Airbourne: Red Arrows display dates announced in first line-up reveal for 2026 Eastbourne Airshow
The Red Arrows will perform on three days of Airbourne 2026 – here’s when.
The RAF display team will take to the skies of Eastbourne daily from Friday, August 14 to Sunday, August 16.
Organisers announced the daredevils’ return to Airbourne in their first line-up reveal on Thursday, April 2.
Several other RAF and international display teams have also been announced across the four-day festival, including debuts from the P-51 Mustang 'Marinell' and pilot Mélanie Astles with the Extra 330.
Below are the 2026 displays confirmed so far, according to VisitEastbourne:
- RAF Red Arrows (Friday - Sunday)
- RAF Typhoon (Friday - Sunday)
- Battle of Britain Memorial Flight: Dakota, Spitfire & Hurricane (Thursday - Sunday)
- RAF Tutor Display Team (Friday - Sunday)
- NEW Mélanie Astles Extra 330 (Thursday - Sunday)
- Rich Goodwin's Jet Pitts (Saturday - Sunday)
- The Starlings Aerobatics Team (Saturday - Sunday)
- P-51 Mustang 'Marinell' (Thursday - Sunday)
- Stampe Formation Team (Thursday - Friday)
- Aerosuperbatics WingWalkers (Thursday & Friday Solo, Saturday and Sunday Duo).
Flying times are available in the Airbourne programmes.
VisitEastbourne said all flying is subject to RAF operational commitments, weather and serviceability.
Airbourne 2026 was confirmed in October 2025 after meeting its cost neutral target.
At the time, a spokesperson for VisitEastbourne said: “A winning combination of sunshine and sensational flying displays brought bumper crowds to the event this August, with donations, sponsorship and commercial sales offsetting the show’s half a million pound annual cost, to break even.”
The 2026 festival will be Airbourne’s 32nd year.
For more information about this year’s air show, visit: www.visiteastbourne.com/airshow.