Blue Angels 2024 practice schedule released. Here's when you can catch them
Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect that NAS Pensacola has relaxed its ID requirements and change the date for the first show in October.
The Blue Angels practice schedule 2024 was just announced. Make sure to note these dates so you can plan accordingly.
The first practice of the Blue Angels 2024 season happens on March 26, between the team’s air shows at Travis Air Force Base in California and Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in New Orleans.
NAS Pensacola gates open for Blue Angels practices at 9:30 a.m. and you can catch the Blues in the air at 10:30 a.m.
After more than three years, NAS Pensacola reopened to the public in May of 2023. It closed public access after the 2019 terrorist attack on the base that left three dead and injured eight others.
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Here’s a look at the Blue Angels 2024 practice schedule.
Blue Angels practice schedule 2024
March 26, 27*
April 2, 3*, 9, 10*, 16, 17*, 23, 24*, 30
May 1*, 7, 8, 14, 15*, 28, 29*
June 4, 5*, 11, 12, 18, 25, 26
July 16, 17*, 23
August 21*, 27
September 4*, 10, 11*, 17, 24
October 16*, 22, 23*
Dates with an asterisk indicate an autograph day inside the National Naval Aviation Museum following the Blue Angels practice.
Blue Angels air show schedule 2024
March 9: Naval Air Facility El Centro, California
March 16-17: Travis Air Force Base, California
March 23-24: Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana
April 6-7 Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
April 13-14 Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Forth Worth, Texas
April 20-21 Cocoa Beach, Florida
April 27-28 Vidalia, Georgia
May 4-5: Vero Beach, Florida
May 11-12: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina
May 22/24: U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
May 25-26: Jones Beach, New York
June 1-2: Terre Haute, Indiana
June 8-9: Chesterfield, Missouri
June 15-16: La Crosse, Wisconsin
June22-23: Dayton, Ohio
June 29-30: Traverse City, Michigan
July 6-7 Johnson City, New York
July 13 Pensacola Beach, Florida
July 27-28 Fargo, North Dakota
Aug. 3-4: Seattle, Washington
Aug. 10-11: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Aug. 17-18: Chicago, Illinois
Aug. 24-25: Wichita, Kansas City
Aug. 31: Cleveland, Ohio
Sept. 1-2: Cleveland, Ohio
Sept. 14-15: Owensboro, Kentucky
Sept. 21-22: Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia
Sept. 28-29: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California
Oct. 12-13 San Francisco, California
Oct. 19-20 Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida
Oct. 26-27 Houston, Texas
Nov. 2-3 Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida
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What to bring to get onboard NAS Pensacola
All U.S. citizens or U.S. nationals 18 and older must have a state-issued identification card or passport.
The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Navy require any identification card used for base access to be compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005.
All three documents must bear the same name, or a former name as documented on acceptable name change documentation such as a court order, marriage certificate or divorce decree
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Blue Angels practice schedule 2024: Where are the Blues today?