Peer to peer · United Kingdom

Hire aircraft from the people who own them

Licensed pilots find and hire privately owned aircraft by the hour, day or week. Owners earn from aircraft that would otherwise sit in the hangar, and stay in full control of who flies them.

10
aircraft listed
9
UK airfields
£125+
per hour, wet
0
AOC required

FL010 · Featured

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FL025 · How it works

Two sides, one clean handshake

The hire agreement is made directly between the owner and the pilot. We handle discovery, verification and the paperwork around it.

For pilots

01

Get verified once

Upload your ID and licence, add your ratings and declare your medical and recency. Build a profile owners can trust.

02

Find aircraft you qualify for

Search by type, airfield and rate. Each listing shows the owner's requirements and whether your profile meets them.

03

Request, check out, fly

Send a request to the owner. Complete a checkout flight, sign the hire agreement and take the aircraft.

For owners

01

List your aircraft

Set your hourly, daily and weekly rates, and the exact requirements a pilot must meet to fly it.

02

You approve every pilot

Review each requesting pilot's verified credentials. Run a checkout. The decision to release your aircraft is always yours.

03

Earn from idle time

Turn hangar hours into income with cover and excess handled in the agreement, and a clear record of every hire.

Verified pilots

Identity, licence, ratings and medical declared and shown to owners.

The owner sets the rules

Minimum hours, ratings and a checkout, decided per aircraft.

Direct hire agreement

A dry-hire contract signed between owner and pilot, not us.

Insurance and excess, upfront

Cover requirements and your excess shown before you book.

FL050 · Built to be compliant

A marketplace, not an operator

Self-fly hire is a private flight under UK law. The pilot who hires the aircraft becomes its operator and pilot-in-command for the flight. We never operate flights, hold no Air Operator Certificate, and stay outside the agreement between owner and pilot.

That keeps responsibility where it belongs: the pilot for their own qualifications and currency, the owner for airworthiness, insurance and the decision to release the aircraft. Our job is to verify and surface the evidence, never to certify competence.

See how it stays legal

Who is responsible

  • PILOT  Licence, ratings, currency, medical, acts as pilot-in-command
  • OWNER  Airworthiness, insurance, and the decision to release the aircraft
  • FLYWARD  Runs the marketplace, verifies documents, never certifies competence

This division is exactly how UK flying clubs run self-fly hire today.