Rehearsal for King’s birthday flypast to take place in skies above Spalding and Wisbech on Tuesday - exact route and timings

A rehearsal for King’s birthday flypast will take place in the skies above Wisbech and Spalding tomorrow (Tuesday, June 2), involving a formation of military aircraft.

Tuesday’s rehearsal will take place 11 days prior to the King’s Official Birthday celebrations on Saturday, June 13.

The King’s Official Birthday on Saturday week will be marked by a series of events, including a flypast over Buckingham Palace and Trooping the Colour ceremony.

The King’s Birthday Flypast will conclude Trooping the Colour which will take place on Horse Guards Parade, a ceremony dating back to the reign of King Charles II.

Ahead of the celebrations, a rehearsal flypast will take place on Tuesday, June 2.

The rehearsal is likely to include a large formation of RAF aircraft from bases including RAF Cranwell and RAF Waddington.

The route for this year’s rehearsal flypast will take the aircraft formation over a corridor between Wisbech and Spalding, providing nearby residents with a rare chance to catch a glimpse of military aircraft.

King’s birthday flypast rehearsal route on Tuesday, June 2

At 11am on June 2, the aircraft will congregate in the vicinity of the North Sea adjacent to East Anglia, known as Area A.

Rehearsals in Area A will be conducted between 11am and 2pm.

In area B - a long corridor stretching from Bungay in Suffolk to Swaffham in Norfolk - aircraft will be present between 12.35pm and 1.25pm.

Those in and around Peterborough will be closest to Area C, which covers the area surrounding Wisbech, The Wash and south Lincolnshire.

Residents in this area should keep their eyes peeled for aircraft activity between 12.35pm and 1.30pm.

The aircraft will then fly over RAF Waddington and RAF Cranwell, before dispersing over Lincolnshire.

If tomorrow’s flypast is cancelled due to weather conditions, it will be rescheduled for the following day (Wednesday, June 3).