Visit · A working airfield

A working airfield, up close.

Light aircraft, microlights and gyrocopters coming and going through the day, a few metres from the café.

Would you like to visit airside?

Groups, tours and photography by arrangement.

What you will see

Grass runway. Real flying.

Rochester is a grass airfield with light aircraft, helicopters, microlights and gyrocopters coming and going through the day. Viewing is from the public areas around the café. Ask at the café or the tower about the best place to watch and what is flying.

Fancy a go yourself? The based flying schools offer trial lessons and flight experiences. Learn to fly →

A Wildcat helicopter landing on the grass at Rochester Airport
A Wildcat coming in to land on the grass
An Auster taxiing on the grass at Rochester Airport
An Auster taxiing on the grass