We are happy to have you, your friends and your family as our guests here at Naval Air Facility El Centro. We will do everything to ensure that your air show experience is safe and enjoyable. Every effort will be made to minimize delays in entering and leaving the air show.

We ask for your cooperation in keeping potentially dangerous items safely outside the base. At the entry points to the air show flight line, ALL bags will be quickly inspected and all individuals are subject to search prior to entering the air show flight line.

Prohibited Items

The following items will not be permitted on the flight line and are subject to confiscation:

• Weapons (regardless of permit) including firearms, knives (including pocket knives and multi-tools), replica or toy weapons, pepper spray or stun guns.
• Alcoholic beverages, unless purchased from approved vendors.
• Ice chests or coolers
• Pets, other than service animals.
• Glass containers.
• Bicycles, roller skates, roller blades, Heelys, scooters, skateboards, or Segway-style human transporters.
• Backpacks or bags larger than 8-1/2 x 11 inches (standard backpacks)
• Fireworks.
• Laser Pointers.
• Tents, Portable or temporary awnings, cabanas

Permitted Items

The following items are permitted on the flight line. All permitted items will be inspected prior to admission to the flight line. It is strongly recommended that spectators minimize the number and size of permitted items to reduce access time into the flight line area.

• Children's wagons (non-motorized)
• Standard backpacks
• PCS/cellular phones, pagers and FRS transceivers
• Handheld portable televisions, radios and VHF scanners
• Fanny packs and purses, or bags 8-1/2 x 11 inches or smaller
• Cameras and camcorders
• Bottled water
• Camera bags
• Folding chairs and lawn chairs
• Umbrellas
• Wheelchairs
• Baby diaper bags and strollers, if attending with an infant or small child (Stroller parking is available in a designated area behind the grandstands. Strollers are not permitted in the grandstand seating area.)