The Red Arrows will be flying in formation over a number of areas to mark King Charles's Coronation.
More than 60 military aircraft will form a flypast on May 6, 2023 and restrictions will be in place on the airspace above the North Sea, East Anglia and London. The six-minute flypast for the King's Coronation will include the world-famous Red Arrows, 16 helicopters, the historic Spitfires of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the RAF's brand-new P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.
It will be the first flypast involvement of the RAF's new Envoy IV CC1 aircraft, MirrorOnline reports.
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The route will take the planes over parts of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex on the way to London before heading out of the capital towards Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire as they disperse.
The flypast route has been split into zones and has been given a time slot when airspace is restricted. This means no other planes will be overhead during the select periods.
The key towns in each zone are identified, but the exact details of the route will not be revealed in advance for security reasons.
Area A: 1.15pm to 3pm North Sea and Norfolk Coast
Area B: 1.45pm to 3pm Thetford, Norfolk and Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Area C: 2pm to 3pm Ipswich, Suffolk
Area D: 2pm to 2.45pm Colchester and Chelmsford, Essex
Area E: 2.10pm to 2.45pm London
Area F: 2.20pm to 3pm Croydon and Surrey
Area G: 2.20pm to 3pm Reading, Berkshire and Swindon, Wiltshire
Area H: 2.20pm to 3pmGloucestershire and Oxford, Oxfordshire
Area I: 2.20pm to 3pm Marlborough, Tidworth, Wiltshire
According to FlightRadar24 it will be easy to track the flypast on their website, by selecting ‘Military and Government’ under categories.
They say: "Selecting ‘Military and Government’ under categories will filter your view to display these aircraft. Take a look at the Greater London area and you should see the flypast routing in from East to West.
"For an even more detailed view, head to custom filters, and select ‘aircraft type’. You can now enter the individual types that will feature in the flypast. Again, take a look at the areas to the east, center, and west of London."
They also warn: "Whilst most aircraft participating in the flypast will appear on Flightradar24, some may not for various reasons. Aircraft operating in close formation will often use the lead aircraft’s transponder only as a way to avoid collision advisories, so a flight of six aircraft may appear as one aircraft.
"Other aircraft may not be equipped with ADS-B and some of the helicopters in particular may be flying below our coverage area during some portion of the flypast."
Although the Red Arrows will not be coming to Merseyside, RAF Valley is planning to bring a taste of the London Coronation festivities and Flypast Salute to the North West and Wales.
Four Texan T Mk 1 aircraft will be taking part in the Buckingham Palace flypast as they salute His Majesty The King. On their return to their base in Holyhead they will fly over the River Mersey.
The flypast will take place on Saturday, May 6 and will fly over Wrexham, Chester, the river Mersey, Prestatyn/Rhyl, Abergele/Colwyn Bay, Llandudno, Douglas and Holyhead. The planes will be be flying at 1000ft until they reach the river Mersey, where they will descend to 500ft.
Anticipated timings for the return flypast are attached below, but everything will be very much dependent on the British weather on the day.
Here's the full list of timings for the coronation RAF Valley flyover
- Wrexham 4.39pm
- Chester 4.42pm
- Mersey 4.46pm
- Prestatyn / Rhyl 4.51pm
- Abergele / Colwyn Bay 4.53pm
- Llandudno 4.55pm
- Douglas 5.11pm
- Holyhead 5.26pm
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