Plan Your Day | Duxford Summer Air Show

All rides are free!

Enjoy the traditional steam funfair, open throughout the day and into the early evening, providing continuous entertainment for all ages.

Rides include a Galloper Carousel, Ferris Wheel, Swing Boats, and the Toy Town ride for young children.

Free activity, open from 10am to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Young aviators can discover our new multi-sensory outdoor play experience at IWM Duxford. It is suitable for aspiring pilots of all ages and access needs.

The Weston Play Zone is located next to the Armoury Café, so you can relax and refuel while the kids play. No reservation or additional tickets are needed; just turn up and take off!

Free activity open from 10am to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Join members of the Airfix team and ‘make and paint’ your very own plastic scale model from a kit! Hands-on fun for all the family!

Free activity, Saturday and Sunday.

Stand out from the crowd at Duxford Summer Air Show! Children can choose from a variety of bright face paint designs and/or glitter art. 

Free activity, from 10am to 3:30pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Zoolab provides an interactive, informative, and unique workshop with its very own 'animal team'. Get up close and hands-on with animals such as snakes, lizards and tarantulas!

Free activity until 5pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Come and meet the Mad Scientists. They will be conducting daring demonstrations including bubbling dry ice potions, robot obstacle courses, dinosaur excavations, giant bubble-making, mysterious dancing magnets, and lots more.

Free activity, Saturday and Sunday.

Meet the team from the Genome Campus and learn how to read DNA code. Kids can make DNA-themed badges to take home.
Explore the history of their Cambridge campus, used during wartime as accommodation by US service personnel from RAF Duxford.

Free activity, Saturday and Sunday.

Meet the team from Coppice co. Drop in and have a go at the practical skills of wood crafting and willow weaving. Get the family together to create your very own bird feeder using natural woodland materials.

Free activity, Saturday and Sunday.

Join Urban Crazy and have a go at our 8-hole mini-golf course, fun for all the family!

Free Activity, open from 10am until 5:15pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Join Up An' At Em! History's RAF Bomber Command and uncover the history of Duxford Airfield, in a live action-packed stage show!

10am-10.45am and 1pm-1.45pm, Saturday and Sunday.

A captivating swing band performing classic 1920s swing and contemporary mashups with a vintage twist.

10.45am-11.45am and 1.45pm-2.45pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Come and listen to The Femmes, a trio of 1940s singers.

11.45-12.30pm and 2.45pm-3.30pm, Saturday and Sunday.

A chance to hear a vintage gramophone DJ using a pair of authentic 1930s wind-up gramophones.

3.30pm-4.15pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Twenties Again, a swing instrumental band who will perform on the move around the Showground. 

Keep your eyes peeled, from 10am to 1pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Using practical demonstrations and period artifacts, Aviation Armorers & Mechanics Display portrays the work of the Armorers, Mechanics, and Ground Crew, found at any USAAF Fighter or Bomber Airfield in England, during the Second World War.

Meet the re-enactment group that celebrates the male and female personnel of the U.S. Army Air Forces who served in the European Theatre of Operations, both in the air and on the ground, during the Second World War.

Meet Civil Defenders, re-creating home front life during the Second World War. The team will bring the spirit, humour, and atmosphere of the period to life with amazing authenticity. Keep an eye out for them on their classic bicycles around site! Drop in all day.

The display will be within a replica of an observer post used in Essex during the Second World War.

Spirit of Britain will be telling the story of the RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) through re-enactment and a display of static wartime vehicles.

Discover what life would have been like in 1944, as The Harvey Buffs commemorate the 1944 liberation of Rome and celebrate their Grandfather's contribution.

Discover a display of 101st Airborne Paratrooper artefacts that relate to D-Day and the weeks following the invasion of Normandy.

Meet serving military personnel and hear about their experiences while viewing their display of various pieces of kit and equipment next to various static military vehicles. You can expect engagement teams from:

• Military Provost Guard Service.
• 6 Regiment Army Air Corps.
• Royal Marines Cadets Cambridge.
• 254 Medical Regiment.

Meet serving personnel from RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall outside of the American Air Museum. Learn more about their roles in the military and get up close to equipment used in conflict today.

Buy a boarding pass from the Duxford Aviation Society shop on the day.

Adults £6, Child £3, Family (2 adults and up to 3 children) £12.

Climb aboard our commercial airliners from 10am to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday. A Boarding pass covers all airliners except the Queens Flight BAe146 which is a seperate charge.

Duxford Aviation Society is a registered charity, all chargeable activities are organised and delivered by DAS volunteer members– funds raised help continue DAS work and the upkeep of the collection.

Buy a ticket from the Duxford Aviation Society shop on the day.

Tickets for the Queens Flight BAe 146 are £3 per person. Only limited spaces and time slots are available.

Climb aboard from 10am to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Duxford Aviation Society is a registered charity, all chargeable activities are organised and delivered by DAS volunteer members– funds raised help continue DAS work and the upkeep of the collection.

Demonstration to showcase the special drooping nose on Concorde, carried out to give the pilot a clearer view when landing the world’s only successful supersonic airliner.

Free activity in AirSpace at midday and 5:30pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Meet the Aerial Collective team, the in-house warbird flight experience provider of the Aircraft Restoration Company. Get up close to iconic vintage aircraft.

Come and join Airborne Assault - The Museum of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces.

Learn about life as a para' and how soldiers go to war from the air.

Tackle an assault course and try on modern equipment. Meet serving and veteran paratroopers and learn how these soldiers train to the highest standards.

Join Classic Wings on a pleasure flight before the flying display starts and afterward, until the airfield closes at 7pm.

On the day bookings only from 8:30am, but sell out quickly. On arrival, make your way to the Classic Wings tent opposite the American Air Museum to secure your flight experience. Additional fees apply, all flying is subject to weather and serviceability on the day.

Be prepared to be weighed by the Classic Wings crew on the day, there is a weight limit for all pleasure flights.

Meet members of the Duxford-based Blenheim Society, and hear the heroic stories of the Bristol Blenheim and its crews during wartime.

Meet the team keeping this beautiful old flying boat airworthy.

See large-scale remote-control model aircraft and vehicles, ranging from First World War biplanes to the latest jet fighters.

All models are fully functional with every detail replicated and of museum quality.

The chance to see a Rolls-Royce Merlin up close, the famous engine that powered the Spitfire and Hurricane.

Engine runs will commence multiple times throughout Saturday and Sunday.

Join the team from the British Model Flying Association (BMFA) and find out about their work promoting the sport of model flying.

Get close to precision-built flying model aircraft and try out the flight simulator.

Join talks throughout the day and find out more about the construction and mechanics behind a Lego model of the modern F-35 jet fighter. It's even got a working engine!

Free activity, Saturday and Sunday.