Where to spot the Red Arrows this weekend

Two Red Arrows fighter planes, with red livery and a white triangle and red, white and blue bullseye symbol on their undercarriages, cross paths in the air while billowing out blue and red smoke PA Media

The Red Arrows will perform on Saturday and Sunday at the Blackpool Air Show

Ollie Samuels
BBC News

The Red Arrows take to the skies across north-west England this weekend, appearing at the Blackpool Air Show and at various other spots across the region.

You should be able to spot the RAF display flying over places including Ormskirk, Blackburn and - further afield - Windermere, as they travel to and from the show.

Blackpool Air Show promises to showcase the very best in British aviation, with the Red Arrows starring during the events over the weekend.

The display team will open the show on Saturday at 14:00 BST and close the festivities on Sunday at 17:00.

a wide shot of blackpool beach, with thousands of spectators. on the right of the beach there is a building made of red bricks and grey roof. Above the sea, in the middle of the picture there are some planes flying, trailing white vapor behind them. On the left, there is a pier stretching out to sea with a ferris wheel.Visit Blackpool

The Blackpool Air Show brought thousands of people to the seafront last year

Saturday 9 August

Here's what time the Red Arrows are flying overhead on Saturday. All times are approximate and subject to change:

  • 13:38 - The Red Arrows take off from Blackpool Airport

  • 13:40 - Southport

  • 13:53 - Ormskirk

  • 13:56 - Blackburn

  • 13:58 - Preston

  • 14:01 - Display at Blackpool Air Show

  • 17:46 - Blackpool, Thornton-Cleveleys and Fleetwood

  • 17:49 - Haverthwaite

  • 17:54 - Penrith

  • 18:32 - Workington and Whitehaven

Four red arrow planes fly in different directions, trailing red, blue and white vapour behind them. They are flying against the backdrop of a blue sky, and there are six flags in the foreground, and a tree in the background. PA Media

The Red Arrows have been flying since 1965

Sunday 10 August

  • 16:38 - The Red Arrows take off from Blackpool Airport

  • 16:40 - Southport

  • 16:54 - Ormskirk

  • 16:56 - Blackburn

  • 16:58 - Preston

  • 17:01 - Display at Blackpool Air Show

  • 19:30 - Take-off from Blackpool Airport

  • 19:32 - Blackpool, Thornton-Clevelyes

  • 19:34 - Forest of Bowland

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