The 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the seventh official Red Bull Air Race World Championship series. The 2009 champion was Paul Bonhomme, who won the series for the first time.
Four new pilots joined the Red Bull Air Race Series for the 2009 season as Steve Jones left the series. They were Matthias Dolderer from Germany, Matt Hall from Australia, Yoshihide Muroya from Japan and Pete McLeod from Canada. McLeod was the youngest pilot in the history of the series, joining at 25 years of age.
| Round | Location | Country | Date | Fastest Qualifying | Winning Pilot | Winning Aircraft | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mina' Zayid, Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | April 17–18 |  Hannes Arch | Hannes Arch | Edge 540 | |
| 2 |  San Diego, California | United States | May 9–10 | Hannes Arch |  Nicolas Ivanoff | Edge 540 | |
| 3 |  Windsor, Ontario | Canada | June 13–14 | Kirby Chambliss |  Paul Bonhomme | Edge 540 | |
| 4 |  River Danube, Budapest | Hungary | August 19–20 | Kirby Chambliss | Michael Goulian | Edge 540 | |
| 5 | River Douro, Porto | Portugal | September 12–13 | Paul Bonhomme | Paul Bonhomme | Edge 540 | |
| 6 |  Barcelona | Spain | October 3–4 | Hannes Arch | Paul Bonhomme | Edge 540 |
| Rank | Pilot | UAE | USA | CAN | HUN | POR | ESP | Total Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Bonhomme | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1* | 1 | 67 | |
| 2 | Hannes Arch | 1* | 3* | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4* | 60 | |
| 3 |  Matt Hall | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 36 | |
| 4 | Kirby Chambliss | 9 | 12 | 3* | 3* | 8 | 5 | 34 | |
| 5 | Nicolas Ivanoff | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 33 | |
| 6 | Nigel Lamb | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 32 | |
| 7 | Mike Mangold | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | |
| 8 | Péter Besenyei | 10 | 4 | DNS | 10 | 4 | 8 | 24 | |
| 9 | Matthias Dolderer | 11 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | |
| 10 | Michael Goulian | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 22 | |
| 11 |  Sergey Rakhmanin | 6 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 17 | |
| 12 | Alejandro Maclean | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 16 | |
| 13 | Glen Dell | 12 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 13 | |
| 14 |  Yoshihide Muroya | 13 | 11 | DNS | 12 | 10 | 6 | 9 | |
| 15 | Pete McLeod | 15 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 1 | |
| Rank | Pilot | UAE | USA | CAN | HUN | POR | ESP | Total Points |
(*) indicates the pilot received an extra point for the fastest time in Qualifying
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | Qualifying Fastest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |