The East Midlands Aeropark to the north west corner of the airport has a large number of static aircraft on public display.
The museum and its exhibits are managed and maintained by the Aeropark Volunteers Association (AVA). It also offers two excellent viewing mounds for watching aircraft arriving and departing from the main runway. AVA Members are allowed free access to the Aeropark. Exhibits include:
- Armstrong Whitworth Argosy 101 G-BEOZ
- Avro Vulcan B.2A XM575
- Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B XV350
- Britten Sheriff SA.1 G-FRJB
- de Havilland Chipmunk T.10 WP784
- de Havilland Dove 6 G-ANUW
- de Havilland Vampire T.11 XD447, T.11 XD534 (nose pod), XD382 (tail boom)
- de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.22 XG737
- English Electric Canberra T.17 WH740
- English Electric Lightning F.53 ZF588
- Gloster Meteor TT.20 WM224, NF.13 WM367 (nose), NF.14 WS760 (offsite)
- Hawker Hunter T.7 XL569, GA.11 WV382, FR.10 XJ714 (composite of six airframes)
- Hunting Jet Provost T.4 XP568
- Morane-Saulnier Rallye MS.880 G-BBED
- Schleicher Glider K-8 registration unknown
- Vickers Vanguard V953C G-APES (nose)
- Vickers Varsity T.1 WL626
- Vickers Viscount 807 G-CSZB (nose)
- Westland Gazelle AH.1 XX457
- Westland Sikorsky Whirlwind Srs.3 XG588 (ex VR-BEP)
- Westland Wessex HAS.1 XS876, HC.2 XT604, HU.5 XT480 (to depart 2011)
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