The opening ceremony takes place at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham tonight prior to 11 days of sports competition.
During the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremonythe athletes will participate in the Parade of Nations, and the Queen’s baton relay will reach its final, having traveled 90,000 miles around every nation and territory of the Commonwealth.
The RAF will celebrate the occasion by sending the Red Arrows on a flypast from their base in Scampton.
Find out below the route they take and how you can catch a glimpse.
What are the Red Arrows and where are they based?
The Red Arrows are the Aerobatic Team of the Royal Air Force. They represent the ‘speed, agility and precision’ of the RAF and act as the ‘public face of the service’.
The pilots fly fast Hawk jets, often in their signature Diamond Nine form, using a combination of “close formations and precision flying”.
The Red Arrows have been on display since 1965 and all Red Arrows pilots have flown operationally. The team is based in Scampton in Lincolnshire.
Red Arrows Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony 2022 Flight Path and Timing
The Red Arrows will fly over Birmingham today for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.
/ Google Maps/Military Air Shows- Scampton – 7:35 PM
- SE of Fiskerton – 7:38 PM
- NE of Wragby – 7:39 PM
- N of Claxby – 7:40 PM
- NE of Willingham by Stow – 7:43 PM
- N of Brixholme – 7:44 PM
- Flypast Canwick Lincoln – 7:45 PM
- NW of Metheringham – 7:46 PM
- NW of Moulton Seas End – 7:49 PM
- W of Oakham – 7:54 PM
- S from Sutton On Trent – 7:59 PM
- Proximity to Blackwell – 8:03 PM
- Proximity to Heanor – 8:04 PM
- E of Wootton – 8:06 PM
- Proximity to Bromley Wood – 8.08pm
- W of Lichfield – 8.10 pm
- South West of Shenstone – 8:11 PM
- Fly pass Perry Park – 8:12 PM
- Birmingham area – 8:13 PM
- Birmingham AD – 8.18 pm
- Southeast of Besthorpe – 8.25 pm
- Scampton – 8.26 pm
How do the Red Arrows fly past?
BBC One will cover the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games from 7pm.