Welcome | The Marlborough Aero Club

Welcome to

The Marlborough
Aero Club

"The exhilaration of flying is too keen, the pleasure
too great, for it to be neglected as a sport"

Orville Wright
Specialists In

airstrip flying
training

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Healthy Bastards

"2016 Bush Pilot Competition"

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a long and proud history of

fulfilling
flying ambitions

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Welcome to the Marlborough Aero Club

Strip Flying

The Marlborough Aero Club are specialists in airstrip flying training. We have over a dozen airstrips available within 30 minutes flying from Omaka.

Healthy Bastards

The Healthy Bastards Bush Pilot Champs is a Precision Landing, and STOL Takeoff and Landing competition held annually at Omaka Airfield, Blenheim.

Learn to fly

With eighty six years of training commercial and recreational pilots, Marlborough Aero Club has a long and proud history of fulfilling flying ambitions.

Club Members

With over 300 members, an active and motivated committee, and the luxury of owning our own airfield, our club is a vibrant and exciting place to be.

About Us

The thrill of flight and magic of soaring across the sky was the inspiration for the group of aviation enthusiasts who established the Marlborough Aero Club in 1928 at Omaka Aerodrome.

Since then we've trained hundreds of pilots many of which have ended up flying all manner of aircraft across New Zealand and the world.

We are ideally located on our own airfield in sunny Blenheim, Marlborough. If you've dreamed of gaining your private or commercial pilot's licence, experiencing life from the sky, or gaining ratings, new skills or hiring aircraft for current PPL/CPL holders - we're here to help.