The band brought their Maiden England tour to the event on the 25th anniversary of their first headline appearance at Donington Park.
They played tracks including Run To The Hills, Fear of the Dark and The Number of the Beast finishing with an encore of Aces High, The Evil That Men Do and Running Free.
Their set began with a flyby from a Spitfire based at RAF Coningsby.
The band - made up of singer Bruce Dickinson, bassist Steve Harris, guitarists Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers and drummer Nicko McBrain - also announced a one-off show at London's O2 Arena in August.
Battling against Iron Maiden were Swedish band The Hives in the main tent who opened their set with Main Offender.
"We are The Hives and you are not, we're all going to have to live with that," frontman Pelle Almqvist told the audience.
Veteran metal rockers Motorhead drew one of the biggest crowds of the day to the main stage. Queens of The Stone Age played the slot just before headliners Iron Maiden.
Despite only releasing their new album …Like Clockwork two weeks ago, they ripped through their biggest hits including No One Knows and First it Giveth. It was another day of mixed weather at Donington Park with heavy rain and sunshine earlier in the day.
Drummer Bron Daylor from Mastodon said despite being on stage, he couldn't ignore the downpour at the start of their main stage set.
"My muscles could tell," he said. "It took me three songs for my arms to settle down, they were really cold and they got cramped up."
Newcomers Blitz Kids will open the main stage on Sunday with performances from Thirty Seconds To Mars and headliners Rammstein.
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