The 2006 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the fourth Red Bull Air Race season and second as a World Championship.
In the 2006 season Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Zeltweg in Austria, and Rock of Cashel in Ireland were removed from the calendar.
The new places were Barcelona in Spain, Berlin in Germany, Saint Petersburg in Russia, Istanbul in Turkey and Perth in Australia.
Michael Goulian from the US, who had paused in 2005, returned in 2006 to compete again as the 11th pilot.
2005 World Champion Mike Mangold from the United States, finished third with 30 points.