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Community Matters

We strongly believe in supporting our local community. We support local schools and community organisations by offering visits to the airfield for young people and those interested in general aviation.  In September 2009, we welcomed visits from UK Air Cadets, The National Service (Royal Air Force) Association and The Fire Brigade Society.

We also work hard to reduce our impact on the local environment, especially the noise impact of the airfield, by setting up and enforcing Noise Abatement Zones in the local area, and by communicating with local stakeholders through our Joint Consultative Committee.  Find out more about the Joint Consultative Committee.

This is a non-exhaustive list of those initiatives and exercises that Wycombe Air Park regularly conducts in its goal to help local communities:

• Free and subsidised flying with the Gliding Club under their Cadet Scheme for 15 to 21 year olds.
• Engineering Apprentice Training Scheme with one of the helicopter operators.
• Engineering apprentice training for British Airways mainline engineer-training scheme
• Free scholarship flying to Private Pilots Licence standard with Airways Flying Club under their scheme called Dream2Fly
• A Youth Scheme, with subsidies to encourage young people up to age 25, with the Gliding Club
• Support of the Women in Aviation scheme with the flying school and the Gliding Club.
• Donation of some 40 free flights each year by Airways Flying Club to help raise funds for local charities, schools and amenity groups.
• Support of the Government-backed Learning Revolution Festival
• Permanent contract with local coach company to transport students from University to and from Wycombe Air Park for university flying courses
• Frequent use of local taxi firms by students, pilots and fly-in visitors
• Constant use by students on semi-residential courses of local Bed & Breakfast establishments...... around 100 to 120 person-nights each month.
• Host to the only general aviation show in UK, held annually in June. Roughly 1500 person-nights on hotels and the associated local trade spin-offs from around 8000 visitors to the site.
• Flight training initiatives with Wycombe Abbey School, Bucks New University, Brunel University
• Work experience for local school children with a number of Air Park based companies
• Donations to and support of the local charity and young person engagement facility called SKIDZ
• Donations to local Air Ambulances, RAF Benevolent Fund, Cancer Research, NSPCC, The Air League, The Guild of Air Pilots & Navigators
• Educational tours for nursery groups, school children and Guides / Scout groups in subjects such as communications, Fire & Rescue, flying theory,
• Local business benefit from staff, members and students' requirements.... the Farm Shop, Booker Garden Centre, sandwich companies, photographers, printers, builders merchants, car repairers, etc.
• Employment for several hundred full-time and part-time staff.