Balloon flight schedules and availability
To request a particular flight, you should hold either an Alba Ballooning voucher (see Gift Vouchers) or an affiliated agency voucher. You can of course request a flight date when purchasing a voucher with us. To proceed with a request, please either telephone us (office hours) on 0131 667 4251, email us at info@albaballooning.co.uk or you can use our Booking Request Form if you have an Alba Ballooning reference or voucher number.
If you have an Agency (e.g. Balloons over Britain, Acorne Sports, Virgin Experience Days, Buy a Gift, Exhilaration etc.) voucher and have YET to register with Alba Ballooning, please call or email us, or ideally use our Registration Form to register your Agency voucher and make a booking if desired. If you have already registered it (and thus have an Alba ref number), then you can use our shorter Booking Request Form to make a booking as we will already have your details on file.
Please note that the stated meeting times are approximate (+/- 15 mins) and the actual meeting time will be confirmed upon weather check-in. Also note that 'YES' for places available should mean that there are at least two places available. 'one' means just one place available (weight restriction may apply).
'cancelled' indicates that the flight has been cancelled due to unsuitable weather conditions. Passengers should rebook another flight as quickly as possible. We will try to provide weather cancellation notice as early as possible for passengers but DO NOT assume that a flight is going ahead if there is no 'cancelled' stated. ALWAYS call the Office to check.
| July | Meeting time | Location | Places available? | Flight/Weather Outlook | |
| 25 | Friday | 19.00 | Edinburgh | NO | windy |
| 26 | Saturday | 06.00 | Edinburgh | NO | good |
| 26 | Saturday | 19.00 | Edinburgh | NO | maybe |
| 27 | Sunday | 06.00 | Edinburgh | NO | maybe |
| 27 | Sunday | 19.00 | Kinross | NO | good |
| 28 | Monday | 18.45 | Edinburgh | NO | rain? |
| 29 | Tuesday | 06.00 | Edinburgh | NO | good |
| 29 | Tuesday | 18.45 | Edinburgh | two | maybe |
| 30 | Wednesday | 18.45 | Kinross | NO | |
| 31 | Thursday | 06.00 | Kinross | one | |
| 31 | Thursday | 18.45 | Edinburgh | NO |
| August | Meeting time | Location | Places available? | Flight/Weather Outlook | |
| 1 | Friday | 18.45 | Edinburgh | NO | |
| 2 | Saturday | 06.00 | Edinburgh | NO | |
| 2 | Saturday | 18.45 | Edinburgh | NO | |
| 3 | Sunday | 06.00 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 3 | Sunday | 18.45 | Kinross | NO | |
| 4 | Monday | 18.30 | Edinburgh | one | |
| 5 | Tuesday | 06.15 | Edinburgh | NO | |
| 5 | Tuesday | 18.30 | Edinburgh | NO | |
| 6 | Wednesday | 18.30 | Kinross | NO | |
| 7 | Thursday | 06.15 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 7 | Thursday | 18.30 | Kinross | one | |
| 8 | Friday | 18.30 | Edinburgh | one | |
| 9 | Saturday | 06.15 | Edinburgh | one | |
| 9 | Saturday | 18.30 | Edinburgh | NO | |
| 10 | Sunday | 06.15 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 10 | Sunday | 18.30 | Kinross | NO | |
| 11 | Monday | 18.15 | Edinburgh | NO | |
| 12 | Tuesday | 06.15 | Edinburgh | NO | |
| 12 | Tuesday | 18.15 | Edinburgh | NO | |
| 13 | Wednesday | 18.15 | Kinross | YES | |
| 14 | Thursday | 06.15 | Kinross | YES | |
| 14 | Thursday | 18.15 | Edinburgh | NO | |
| 15 | Friday | 18.15 | Edinburgh | NO | |
| 16 | Saturday | 06.30 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 16 | Saturday | 18.00 | Edinburgh | NO | |
| 17 | Sunday | 06.30 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 17 | Sunday | 18.00 | Kinross | NO | |
| 18 | Monday | 18.00 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 19 | Tuesday | 06.30 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 19 | Tuesday | 18.00 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 20 | Wednesday | 18.00 | Kinross | YES | |
| 21 | Thursday | 06.30 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 21 | Thursday | 18.00 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 22 | Friday | 18.00 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 23 | Saturday | 06.45 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 23 | Saturday | 17.45 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 24 | Sunday | 06.45 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 24 | Sunday | 17.45 | Kinross | one | |
| 25 | Monday | 17.45 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 26 | Tuesday | 06.45 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 26 | Tuesday | 17.45 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 27 | Wednesday | 17.45 | Kinross | YES | |
| 28 | Thursday | 06.45 | Kinross | YES | |
| 28 | Thursday | 17.30 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 29 | Friday | 17.30 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 30 | Saturday | 06.45 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 30 | Saturday | 17.30 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 31 | Sunday | 06.45 | Edinburgh | YES | |
