Rebranded this year as the Platinum Jubilee Bournemouth Air Festival, to mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne, the event promises plenty of thrills and spills.
As well as a spectacle of the skies, the show also features a host of attractions on land and at sea too.
Expect to find market traders, Armed Forces villages, displays, performances, funfairs and a host of delicious food and drink keeping spectators entertained.
READ MORE: When is the Bournemouth air show 2022 plus all you need to know about the event
When is the Bournemouth air show 2022?
The Bournemouth Air Festival returns next week with a commemorative Platinum Jubilee Souvenir Brochure now available to buy.
The event runs from September 1-4. Entertainment, stalls and displays on the ground open around 10am while flying starts early afternoon daily.
Councillor Beverley Dunlop, Portfolio Holder for Tourism, Culture and Vibrant Places, said: “I’m so proud that we have the biggest free air, sea and land festival right here on our beautiful south coast.
“Thousands typically descend on to Bournemouth’s beaches for the event – in fact 800,000 visitors came in 2019, which puts it is the largest single audience of any aviation event in Europe!
“It’s always wonderful to see families and children from near and far having a good time, either at the fun fair, at the STEM marquee, or being thrilled by the magnificent air displays.
“So, stick the date in your diary and watch this space!”
Red Arrows timings at Bournemouth Air Festival 2022
At this year’s festival, the Red Arrows will have a special colourful seven-aircraft formation celebrating the Platinum Jubilee.
The team will be performing more incredible feats of aerial acrobatics, flying every day of the event.
The confirmed times the Red Arrows will take to the skies during the Air Festival are:
- Thursday, September 1: 4.30pm
- Friday, September 2: 4.30pm
- Saturday, September 3: 4.30pm
- Sunday, September 4: 1.30pm
The timings for the whole festival will be available on the Air Festival App or in the official Air Festival brochure.
Jon Weaver, festival director, said: “We have the UK’s best free air, land and sea show right here on our award-winning blue-flag beaches and this year is set to be one of the best yet.
“With the news the Red Arrows will be performing every day with a very special Platinum Jubilee sequence, we are now starting to get very excited.”
“We have some more surprises up our sleeves too. With the mix of fast jets, acrobatic aircraft, parachuting teams and heritage aircraft our festival will this year give those on the ground goosebumps.”
RAF Typhoon, Lancaster bomber, Hurricane and Spitfire at Bournemouth Air Festival 2022
Other landmark aircraft set to feature include the RAF Typhoon and the famous Lancaster bomber, Hurricane and Spitfire planes in a Battle of Britain display, while the RAF HC6A Chinook helicopter and the Wildcat HMA2 will satisfy helicopter fans.
Elsewhere, the Hawker Fury FB.11, p51 Mustang plane, T-67 Firefly and the Jet Pitts G-JPIT Muscle Bi Plane will also fly.
For fans of daredevil displays, the Blades - Extra 300 show and the Boeing Stearman wingwalkers are set to wow the crowds.
And the displays don’t stop when the sun goes down.
Dusk displays include flights by a Supermarine Spitfire MK XIX, the RAF Typhoon, the Tigers Army Parachute Display Team, the Firebirds - RV4 and ‘Otto’ The Helicopter, as well as the fireworks displays.
Once you have purchased your ticket, you can visit the Bournemouth Air Show website to view the full schedule with timings.
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