Helicopter charter to Glastonbury Festival

Can you land a helicopter at Glastonbury?

Helicopter charter to Glastonbury is a niche booking, and an honest explanation of the limits is the most useful thing we can give you.

Yes, but not at the festival site itself, and not on the festival's say-so. The festival's official pages do not describe a helicopter service. Guests who fly typically land at privately arranged sites near Worthy Farm and travel the last stretch by vehicle or on foot. One long-established site is at Windinglake near Evercreech. Another serves guests staying at a particular camp, and can only be used by them.

Every landing is subject to landing permission and site suitability, and sites are booked well in advance. We confirm the site and the transfer time before you commit. We do not promise a particular site until it is agreed.

Local press reported that the Civil Aviation Authority recorded 366 private helicopter flights in and out of Worthy Farm in the five days to 29 June 2025. That volume is why the sites run on strict slots, and why we ask for your plans early.

Tickets and corporate use

Glastonbury sells tickets by registration and draw, and the festival says that its general admission tickets for 2027 have sold out. A helicopter does not give you entry: every guest needs a valid ticket or accreditation, and we cannot supply tickets. If your company has hospitality or a pass, the helicopter solves the journey; if not, there is nothing for us to fly to.

Corporate use is usually a small number of guests: artists' guests, brand partners, or senior clients with a pass. Group size is up to eight in one helicopter, or several helicopters for a larger party. Check the fleet pages for cabin sizes.

Some groups combine a flight with a night away. If you are staying overnight we can plan a daytime arrival and a daytime return rather than relying on night landings.

Where to depart from

Most Glastonbury flights start from London, the south coast, the Midlands or the South West. We do not hold route figures for the festival site in our data, so we give the time when we quote and will not guess it here. The flight is typically well under two hours from most of England.

• London departures usually use Battersea; see helicopter charter Battersea and helicopter charter London.
• South Coast: Bournemouth and Southampton are the usual starts.
• West and Midlands: Bristol and Birmingham.
• North: Manchester and further afield.

The South West England region page lists the airfields and heliports in the area, and the UK heliports and airfields directory gives their facts.

Booking Glastonbury and what to expect

The festival is a high-security, high-traffic site, and it asks for early planning. Ask for a site as soon as your tickets are confirmed. Give us the number of guests, the weights, the departure site and the day.

The festival organisers have said they are not promoting helicopter arrivals, partly because of environmental concerns, and we respect that. We fly only where a site is lawfully arranged and the landowner consents. We would rather tell you honestly if a day cannot be done.

If the flight is cancelled because of the weather, you pay nothing. Mud and wind can close sites, so we agree a fallback with you. For costs, see the helicopter hire price guides, and for other summer events return to the events hub.