With the ramping-up of actions to combat the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), several events are looking at whether their events will take place. In association with the British Air Display Association, Flightline UK is tracking UK event cancellations or postponements and listing them below.
Event Organisers and all Air Display Industry Participants: If you are changing plans for your event please contact us using the webform. If you need advice or guidance regarding the outbreak, the British Air Display Association has set up a response page where you can sign-up to receive the latest information relevant to the Air Display Industry.
Airshow Attendees: The list below only details events which have changed their plans for the 2020 season. Other events may proceed as planned with no change – they are listed in the UK Airshow Calendar. However, all events are subject to short notice changes – please check directly with event organisers before travelling.
Last updated: Wednesday, September 30, 2020
March
- 17th-18th – UK Pre-Season Flying Display Symposium, Defence Academy, Shrivenham, Wiltshire – CANCELLED
- 19th – RAF Northolt Nightshoot, Middlesex – POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE
April
- 1st – Night At The Museum 2 – Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset – POSTPONED UNTIL 21st OCTOBER
- 16th – RAF Cosford Nightshoot III (Threshold Events), Shropshire – POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE
- 19th – The American Fly-in, Old Buckenham, Norfolk – CANCELLED
- 25th – General Aviation Expo, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire – CANCELLED
- 25th – British Air Display Association AGM, IWM Duxford – CANCELLED
May
- 2nd-3rd – Microlight Trade Fair, Popham Airfield, Hampshire – CANCELLED
- 3rd – Shuttleworth Collection Season Premiere Airshow, Old Warden, Bedfordshire – CANCELLED
- 8th – Victory in Europe (VE) Day at Highclere Castle, Oxfordshire – POSTPONED UNTIL 10th October
- 9th-10th – VE Day Weekend, Old Buckenham, Norfolk – CANCELLED
- 6th – Shuttleworth Collection Evening Airshow, Old Warden, Bedfordshire – CANCELLED
- 17th – Abingdon Air & Country Show, Oxfordshire – CANCELLED
- 23rd-24th – IWM Duxford Air Festival, Cambridgeshire – CANCELLED
- 24th – Cold War Jets Open Day, Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire – CANCELLED
- 24th – Tees Valley Airshow, Teeside International Airport, Durham – POSTPONED
- 30th-31st – Great Vintage Flying Weekend, Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire – POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE
- 30th-31st – Midlands Air Festival, Ragley Hall, Warwickshire – CANCELLED
- 31st – Wings and Wheels, Stow Maries, Essex – POSTPONED UNTIL 6th September
June
- 5th-7th – 47th Guernsey International Air Rally, Channel Islands – POSTPONED UNTIL 18th-20th September
- 6th-7th – English Riviera Airshow, Paignton, Devon – CANCELLED
- 6th-7th – Folkestone and Ashford Military Show, Sellindge Showground, Kent – CANCELLED
- 7th – Shuttleworth Collection Flying Festival, Old Warden, Bedfordshire – CANCELLED
- 7th – 1940’s Vintage Weekend, Quorn & Woodhouse Station, Leicestershire – CANCELLED
- 11th-13th – Aero Expo UK, Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire – CANCELLED
- 12th-14th – Wicksteed at War, Wicksteed Park, Kettering, Northants – CANCELLED
- 14th – Wings and Wheels Flying Display, Old Buckenham, Norfolk – CANCELLED
- 14th – RAF Cosford Air Show, Shropshire – CANCELLED
- 19th-21st – Weston Park Model Air Show, Shropshire – POSTPONED UNTIL 16th-18th October
- 20th-21st – Air Britain Fly-in, Turweston, Northamptonshire – CANCELLED
- 20th – Shuttleworth Collection Evening Airshow, Old Warden, Bedfordshire – CANCELLED
- 20th – Newcastle Festival of Flight, Newcastle, Northern Ireland – CANCELLED
- 22nd-28th – Chalke Valley History Festival, Wiltshire – CANCELLED
- 26th-28th – Armed Forces Weekend, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire – CANCELLED
- 26th-28th – Battle of Britain Airshow, Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent – POSTPONED UNTIL 25th-27th September
- 27th-28th – Heveningham Hall Country Fair, Suffolk – CANCELLED
- 27th – National Armed Forces Day Event, Scarborough, North Yorkshire – CANCELLED
- 27th – Armed Forces Day Event, Stow Maries, Essex – CANCELLED
- 27th-28th – Weston Air Festival, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset – CANCELLED
- 27th – Littlehampton Armed Forces Day, West Sussex – POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE
July
