Denham Aerodrome

Denham Aerodrome is an operational general aviation aerodrome located 1.5NM east of Gerrards Cross, near Denham, Buckinghamshire, England. It lies beneath London's Class D airspace. VFR entry/exit points are at Maple Cross (CHT) and St Giles Church. Entry lanes and circuit height are at 750ft AGL. It has one paved runway, aligned 06/24, a grass runway also aligned 06/24 which is referred to as the northside grass and one grass runway aligned 12/30. It also has plus substantial hangarage.Denham Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P646) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Bickertons Aerodromes Limited).Operators - There are a number of charter and flight instruction and filming operators based at Denham Aerodrome as well as a helicopter maintenance facility. The Pilot Centre flying school, HeliAir, TAA UK, Aerospace Design Facilities, AS Aerospace Ltd, FlyingTV Ltd, Helicopter Film Services, JetFly. A restaurant near the control tower is named Biggles, after the fictional airman of that name, there is also a small cafe called The Crew Room on the north side of the airfield.HistoryThere are records that flying has been taking place at Denham Aerodrome since the 1900s. During the First World War in 1915, RAF Denham was established as a flying training school for Flight Cadets.