Sherburn Aero Club

What Sherburn Aero Club does

Sherburn Aero Club is a flying club and flight training school incorporated as Sherburn Aero Club Limited, based at Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield in Yorkshire, UK. Founded in 1964 and operating continuously for over 60 years, the company employs between 11 and 50 staff and serves a consumer base of aspiring private pilots, licensed pilots seeking aircraft hire, career-oriented trainees, and experience-flight purchasers. Its core customers are individual private (B2C) rather than enterprise clients.

The product set covers PPL and LAPL licence training, a custom-built PA28-based flight simulator for instrument and procedural training, pilot medicals, structured hour-building packages, aircraft hire, and packaged experience flights — including the Yorkshire Coast Experience Flight launched in 2025. Operational infrastructure includes four runways, on-site hangars, and an on-site restaurant and bar. The business is co-located with Breeze Aviation, Hields Aviation, and Advanced Flight Training, forming a multi-operator training and hire cluster on the airfield.

The revenue model is multi-stream and transactional: course fees for licence training, hourly aircraft hire charges, per-hour simulator use, membership subscriptions, and per-flight experience product pricing. No external equity or debt funding is disclosed, and no revenue or ARR figures are publicly reported. The company has won at least one unspecified industry award, supporting long-standing brand credibility within the UK general aviation sector.

Name

Sherburn Aero Club

Legal name

Sherburn Aero Club Limited

Website

https://sherburnaeroclub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sherburn Aero Club operates a flight training school and flying club at Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield, UK. Founded in 1964, it delivers PPL/LAPL training, simulator sessions, aircraft hire, experience flights, and memberships to aspiring private pilots and aviation enthusiasts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Flight Training Services

NAICS

Flight Training (611512), Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation (481211), Airport Operations (48811)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Airports, Flying Fields & Airport Terminal Services (4581), Air Transportation, Nonscheduled (4522)

akta.pro primary industry

Aviation & Aerospace (EDABALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Private Aviation Experiences (Charters, Scenic Flights, Helicopter Tours) (THAJALAF)

Keywords

• Flight training services
• Pilot training school
• Aircraft hire
• Flying club membership
• Trial flying lessons

Headquarters

HQ city

Sherburn In Elmet

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Flight Training Services: Private Pilot Licence (PPL), Light Aircraft Pilot Licence (LAPL) training, night ratings, instrument ratings, aerobatic certificates, and tail wheel conversion training.
2. Experience Flights: Trial flying lessons and experience flights ranging from 25-90 minutes in various aircraft including PA28, C152, and WWII Harvard Warbird.
3. Aircraft Hire: Hire of club aircraft including Cessna C150, Cessna C152, Piper PA28 variants. Members can hire aircraft by the hour.
4. Club Membership: Annual memberships providing access to club facilities, airfield amenities, and preferential rates on aircraft hire and training.
5. Hour Building Packages: Pre-purchased flight hour packages (5, 10, or 15 hours) in various aircraft types for pilots building time towards commercial licences.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sherburn Aero Club operates a flying club and flight training school at Sherburn in Elmet Airfield in Yorkshire, offering Private Pilot Licence (PPL) and Light Aircraft Pilot Licence (LAPL) training, trial and experience flights, aircraft hire, and club membership. Established in 1964, the club also provides pilot medicals, simulator training, PPL e-exams, engineering services, and on-site restaurant and bar facilities.

Product overview

Sherburn Aero Club is a Yorkshire-based flying club and flight training school offering a comprehensive suite of aviation services. The core offering consists of flight training programs (PPL and LAPL licences with associated ratings) and trial/experience flights ranging from £122. Additional services include simulator training, PPL e-exams, ground school, pilot medicals, tail wheel training, hour building packages, aircraft fleet access, aircraft shares/sales, engineering services, and restaurant/bar facilities. The club operates from Sherburn in Elmet Airfield and partners with on-site providers for microlight, helicopter, and advanced commercial training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Breeze AviationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBreeze Aviation operates from Sherburn Airfield providing all aspects of microlight training including advanced training and BMAA Diplomas. They share the same airfield location and cross-refer customers seeking microlight-specific training.
• Hields AviationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHields Aviation provides helicopter flying training from Sherburn Airfield, including private/commercial training, self-fly hire, trial flights and more. Co-located at the airfield with cross-referral arrangement.
• Advanced Flight TrainingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdvanced Flight Training provides commercial flight training including CPL, instrument rating, multi-engine piston rating and instructor rating from Sherburn Airfield. They offer progression pathway for club members completing PPL training.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Advanced Flight Training: Commercial flight training provider co-located at Sherburn Airfield offering CPL, IR, multi-engine, and instructor ratings. Acts as a downstream partner for Sherburn's PPL graduates and is a natural in-airfield peer for the integrated academy model.

Direct peers

• Wycombe Air Park (Booker Aviation): Buckinghamshire-based GA airfield offering flight training, aircraft hire, and trial lessons via on-site operators, with a multi-runway facility broadly comparable to Sherburn's infrastructure footprint.
• Goodwood Aerodrome: Premium UK flying club and flight training school at Goodwood Aerodrome, with multiple runways, restaurant/clubhouse, and PPL/LAPL training using a similar fleet profile (PA-28, C152 variants). Closest comparable on the membership-club-plus-training-school model.
• Tayside Aviation: Long-established UK flight training organisation at Dundee Airport delivering PPL, LAPL, ATPL, and hour-building packages with a comparable integrated training and experience-flight product offering.
• Bournemouth Aviation (BACO): UK flight training school delivering PPL, LAPL, ATPL, and instructor courses from Bournemouth Airport, comparable on the integrated training school product and hour-building offering.
• White Waltham Airfield (West London Aero Club): One of the UK's largest flying clubs, offering PPL training, aircraft hire, and a member community at White Waltham Airfield. Direct peer on the long-established, large-membership-club positioning.
• North Weald Flying Group: Membership-based UK flying club at North Weald Airfield providing aircraft hire, social aviation, and PPL training pathway for members. Directly comparable on the flying-club/membership model.
• Multiflight: UK flight training school and FBO at Leeds Bradford Airport offering PPL, hour building, aircraft hire, and trial lessons across a mixed fleet. Most direct UK regional peer given similar Yorkshire/Northern England positioning and overlapping PPL/hour-building product mix.
• Compton Abbas Airfield: Dorset-based GA airfield offering flight training, trial lessons, and aircraft hire, with a grass-runway heritage and recreational aviation community broadly comparable to Sherburn's culture.

Broad incumbents

• CAE (formerly Oxford Aviation Academy): Global aviation training group operating integrated ATPL academies across the UK and Europe. Broad incumbent that competes for the career-pilot segment Sherburn's customers graduate into, with a far larger scale and multiple sites.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sherburnaero
• Facebookfacebook.com/sherburnaeroclub

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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