Headcorn Aerodrome was first used for general aviation in 1927 when the local landowner flew with a group of friends.

The following units were here at some point:[2] With the Americans having left, farming resumed in 1945 but this was not the end of the land's association with aircraft.

In the late 1960s, the landowners started using part of the former wartime east-west runway site adjacent to the A274, for private flying.

The club operates a Cessna Caravan and regularly flies to altitudes between 10,000 and 12,000 ft (3,000 and 3,700 m) AGL.

Headcorn Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P838) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.