What are the opening hours?

Monday 8am - 5pm Tuesday 8am - 5pm Wednesday 8am - 5pm Thursday 8am - 5pm Friday 8am - 5pm Saturday 8am - 5pm Sunday 8am - 5pm

Hawke's Bay & East Coast Aero Club

Home
New Zealand
Hastings
Hawke's Bay & East Coast Aero Club

Hastings Bridge Pa Aerodrome (NZHS) is an uncontrolled, busy and used by a diverse range of operations and operators; balloons to jets.
(1)

11/09/2026

Putting in the hard yards, congratulations to Logan Timms for his stellar performance on his first solo! Facing westerly after westerly the local lad showed how to handle tricky conditions and got the job done, well done from the whole HBECAC Team!

25/08/2026

Come on down and check it out

11/08/2026

⌯✈︎ FIRST SOLO ⌯✈︎

On an ominous and dark Sunday afternoon at Hastings Eddie Fennessy shined through. Flying outstandingly, putting JHF through her paces and achieving his First Solo. As described by the CFI an impressive young man, huge congratulations from the instructing team and the club. Blue skies and tailwinds

10/08/2026

Help Us Fill the Pantry 🥫

This month we’re running a canned food drive to support local families in our community. If you’re visiting the club, we’d love for you to bring along non-perishable food item to help those struggling. It’s a simple way to make a meaningful difference, and every donation is greatly appreciated. Together, we can help ensure less people go without this winter.

05/08/2026

HBECAC DAWN RAID ⛅️

HBECAC is hosting its annual dawn raid on the 23rd of August. Open and warm invite to all, free breakfast and spot landings on arrival.

03/08/2026

ᯓ ✈︎ HBECAC 2026 CLUB COMPETITIONS ᯓ ✈︎
On the ground or in the air come down and be apart of what makes our club awesome!

Register here: https://forms.gle/pkcMGW54a1VYaeFU6

30/07/2026

🏔️ HBECAC SOUTH ISLAND FLY AWAY 🏔️ Flying over 1000nm (more than the length of the whole country) across 3 days visiting 9 different airports. 3 members and an instructor took on the challenge, have a look at some of the results!

17/07/2026

⚠️FIRST SOLO ALERT⚠️
Congratulations Jake Shand on your first solo this morning! Hawke's Bay really turned on the weather for some perfectly flown circuits this morning and a lovely sunset flight this evening!

Well done!

02/07/2026

⚠️NEW PPL ALERT⚠️
Congratulations Cameron Steed on passing your PPL this week! Cameron's contagious positivity and "right stuff" attitude is always such a pleasure to have in the aeroclub! We look forward to watching you grow into your CPL wings moving forward! 🪽

12/06/2026

⚠️FIRST SOLO ALERT⚠️
William Scott went solo this week after blazing through the ab initio and circuit syllabus. William regularly comes out after school (as you can see) and puts in the hard work.

Well done William.
Eyes to the end; There's plenty more to come!

Address

1591 Maraekakaho Road, Bridge Pa
Hastings
4153

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm
Saturday	8am - 5pm
Sunday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+6468798466

Website

http://www.hbecac.co.nz/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Hawke's Bay & East Coast Aero Club posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The School

Send a message to Hawke's Bay & East Coast Aero Club:

Want your school to be the top-listed School/college in Hastings?