UK Airshow Calendar 2019

This is a list of UK Airshow Calendars from previous years, and may be useful to find out when a particular airshow was held.

Simply select a year from the list below to display the airshow calendar for that year. To see the most recent airshow calendar then click 'Current Airshow Calendar'.

2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Current Airshow Calendar

This year saw the retirement of the Tornado GR4 at the end of march 2019, after 40 years of service. There were a series Tornado flypasts in February 2019 and you can read more here.

It was also the 75th anniversary of D-Day which was marked by a special event in June 2019 at Portsmouth and in Normandy. Many Douglas DC-3/C-47's 'Dakotas' flew to the UK from North America and Europe where they attended the 'Daks over Duxford' event before flying to France for the 'Daks over Normandy' event. You can read more about this here.

The Red Arrows carried out their largest ever tour of North America, over nine weeks, in August and September 2019. They were certainly missed by the public who attending UK shows after the Royal International Air Tattoo at the end of July.

The 'Silver Spitfire' embarked on a round-the-world flight, starting from Goodwood on Monday 5th August 2019. The Spitfire Mk.IX will be flown by British pilots Matt Jones and Steve Brooks as they fly westwards around the world via the Arctic, North America, Alaska, Russia southwards to Asia, the Middle East and back to Europe, in this iconic aircraft which is finished in a polished aluminium scheme.

Dunsfold Wings and Wheels announced that 2019 would be see its last airshow because 'it has been challenging to keep putting on the best airshow we can in the current aviation and economic climate.'

The Farnborough Airshow also announced that there would not be a public weekend flying display in 2020 but there would be a public event on Friday only.

The Abingdon Air & Country Show initially announced that 2019 would see the last ever flying display but the show would continue in new format which included a large fly-in. After a rethink later stated that Flying Displays would continue however it would be primarily limited to helicopters of all types with all three armed services being requested to take part aswell as a host of civilian helicopter operators and a few overseas air arms being invited. The Country Show will also be enlarged with a bigger Classic Vehicle / Motorbike / Commercial Trucks / Vintage Buses etc area and a re-instatement of the popular Crafts Marquee.

The RAF Cosford Air Show celebrated the 'NATO 70th anniversary' as well as 65 years since the first flight of the Jet Provost. The show featured plenty of foreign participants including the Swiss F/A-18C Hornet, Czech Air Force Aero L-159 ALCA x2, Czech Air Force JAS-39C Gripen, German Navy P-3C Orion, Royal Danish Air Force 'Baby Blue' Display Team and the Belgian Air Force A109.

The Royal International Air Tattoo themes included 'Air & Space' and 'NATO 70th anniversary'. Highlights of the flying display included two Spanish Navy EAV-8B Harrier IIs, USAF F-16 Viper Demonstration Team, F-35B Lightning II, Romanian Air Force MiG-21 LanceR, Ukranian Air Force Su-27P1M Flanker and a superb flying display by the Finnish Air Force F/A-18C Hornet. There was also a pair of Turkish Air Force F-4E Phantoms on static display.

A third batch of UK F-35B Lightning II aircraft crossed the Atlantic and landed at RAF Marham on the evening of Tuesday 16th July 2019. These six aircraft belong to 207 (OCU) Squadron and will be based at RAF Marham where they will train Royal Air Force and Royal Navy pilots.

HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier set sail from Portsmouth on 30th August 2019 to deploy to the East Coast of the United States to conduct operational trials with British F-35B aircraft as well as Merlin helicopters. Other ships sailing with her include a Type 45 Destroyer 'HMS Dragon', a Type 23 Frigate 'HMS Northumberland' and RFA Tideforce.

April 2019:

      13 Apr - Indoor Aeroboot / Aerojumble aviation & avionic sale - Newark Air Museum, Notts.
      14 Apr - Harrier Day 2019 - Newark Air Museum, Notts.
      27 Apr - Blackburn Buccaneer 25th Out of Service Event - Bruntingthorpe, Leics.
      28 Apr - Wings & Wheels 2019 - Old Buckenham, Norfolk.

