A great place to enjoy your flying.
The Pilot Centre is a friendly flying club at Denham Aerodrome — quality training for your Private Pilot's Licence and ratings, plus a well-maintained fleet available for hire at reasonable prices. Open seven days a week.
Welcome to The Pilot Centre
The Pilot Centre is a great place to enjoy your flying. We specialise in quality training for obtaining your Private Pilot's Licence and its ratings. Our fleet of tidy aircraft is available for hire at reasonable prices. Members come from varied backgrounds and are of all experience levels.
Denham Aerodrome is easy to get to and we are open 7 days a week.
Explore
Everything you can do here.
Try it
Trial Lessons
A 40-minute or one-hour first flight over the Chilterns or the Thames.
Plan a trial flight
Train
Private Pilot's Licence
Friendly, structured training for the PPL and LAPL — from first lesson to skill test.
PPL overview
Develop
PPL Ratings
IMC rating, night qualification, and more — extend the privileges of your licence.
View ratings
Study
Ground School
Weekday evening and Saturday afternoon classes covering all nine PPL/LAPL exams.
See packages
Fly
Aircraft Rental
Hire from our fleet of Cessna 152s, 172s, PA-28s, and the Cessna 182R.
How rental works
Fleet
Our Aircraft
A well-maintained line-up of trainers, tourers and a tailwheel Citabria.
Meet the fleet
Professional
CPL
Modular Commercial Pilot Licence — approved training on the Cessna 182R.
CPL course
Teach
Instructor Rating
FI(R), CRI, IRI and instrument/night restriction removal courses.
Instructor training
Email
operations@thepilotcentre.co.uk
Telephone
01895 833838
Visit us
Denham Aerodrome
UB9 5DF
UB9 5DF
Open 7 days a week
0830 – 1730





