Blue AngelsFriday, November 6
The Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show opens today at NAS Pensacola for the base's 200th anniversary
The Daily Pensacola team
If you're headed to NAS Pensacola, it's showtime. The free Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show runs today, Fri., Nov. 6, and Sat., Nov. 7, as the base marks its 200th anniversary. It's the first homecoming show since 2024, after last year's was canceled because of the government shutdown.
The homecoming show closes out a busy Blue Angels season
- 300,000
- people expected over Friday and Saturday
- 66
- demonstrations the Blues were scheduled to fly this season
- 32
- locations on this season's schedule
It's also a farewell. Capt. Adam Bryan, the team's commanding officer and flight leader, says this is his final show leading the Blues. "This is it, this is the last one," he said. Lt. Col. Brandon Wilkins is also flying his last show.
- ID: REAL ID or passport for everyone 18 and older
- Main Gate: south end of Navy Boulevard
- West Gate: south end of BlueAngel Parkway
- Fat Albert: grounded for maintenance until 2027
The Blue Angels fly around 2 p.m. both days
| Time | What happens |
|---|---|
| 8 a.m. | Gates open |
| 9:30 a.m. | Air show starts |
| Around 2 p.m. | Blue Angels take off |
| By 2:45 p.m. | Blues expected to finish |
Sources: WEAR-TV, Pensacola News Journal
We suggest arriving around 8 a.m. Patrons who show up earlier could be turned away at the gate.
Sources: WEAR-TV, WKRG, Pensacola News Journal