour from London.
HangarageDenham takes visiting traffic with prior permission from the aerodrome operator. Procedures and circuit details are at egld.com, and PPR is theirs to give, not ours.
If you are flying in to see us, call +44 1895 833373 first and we will meet you on the apron. We are open 08:30 to 17:00, seven days a week, so tell us roughly when to expect you.
Denham keeps the character of a working aerodrome rather than an airport. It is quieter, closer, and a good deal less trouble to fly into.
Denham Aerodrome is on Hangar Road, Denham, UB9 5DF, on the north west edge of London just off the M40 and M25 interchange. HQ Aviation is based in Hangar E.
Around 30 minutes by car via the A40 and M40. By train it is 25 to 30 minutes from London Marylebone to Denham on Chiltern Railways, then a short taxi ride.
EGLD. Denham is a general aviation aerodrome with grass and paved runways and dedicated helicopter operating areas.
Yes, with prior permission from the aerodrome operator. See egld.com for procedures and circuit details. If you are flying in to see HQ Aviation, call us on +44 1895 833373 and we will meet you on the apron.
Yes. Parking is free and directly by the HQ Aviation hangar.
Yes. HQ Aviation is the resident helicopter flight school at Denham, training from a first trial lesson through to PPL(H), type ratings, night rating and CPL(H) on Robinson R22, R44 and R66 helicopters.
Yes. Denham supports both kinds of flying. HQ Aviation is the resident helicopter school. The Pilot Centre teaches fixed wing. If what you want has rotors, you want us.
Yes. HQ Aviation offers hangarage in a shared hangar at Denham, with ground handling by people who work on Robinsons every day and Part-145 engineering in the same building. Price is on enquiry.
HQ Aviation flies one of the largest Robinson fleets in the UK from Denham: more than 30 R22, R44 and R66 helicopters used for training, self-fly hire and sales demonstration.
Yes. Trial lesson gift vouchers are available from HQ Aviation and flown from Denham, around 30 minutes from central London.
Book a trial lesson, come and see the hangar, or talk to us about training, buying, maintaining or keeping a helicopter at Denham.