01Helicopter training
Private, commercial and advanced helicopter training shaped around your pace, ambitions and experience.
Explore training
Helicopter flying from Nottingham Airport
Where flying becomes personal.
From your first flight and PPL(H) training to self-fly hire, advanced qualifications and aircraft ownership, Arcus is with you wherever you want to go next.
Your next chapter
First experience or a lifetime in aviation, you will find calm expertise, honest advice and a genuinely personal welcome at Arcus Helicopters.
01Private, commercial and advanced helicopter training shaped around your pace, ambitions and experience.
Explore training
02A proper first helicopter flying lesson: expert briefing, hands on the controls and an unforgettable view.
Choose your lesson
03Discreet, informed support when buying or selling a helicopter, from first conversation to handover.
Talk aircraft
04Private helicopter journeys personally arranged through trusted, licensed partner operators.
Plan a journey
05Stay current, build hours and keep flying with carefully maintained aircraft and a team who knows you.
Keep flyingAlready own a helicopter?
Somewhere to keep it, someone to look after the admin, and a pilot when you would rather travel as a passenger.
Just passing through?
Arcus arranges rotors-running refuelling on Jet A1 at Nottingham Airport, with Avgas available too and airport crew on hand around the clock given notice. Run an account with us and settle up later rather than paying on the day.
The Arcus Way
We believe the best flying journeys are built on trust. That means instructors who understand how you learn, a team that stays with you as your ambitions grow, and fly-outs, aircraft hire and shared experiences that keep you connected long after qualifying.
Personal instruction and advice, never a production line.
From the first hour to ownership and everything beyond.
A welcoming helicopter community united by flying.
Helicopter trial lessons
Book a helicopter trial lesson at Nottingham Airport for yourself, or give an unforgettable flying experience as a gift.
Digital gift voucher included
30 minutes flying60-minute experience
30-minute briefing · 30-minute flight
30 minutes flying60-minute experience
30-minute briefing · 30-minute flight
30 minutes flying60-minute experience
30-minute briefing · 30-minute flight
60 minutes flying90-minute experience
30-minute briefing · 60-minute flight
60 minutes flying90-minute experience
30-minute briefing · 60-minute flight
60 minutes flying90-minute experience
30-minute briefing · 60-minute flight
Not sure which helicopter to choose? We will happily explain the differences.
Ask the Arcus teamHelicopter pilot training
Train for your Private Pilot Licence (PPL(H)), add a type rating or take your flying further with experienced instructors and a plan made around you.
With no restricted operating hours at Nottingham Airport, Arcus can offer flexible night-rating training throughout the year, subject to darkness, weather, aircraft and instructor availability.
Begin with a trial lesson and take the controls.
Build skill and confidence towards your licence.
Add type ratings, a night qualification and further skills.
Hire, fly out and stay part of the Arcus community.
People first
Arcus was built by Jamie Ferrand and David Marsland around a simple belief: exacting aviation standards and a warm, personal experience should always go together.
We want every person who walks through the door to feel that their flying journey matters.
Life at Arcus
Training days, first solos, aircraft arrivals and the places helicopter flying takes us.
Arcus partnerships
Trusted relationships across training, aviation equipment and the moments we celebrate together.
Based in Nottingham · Welcoming pilots nationwide
Convenient for Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, the East Midlands, Birmingham and the West Midlands, with students travelling from across the UK for the Arcus experience.
Contact Arcus Helicopters
Whether you are ready to book or simply curious, tell us what has brought you here. We will help you find the right next step.