| 31 | Sunday | 17.30 | Kinross | YES |
| September | Meeting time | Location | Places available? | |
| 1 | Monday | 17.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 2 | Tuesday | 07.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 2 | Tuesday | 17.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 3 | Wednesday | 17.30 | Kinross | YES |
| 4 | Thursday | 07.00 | Kinross | YES |
| 4 | Thursday | 17.15 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 5 | Friday | 17.15 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 6 | Saturday | 07.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 6 | Saturday | 17.15 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 7 | Sunday | 07.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 7 | Sunday | 17.15 | Kinross | YES |
| 8 | Monday | 17.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 9 | Tuesday | 07.15 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 9 | Tuesday | 17.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 10 | Wednesday | 17.00 | Kinross | YES |
| 11 | Thursday | 07.15 | Kinross | YES |
| 11 | Thursday | 17.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 12 | Friday | 17.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 13 | Saturday | 07.15 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 13 | Saturday | 17.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 14 | Sunday | 07.15 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 14 | Sunday | 17.00 | Kinross | YES |
| 15 | Monday | 16.45 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 16 | Tuesday | 07.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 16 | Tuesday | 16.45 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 17 | Wednesday | 16.45 | Kinross | YES |
| 18 | Thursday | 07.30 | Kinross | YES |
| 18 | Thursday | 16.45 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 19 | Friday | 16.45 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 20 | Saturday | 07.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 20 | Saturday | 16.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 21 | Sunday | 07.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 21 | Sunday | 16.30 | Kinross | YES |
| 22 | Monday | 16.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 23 | Tuesday | 07.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 23 | Tuesday | 16.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 24 | Wednesday | 16.30 | Kinross | YES |
| 25 | Thursday | 07.30 | Kinross | YES |
| 25 | Thursday | 16.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 26 | Friday | 16.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 27 | Saturday | 07.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 27 | Saturday | 16.15 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 28 | Sunday | 07.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 28 | Sunday | 16.15 | Kinross | YES |
| 29 | Monday | 16.15 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 30 | Tuesday | 16.15 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 30 | Tuesday | 07.30 | Edinburgh | YES |
| October | Meeting time | Location | Places available? | |
| 1 | Wednesday | 16.15 | Kinross | YES |
| 2 | Thursday | 16.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 3 | Friday | 16.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 4 | Saturday | 08.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 4 | Saturday | 16.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 5 | Sunday | 08.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 5 | Sunday | 16.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 6 | Monday | 16.15 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 7 | Tuesday | 16.15 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 8 | Wednesday | 16.15 | Kinross | YES |
| 9 | Thursday | 16.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 10 | Friday | 16.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 11 | Saturday | 08.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 11 | Saturday | 16.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 12 | Sunday | 08.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 12 | Sunday | 16.00 | Kinross | YES |
| 13 | Monday | day | Edinburgh | YES |
| 14 | Tuesday | day | Edinburgh | YES |
| 15 | Wednesday | day | Kinross | YES |
| 16 | Thursday | day | Edinburgh | YES |
| 17 | Friday | day | Edinburgh | YES |
| 18 | Saturday | 08.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 18 | Saturday | 16.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 19 | Sunday | 08.00 | Edinburgh | YES |
| 19 | Sunday | 16.00 | Kinross | YES |
| 20 | Monday | day | Edinburgh | YES |
| 21 | Tuesday | day | Edinburgh | YES |
| 22 | Wednesday | day | Kinross | YES |
| 23 | Thursday | day | Edinburgh | YES |
| 24 | Friday | day | Edinburgh | YES |