Great Texas Airshow with Thunderbirds & Knights

San Antonio is getting its big military airshow weekend after all — but with one last-minute change. Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph says the Great Texas Airshow is still set for Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3, with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and U.S. Army Golden Knights as the marquee acts. The catch is that Friday’s Military Appreciation Day, which was supposed to include practice flying and a STEM fair for ID cardholders, was canceled because of forecasted bad weather. (jbsa.mil) ### What’s actually happening this weekend? The public show runs two days at JBSA-Randolph, and it is free to attend. Gates open at 9 a.m. each day, with aerial performances starting around 11 a.m. That means the event people were planning around is still on — it’s the Friday preview-style day that got cut, not the main weekend show. (jbsa.mil) ### Who are the headliners? The T(jbsa.mil)n, flying F-16s in tight formation and solo passes. The Golden Knights are the Army’s parachute team, so you get the classic mix of fast-jet precision and parachute drops. JBSA is also advertising other military demo teams, including the C-17, KC-46, and F-22, plus static aircraft displays and support from all service branches. Planned (jbsa.mil)specially when weather gets involved. (jbsa.mil) ### Why was Friday canceled? The base posted a direct weather update on May 1 saying Military Appreciation Day was canceled because of forecasted inclement weather. That matters because a lot of local coverage earlier in the week still described Friday as part STEM fair, part practice-show day. So if you saw older promos, the current version is simpler: skip Friday, plan for Saturday or Sunday. (jbsa.mil)g? Pretty big. JBSA-linked event listings say attendance for the airshow typically runs about 125,000 to 150,000 people per day. That helps explain why the logistics section is almost as important as the flying schedule — this is less “drop by for an hour” and more “major regional event with traffic planning.” (jbsatoday.com) ### So what sho(jbsa.mil)ic, remote parking, and shuttle buses. The base says approaching traffic will be routed to public gates and general parking areas, and shuttles will carry people from parking to the airshow grounds. Drivers coming from different parts of the region are being funneled through specific routes using FM 78, Loop 1604, Lower Seguin Road, and(jbsatoday.com)ther gates, but the base is warning them to expect significant delays too. (jbsa.mil) ### Is there anything else to know before going? Yes — this is on an active military installation, so rules are tighter than at a normal festival. JBSA is pointing visitors to its airshow page for the event map, traffic plan, and prohibited-items list. The official site is also where the weather-related updates are landing first, which matters now that the schedule has already changed once. (jbsa.mil)tter locally? Because it is one of those rare events that mixes spectacle, military outreach, and family-day scale all at once. The 2026 theme is “Let Freedom Roar; Honoring 250 Years,” and the lineup is built to showcase both elite demonstration teams and big operational aircraft. Basically, if you’re in the San Antonio area, this is one of the weekend’s largest free events — and one of the loudest. (jbsa.mil) ### Bottom line The main news is simple: the Great Texas Airshow is still on for May 2-3 at JBSA-Randolph, but Friday’s Military Appreciation Day was canceled for weather. If you go, go early, expect traffic, and treat the base’s official airshow page as the live source for any last-minute changes. (jbsa.mil)