Royal Air Force Waddington, 3 miles south of the city of Lincoln, hosts the largest annual RAF Airshow in the country. Our 2-day show held over the first weekend in July regularly attracts crowds of between 120,000 to 140,000 people. The 2009 show broke all previous records when a crowd of over 170,000 visited the show over the weekend. Although principally a family show, we draw most of our customers from an arc running from Cambridge and Peterborough in the south, through Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Doncaster, Leeds, York and onto Hull, plus of course the whole of Lincolnshire. We also attract enthusiasts both nationally and internationally. A crowd survey taken at the 2008 show indicated 75% of the surveyed crowd originated from these expected regional areas, with 37% coming from within the Lincolnshire county boundary. The remaining 25% travel from the rest of the UK and beyond.
The 2009 show drew crowds of over 100,000 on the Saturday and 70,000 on the Sunday. Traditionally Sunday has been the larger day and made up of predominantly local families however, the last 2 years has seen a significant shift to Saturday seeing the largest crowd.
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