MCAS Miramar Air Show

The largest military air show in the United States, staged over three days on an active Marine Corps air station and drawing something like seven hundred thousand people. Its signature item is the Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration, in which aircraft, ground troops and pyrotechnics stage a simulated battlefield assault along the crowd line. The 2026 programme is headlined by the US Navy Blue Angels and includes USAF, US Navy and USMC F-35 demonstrations, an MV-22 Osprey, a C-17 Globemaster III, the SOCOM Para-Commandos and the RAF Falcons, with a large static park of military and historic aircraft. General admission and parking are free.

The programme for the next edition hasn’t been published yet. It goes up here as soon as the organiser releases it.

MCAS Miramar, San Diego. Gates open 08:00 daily (25-27 Sep). Public transport does not serve the event; access is by car or rideshare, with rideshare pickup/drop-off at a designated lot (McDonald's lot, Mitscher Way & Elrod Ave) and free organiser shuttles running from the parking lots to the flight line. General admission, parking and blanket seating are free; paid preferred-seating chalets, box seats and grandstands are available but the organiser has not published prices for them. Every attendee aged 18 or over must show government-issued photo ID; foreign nationals must present a valid passport (no photocopies or photos accepted) and are biometrically enrolled at the security checkpoint, then must wear an issued Air Show ID throughout.