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Airfield and Airfield Cafe closed from 5pm Saturday 21st March
We have made the difficult decision to close the entire airfield from 5pm on the 21st March. This has come about after a lot of deliberating, but ultimately we feel ... -
Cafe closed from 20th March
Following on from the Government’s directive published today, Friday 20th March, we have closed the cafe side of the airfield business. We are currently unable to offer take away services, ... -
Corona Virus Update 19th March
Compton Abbas Airfield CORONA VIRUS STATEMENT 19th March 2020 At Compton we have issued some guidelines for our staff members and those visiting us, these have been amended daily as ... -
Compton’s Club Go Karting Evening
On a wild and windy Thursday night in between February storms Dennis and Jorge, some brave and brilliant Compton Club members and staff gathered at Wessex Raceway, our local indoor ... -
Compton’s 2020 Charity
This year we will be supporting The Dorset Children’s Foundation. At our fly ins we will be raising money for them, as well as on our members events and a ... -
Compton’s Club Quiz Night
On a dark, damp night towards the end of January, 40 plus members of the club enjoyed a night of fun, facts and friendly rivalry as 7 teams battled it ... -
Job vacancies at Compton
We currently have two job vacancies at the airfield; Operations Team Member and Bar Team Member. Come and join our small and friendly bunch! Ops Team Member: Part time, daytime ... -
DH Heritage Aircraft get their annual make over
Our DH Heritage fleet are currently undergoing their annual maintenance with the fantastic Edwards Brothers Engineering Team and the brilliant Charlie Huke who is also one of the airfields flying ... -
Irv Lee Pilot Masterclasses at Compton
We are welcoming back Irv Lee to run his ever popular PPL Masterclasses. Irv covers a variety of topics “post PPL” and his classes are a fantastic way to brush ... -
1st Vintage Fly In of 2020
The 4th January saw a break in the non-flying weather at last and Compton was happy to welcome vintage and modern aircraft alike and a record number of residents’ planes ... -
Christmas Fly In
We had a brilliant day on the 7th December on our annual Christmas Fly In. What a treat to have the weather gods smile on us, and have sunshine all ... -
Christmas Gifts
Gifts & Experiences: We have a lovely selection of gifts for Christmas presents from local award-winning Honeycomb, to stocking fillers of Balsa wood Gliders, Bertie Bear Flying Ace teddies, pewter ... -
Former Compton Student Starts Airline Career
Fresh off the back of her recent Skills Test success, student member Olivia Clarke is off to fly the ‘big stuff’… Please take a look at her incredible story here: ... -
Our Harvard Warbird was in George Cloony series
Last night’s episode of the Channel 4 George Clooney series ‘Catch-22’ featured our Harvard Warbird in a pivotal role. Painted up to look like a grinning shark of the skies, ...
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