The aerodrome is owned by the Light Regional Council of South Australia and is managed on their behalf by the Adelaide Soaring Club (ASC).

In 1998 the club spread its wings further and ventured into the world of powered flight in the Recreational Aviation category with the purchase of an Australian made Jabiru.

All of the instructors are volunteers and fully qualified which makes training at the ASC very affordable.

The Gawler Airfield Squadron[1] of the Australian Air League, a national uniformed cadet organisation promoting and encouraging the interest of aviation and flying training in the youth of Australia, is also located at Gawler Aerodrome.

The first of these was held on 12 June 1950 on adjacent paddocks, but from 11 June 1951 races were held on a circuit laid out on the aerodrome's runways, with minor changes to the layout but always approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) long.