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Red Arrows flight path this bank holiday weekend as famous planes head out of the UK

The RAF Red Arrows during the Eastbourne Air Show 2025 on August 17, 2025 in Eastbourne, England. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)
The Red Arrows aerobatic display team during a fly past (Picture: Getty Images)

The Red Arrows are once again taking to the skies this August bank holiday weekend.

The RAF jet pilots will stun audiences in Europe after displays in Clacton and Sidmouth.

It comes after the aerobatic display team put on a flypast earlier this year to commemorate VJ Day, or Victory over Japan Day.

They first took to the skies along the south coast, but travelled into the midlands above Birmingham and Wolverhampton for the patriotic display.

But if you missed them, you may still be able to catch a glimpse this weekend if you’re outside the UK.

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What is the flight path for the Roskilde Airshow?

The famous acrobatic display team will take to the skies (Picture: AFP)

The Red Arrows will next soar overhead at the Roskilde Airshow in Denmark.

The nine Hawk T1’s, or Red Arrows, will make an appearance between 15.30pm and 16.05pm.

What was the Red Arrows flight path on Friday?

On Friday the Red Arrows dazzled across the skies of southern England.

They flew over the Cromer Carnival Display in Norfolk, before gliding over Suffolk and then reaching Clacton.

They then made their way over to Sidmouth in tansit before stunning revelllers at the Regatta.

Full list of where and when to see Red Arrows this year

August 2025

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

5 September – International Ayr Show, Scotland Display
6 September – International Ayr Show, Scotland Display
7 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

4 October – Duxford Flying Finale Display

When will the Red Arrows return to the UK?

The RAF pilots will continue their European performances for the rest of August.

They will head to Romania to stun crowds at the Bucharest International Air Show Flypast on August 30.

The same day they will take to the skies of Radom Airshow in Poland, before doing the same the next day.

Brits will have to wait until September 5 to catch a glimpse of the famous red planes.

That is because they will be on display at the International Ayr Show in Scotland.

After two days at that event, they will then be soaring overhead in Newcastle, South Shields, Guernsey and Jersey in the weeks ahead.

Where are the Red Arrows based, and how do you join?

Members of the public look on as the RAF Red Arrows commence their air display (Picture: Hugh R Hastings/Getty Images)

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 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.

A version of this article was previously published on August 21, 2025

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