May 2019:

      05 May - Shuttleworth Season Premiere - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
      05 May - Abingdon Air & Country Show 2019 - Abingdon Airfield, Oxon.
      06 May - De Havilland Day - First public running of the Mosquito on 2 engines - East Kirkby, Lincs.
17-19 May - Midlands Air Festival - Arbury Hall, Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
      18 May - Canberra Saturday - Newark Air Museum, Notts.
      18 May - Shuttleworth Evening Airshow - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
      19 May - Wings & Wheels - Stow Maries Aerodrome, Essex.
      25 May - DAKS over Prestwick - Prestwick Airport, South Ayrshire.
      25 May - Gyro Gathering 2019 - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
25-26 May - The LAA & Homebuilt Fly-In & Aerojumble 2019 - Old Buckenham, Norfolk.
25-26 May - Duxford Air Festival 2019 - Duxford, Cambs.
25&27 May - Lanc, Tank and Military Machines - East Kirkby, Lincs.
      26 May - Cold War Jets Open Day - Bruntingthorpe, Leics.

June 2019:

01-02 Jun - Torbay Airshow - Paignton, Torbay, Devon.
01-02 Jun - Folkestone and Ashford Military Show - Folkestone, Kent.
      02 Jun - Shuttleworth Flying Festival - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
04-05 Jun - Daks over Duxford - Duxford, Cambs.
      05 Jun - D-Day 75 - Portsmouth, Hampshire.
      06 Jun - Guernsey Air Display - Guernsey, Channel Islands.
07-09 Jun - Retro Festival - Newark Showground, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
07-09 Jun - Guernsey Air Rally 2019 - Guernsey, Channel Islands.
      08 Jun - Queen's Birthday Flypast 2019 - The Mall, London.
08-09 Jun - Charity Flying Weekend (DH Moth Club) - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
08-09 Jun - D-Day 75 at Daedalus - Solent Airport, Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire.
      09 Jun - RAF Cosford Air Show 2019 - RAF Cosford, Shrps.
13-15 Jun - AeroExpo 2019 - Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire.
      15 Jun - Shuttleworth Evening Airshow - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
15-16 Jun - Canberra 70th anniversary - South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
15-16 Jun - Dunsfold Wings & Wheels 2019 - Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey.
      22 Jun - Newcastle Festival of Flight - Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland.
      22 Jun - Open Lancaster Day - East Kirkby, Lincs.
22-23 Jun - Weston Air Festival - Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
22-23 Jun - Cockpit-Fest & Aeroboot - Newark Air Museum, Notts.
22-23 Jun - Air-Britain's 40th anniversary Fly-In 2019 - Turweston Aerodrome, Nr Brackey, North Buckinghamshire.
22-23 Jun - Country Fair - Heveningham Hall, Suffolk.
      23 Jun - The American Fly In 2019 - Old Buckenham, Norfolk.
24-30 Jun - Chalke Valley History Festival - Ebbesbourne Wake, Wilts.
28-30 Jun - North East Lincolnshire Armed Forces Day - Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. DN35.
      29 Jun - Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Armed Forces Day - Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire.
      29 Jun - National Armed Forces Day - Salisbury, Wiltshire.
      29 Jun - Maldon Armed Forces Day - Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome, Essex. CM16 6HR.
      29 Jun - Scarborough Armed Forces Day - Scarborough, North Yorkshire. YO11.
      29 Jun - Plymouth Armed Forces Day - Plymouth Hoe, Devon. PL1 2NY.
29-30 Jun - Great Vintage Fly-in Weekend - Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire.
      30 Jun - Folkestone Armed Forces Day - The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2EB.

July 2019:

04-07 Jul - Goodwood Festival of Speed - Goodwood, W. Sussex.
      06 Jul - Teignmouth Airshow 2019 - Teignmouth, South Devon.
06-07 Jul - Wales National Airshow 2019 - Swansea Bay, South Wales.
06-07 Jul - Battle of Britain Airshow - Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent.
      07 Jul - Shuttleworth Military Airshow - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
      13 Jul - Chelsfield Village Fair 2019 - Chelsfield Cricket Green, Orpington, Bromley, Kent.
      13 Jul - Royal Navy International Air Day 2019 - RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset.
13-14 Jul - Duxford Flying Legends Air Show 2019 - Duxford, Cambs.
19-21 Jul - Royal International Air Tattoo 2019 - RAF Fairford, Glos.
      20 Jul - Shuttleworth Evening Airshow - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
20-21 Jul - Wings and Wheels - North Coates Airfield, Lincs.
      21 Jul - Wings & Wheels - Damyns Hall Aerodrome, Upminster, Essex.
      23 Jul - Spitfire Photography Day - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
23-27 Jul - The War & Peace Revival - Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Kent.
26-28 Jul - Sunderland International Air Show - Sunderland, Tyne & Wear.
26-28 Jul - Silverstone Classic - Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire.
      27 Jul - Scotland's National Airshow 2019 - National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, Scotland.
27-28 Jul - Stow Maries at War - Stow Maries Aerodrome, Essex.
27-28 Jul - Old Buckenham Airshow - Old Buckenham, Norfolk.

August 2019:

      03 Aug - East Kirkby Air Show - East Kirkby, Lincs.
      04 Aug - Shuttleworth Family Airshow - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
      08 Aug - Gathering of Moths (DH Moth Club) - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
08-11 Aug - Bristol International Balloon Fiesta 2019 - Ashton Court, Bristol.
10-11 Aug - Blackpool Airshow 2019 - Blackpool Seafront, Lancs.
10-11 Aug - Combined OPS - Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent.
10-12 Aug - Whitby Regatta 2019 - Whitby, N.Yorks.
      14 Aug - Falmouth Week Air Show - Falmouth Seafront, Cornwall.
15-18 Aug - 'Airbourne' International Air Show - Eastbourne, East Sussex.
16-18 Aug - Northampton Balloon Festival 2019 - Billing Aquadrome, Northants.
      17 Aug - Shuttleworth Flying Proms - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
17-18 Aug - Copter-Fest - Newark Air Museum, Notts.
17-18 Aug - Biggin Hill Festival of Flight - Biggin Hill, Kent.
20-21 Aug - Cromer Carnival - Cromer, Norfolk.
22-23 Aug - Clacton Air Show 2019 - Clacton-on-sea, Essex.
      23 Aug - Sidmouth Air Display - Sidmouth Sea Front, Devon.
      24 Aug - Henstridge Wings & Wheels - Henstridge Airfield, Templecombe, Somerset.
24-25 Aug - Rhyl Air Show 2019 - Rhyl, North Wales.
24-26 Aug - Military Odyssey - Kent Show Ground, Kent.
      25 Aug - Little Gransden Air & Car Show - Little Gransden, Cambs.
      25 Aug - Cold War Jets Open Day - Bruntingthorpe, Leics.
29-31 Aug/Sep - Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta - Dartmouth, Devon.
29-01 Aug/Sep - Bournemouth Air Festival 2019 - Bournemouth, Dorset.
30-01 Aug/Sep - Sywell 2019 International LAA Rally - Sywell, Northants.
31-01 Aug/Sep - Shackleton Boys 2 - Newark Air Museum, Notts.
31-01 Aug/Sep - Air Waves - N.I. International Air Show - West Bay, Portrush, NI.

September 2019:

      01 Sep - Shuttleworth Vintage Airshow - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
06-08 Sep - Southport Air Show 2019 - Southport, Merseyside.
06-08 Sep - The Victory Show 2019 - Foxlands Farm, Leics.
      07 Sep - Go Festival with night air display - Ayr beach, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
      12 Sep - Jersey International Air Display - Jersey, Channel Islands.
13-15 Sep - Goodwood Revival - Goodwood, W. Sussex.
21-22 Sep - Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow 2019 - Duxford, Cambs.
21-22 Sep - Classic Piston & Props - Sywell, Northants.
      22 Sep - Brooklands Museum Aviation Day - Weybridge, Surrey.
27-29 Sep - JetFest - North Weald, Essex.

October 2019:

      06 Oct - Shuttleworth Race Day - Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
      06 Oct - Old Buckenham Vintage Fly In - Old Buckenham, Norfolk.
      12 Oct - Indoor Aeroboot / Aerojumble aviation & avionic sale - Newark Air Museum, Notts.
26-27 Oct - Autumn 1940s Weekend - Newark Air Museum, Notts.

Cancellations in 2019:

• Vintage Evening at IWM Duxford - 22 Jun.

Current Airshow Calendar