- 3th-5th – Teignmouth Airshow, Devon – CANCELLED
- 4th-5th – Wales Airshow, Swansea, – CANCELLED
- 4th-5th – Shobdon Food and Flying Festival, Shobdon Airfield, Leominster, Herefordshire – CANCELLED
- 4th – Battle Broms, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire – CANCELLED
- 4th-5th – Capel Military Show, Surrey – CANCELLED
- 5th – Shuttleworth Collection Military Airshow, Old Warden, Bedfordshire – CANCELLED
- 9th-12th – Goodwood Festival of Speed, West Sussex – CANCELLED
- 11th – Royal Navy International Air Day, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset – CANCELLED
- 11th – Wings and Wheels, Middle Wallop, Hampshire – CANCELLED
- 11th – Chelsfield Village Fair, Orpington, Kent – CANCELLED
- 11th – Battle Proms, Burghley House, Lincolnshire – CANCELLED
- 11th-12th – Flying Legends, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire – CANCELLED
- 12th – Battle of Britain Memorial Day, Capel-le-Ferne, Kent – EVENT MOVED ONLINE
- 17th-19th – Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire – CANCELLED
- 18th – Battle Proms, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire – CANCELLED
- 18th-19th – VAC Fly-in, Bodmin, Cornwall – CANCELLED
- 20th-24th – Farnborough International Airshow, Hampshire – CANCELLED
- 24th-26th – Sunderland Airshow, Tyne & Wear – CANCELLED
- 25th – Scotland’s National Airshow, East Fortune, East Lothian – CANCELLED
- 25th – 1st August – Swanage Carnival, Dorset – CANCELLED
- 25th-26th – North Coates Wings and Wheels, Lincolnshire – CANCELLED
- 28th – 1st August – War and Peace Revival, Kent – CANCELLED
August
- 1st – Battle Proms, Highclere Castle, Hampshire – CANCELLED
- 1st – East Kirkby Airshow, Lincolnshire – CANCELLED
- 1st-2nd – Old Buckenham Airshow, Norfolk – CANCELLED
- 8th – Battle Proms, Ragley Hall, Warwickshire – CANCELLED
- 8th-9th – Blackpool Airshow, Lancashire – CANCELLED
- 8th-9th -Combined Ops, Headcorn, Kent – CANCELLED
- 9th – Mudeford RNLI Fun Day, Dorset – CANCELLED
- 10th-16th – Falmouth Week, Cornwall – CANCELLED
- 13th-16th – Airbourne, Eastbourne International Airshow, East Sussex – CANCELLED
- 15th-16th – Whitby Regatta, North Yorkshire – CANCELLED
- 15th-16th – Halfpenny Green Wings and Wheels, South Staffordshire – CANCELLED
- 16th – Fenland Wings and Wheels, Lincolnshire – CANCELLED
- 18th – Biggin80, London Biggin Hill Airport, Kent – CANCELLED
- 19th – Cromer Carnival, Norfolk – CANCELLED
- 19th – Dawlish Celebrates Carnival, Devon – CANCELLED
- 20th-23rd – Bournemouth Air Festival, Dorset – CANCELLED
- 22nd – Middle Wallop 80th Anniversary, Middle Wallop, Hampshire – CANCELLED
- 27th-29th – Dartmouth Royal Regatta, Devon – CANCELLED
- 27th-28th – Clacton Airshow, Essex – CANCELLED
- 28th – Sidmouth Air Display, Devon – CANCELLED
- 29th-30th – Rhyl Air Show, Denbeighshire, North Wales – CANCELLED
- 29th-31st – Lanc, Tank and Military Machines, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire – CANCELLED
- 29th-31st – Military Odyssey, Kent Showground, Detling, Kent – CANCELLED
- 29th – Hentridge Wings and Wheels, Somerset – CANCELLED
- 30th – Little Gransden Air & Car Show, Cambridgeshire – CANCELLED
- 30th-31st – Uffington White Horse Show, Oxfordshire – CANCELLED
September
- 4th-6th – LAA International Air Rally, Sywell, Northamptonshire – CANCELLED
- 4th-6th – Chatsworth Country Fair, Derbyshire – CANCELLED
- 4th-6th – Scottish International Airshow, Ayr, Ayrshire – CANCELLED (NON-COVID-19 REASONS)
- 5th-6th – Airwaves Portrush, Co. Coleraine, Northern Ireland – CANCELLED (NON COVID-19 REASONS)
- 10th – Jersey International Air Display, Channel Islands – CANCELLED
- 11th-13th – Southport Airshow, Lancashire – CANCELLED
- 11th-13th – Goodwood Revival, West Sussex – CANCELLED
- 11th-13th – The Victory Show, Cosby, Leicestershire – CANCELLED
- 13th – Battle of Britain at Home Day, Cotswold (Kemble) Airport, Gloucestershire – CANCELLED
- 18th-20th – Guernsey International Air Rally, Channel Islands – CANCELLED
- 18th – IWM Duxford Battle of Britain Proms, Cambridgeshire – CANCELLED
- 19th-20th – IWM Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow, Cambridgeshire – CANCELLED
- 19th-20th – Mayflower Muster, Plymouth, Devon – CANCELLED
October
- 2nd-3rd – The Private Flyer Show UK, Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire – CANCELLED
- 3rd – Battle of Britain Air Display, Old Buckenham, Norfolk – CANCELLED
- 3rd-4th – Stow ar War, Stow Maries, Essex – CANCELLED
- 17th-18th – Weston Park Model Air Show, Shropshire – CANCELLED
- 18th – Shuttleworth Season Finale Airshow, Old Warden, Bedfordshire – CANCELLED