Red Arrows flight path map, full schedule and times for Sunday’s Cosford Air Show

The Red Arrows flight schedule has been released

The Red Arrows will be soaring over Shropshire and the West Midlands this weekend to put on a show at the Cosford Air Show.

The iconic red jets will be returning to the skies over Shropshire and the West Midlands this Sunday.

Arguably the most famous aerobatic team in the world, the Red Arrows recently appeared at the Midlands Air Festival and the Isle of Man TT races and are due to perform a Buckingham Palace flypast on Saturday for the King’s birthday.

Then, on Sunday, the team are part of a fantastic line-up returning to RAF Cosford for the annual air show.

The journey will take the Red Arrows from the East Midlands Airport in Castle Donington towards Stoke-on-Trent, before heading towards RAF Cosford - over Newport and Lilleshall - for the display.

The planes will then fly over Wombourne and Lichfield on their way to RAF Waddington.

The full timetable is below:

  • 2.48pm - EAST MIDLANDS (EGNX)
  • 2.50pm - WEST OF RISLEY
  • 2.56pm - SOUTHWEST OF STOKE ON TRENT
  • 2.57pm - NORTH OF LILLESHALL
  • 2.58pm - VICINITY OF ABBEY WOOD
  • 2.59pm - VICINITY OF COSFORD
  • 3.00pm - RAF COSFORD DISPLAY
  • 3.21pm - NORTH OF WOMBOURNE
  • 3.23pm - NORTH OF LICHFIELD
  • 3.29pm - VICINITY OF MELTON MOWBRAY
  • 3.32pm - VICINITY OF NEWARK ON TRENT
  • 3.34pm - VICINITY OF WHISBY
  • 3.35pm - RAF WADDINGTON (EGXW)
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