The Red Arrows flew out from Bournemouth today for the Goodwood Festival of Speed, but if you missed them today, there are still plenty of opportunities to catch their impressive displays across the UK.
The Red Arrows’ summer 2025 season kicked off with the VE Day anniversary display over Buckingham Palace.
RAF jet pilots showed their skills as thousands of people lined the streets in London to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
Those who missed the fly-past still have time to catch the aircraft in action over the summer months – including a second go today, for some in the right areas.
Here is a roundup of all the places where you can catch the Red Arrows flight path, starting at 3pm today when they will leave Bournemouth once again to fly back to their base at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.
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What is the Red Arrows’ schedule for 2025? Upcoming displays
The aerobatic display team will tour the major air festivals in the UK and make some visits abroad to Greece, Denmark and Poland.
Full list of where and when to see the Red Arrows this year
July 2025
13 July – Goodwood Festival of Speed Display
18 July – Royal International Air Tattoo Display
19 July – Royal International Air Tattoo Display
20 July – Royal International Air Tattoo Display
21 July – The Tall Ships Races, Aberdeen Display
26 July – Swanage Carnival Display
26 July – Old Buckenham Airshow Display
27 July – Old Buckenham Airshow Display
August 2025
09 August – Blackpool Airshow Display
09 August – Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Flypast
10 August – Blackpool Airshow Display
13 August – Falmouth Week Display – 6.15pm
14 August – Airbourne – Eastbourne International Airshow Display
15 August – Airbourne – Eastbourne International Airshow Display
16 August – Airbourne – Eastbourne International Airshow Display
17 August – Airbourne – Eastbourne International Airshow Display
20 August – Cromer Carnival Display
21 August – Clacton Airshow Display
22 August – Clacton Airshow Display
22 August – Sidmouth Regatta Display
24 August – Roskilde Airshow, Denmark Display
30 August – Bucharest International Air Show Flypast
30 August – Radom Airshow, Poland Display
31 August – Radom Airshow, Poland Display
September 2025
05 September – International Ayr Show, Scotland Display
06 September – International Ayr Show, Scotland Display
07 September – Great North Run, Newcastle/South Shields Display
10 September – Guernsey Air Display
11 September – Jersey International Air Display
13 September – International Sanicole Airshow, Belgium Display
14 September – International Sanicole Airshow, Belgium Display
20 September – NATO Days – Ostrava, Czech Republic Display
21 September – NATO Days – Ostrava, Czech Republic Display
27 September – Overseas Event to be confirmed.
28 September – Overseas Event to be confirmed.
October 2025
04 October – Duxford Flying Finale Display
Their hectic schedule means the Red Arrows had flown at nearly 5,000 displays in 57 countries by end of the year.
What planes are the Red Arrows?
Red Arrows are Hawk T1 fast-jets, which can reach a maximum speed of 660mph, while they can exceed the speed of sound in a dive.
Where the Red Arrows fly, they emit special red, white and blue vapour known as the smoke.
While giving a stellar show to the audience, it is used by pilots to judge wind speed and direction and to find each other for formation again after flying several miles apart.
Keeping the Red Arrows flying is known as the ‘Circus’ as each plane requires a team of technicians to keep it flying.
The team comprises 11 pilots, 100 engineers and support staff.
Anyone dreaming of becoming a Red Arrow pilot needs to have a minimum of 1,500 flying hours under their belt, have completed a frontline, operational tour and be assessed above average as a pilot.
The pilot hopefuls are then put through a gruelling flying test and interviews.
Where are the Red Arrows based?
The home of the Red Arrows, aptly nicknamed ‘The Reds,’ is at the RAF Waddington base in Lincolnshire.
The arrows moved there in late 2022 after 40 years at RAF Scampton.
Their route home from Goodwood today will take them back out from Bournemouth again, over East Anglia and back to Lincolnshire.
Here’s when and where you can spot them.
3pm They will leave Bournemouth and fly over the sea before coming back inland.
3.11pm Around Pagham
3.12pm Goodwood
3.13pm Around Charlton
3.14pm Around Codmore Hill
3.18pm East of Burnt Oak
3.21pm South east of Langley Heath
3.25pm around Upstreet
3.26pm Around the Isle of Thanet
3.30pm Oversea
3.33pm North east of Alderton
3.36pm South of Cratfield
3.38pm Oversea
3.41pm Oversea
3.44pm Around Blofield
3.45pm Around Norwich
3.46pm North east of Runhall
3.53pm South east of Habertoft
3.58pm RAF Waddington
A version of this article was first published on May 6, 2025.,
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