Updated 09/17/2025:
FAA issues TFR for Air Show 2025; U.S. Blue Angels Practice Day is Thursday, September 25
The 2025 Miramar Air Show (America’s Air Show) returns to MCAS Miramar on September 26, 27, and 28. The Air Show is open to the public; general admission and parking are free. Preferred seating options are available for purchase. More information at: miramarairshow.com
Area residents and those near Air Station Miramar may see and hear air show aircraft flying around the Air Station in the days preceding and following the Air Show dates. For instance:
- Wednesday, September 24 will likely be aircraft arrival day.
- Thursday, September 25 will likely be practice day. Please note that Blue Angels will likely run through their show twice on practice day; once in the morning and once in the afternoon.
- Friday, Saturday, Sunday September 26, 27, 28 are Air Show dates.
- Monday, September 29 will likely be aircraft departure day.
The Miramar Air Show is a major outdoor public event, with a high concentration of fast moving and high performance aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will, in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations 91.145, issue Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) a few days before the start the Air Show.
- AirNav Miramar MCAS (Joe Foss Field) Airport : https://www.airnav.com/airport/KNKX
- NOTAM TFR for KNKX Miramar MCAS (Joe Foss Field) Airport; search KNKX at: https://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch/nsapp.html#/
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels are scheduled to showcase the excitement, precision, and power of naval aviation at the 2025 MCAS Miramar America’s Air Show at the end of September. Since 1946, the Blue Angels serve as the representatives of the more than 800,000 active-duty, reserve, and civilian men and women currently serving worldwide in the Navy and Marine Corps.
The Blue Angels will fly the mainstay of modern naval air power: the F/A-18 Super Hornet, along with the Marine Corps’ logistics support aircraft, the C-130J Super Hercules. Both aircraft are operating around the world carrying out the mission of the Navy and Marine Corps team.
- More about U.S. Navy Blue Angels, visit: blueangels.navy.mil
- More about Air Show: miramarairshow.com
U.S. Marine Corps Col. R. Erik Herrmann, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, gives an announcement for the upcoming ‘America’s Air Show’ at MCAS Miramar.
America’s Air Show 2025 is a unique and incredible opportunity to witness Marine and joint aviation capabilities, civilian performers, and the world-famous Blue Angels; to interact first-hand with Marines, other service members, and first responders; and to see first-hand the innovative spirit of the Marine Corps through emerging technologies and forward-thinking.
U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Alexander Vaughn
