How to Get to Boston-Portsmouth Air Show

The Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show is scheduled to take-off on Saturday and Sunday and event organizers and Portsmouth Police are going with the traffic plan used in 2011 that made a big difference.

The air show will be held each day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Portsmouth International Airport and patrons can access the event from the south by traveling on I-95 north to Route 33 and then onto Grafton Drive.

From the north, air show patrons can get to the event from the Spaulding Turnpike via International Drive, Ashland Road and Pease Boulevard where they will be directed by air show volunteers to designated parking areas. A parking fee of $10 per vehicle will be charged and vehicles that require two spaces will be charged $20.

Shuttle buses will run throughout the day to transport patrons to and from their vehicles. Meanwhile, Portsmouth Police do not want any air show goers to park along Grafton Drive. Anyone who does will have their vehicles towed, according to the Portsmouth Police Department's Facebook page.

"If you are going to the show, please anticipate traffic delays. Please do not bring pets; they are not allowed in the show and shouldn’t be left in your vehicles," according to the police department's Facebook page.

Police are forbidding anyone from parking along Grafton Drive or in the truck turnaround areas from Friday, June 29 through Sunday, July 1, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Complete traffic, parking and visitor information for the air show can be viewed on the air show's web site.

Portsmouth Patch is also planning to do some that will stretch from Thursday through Sunday.

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On Thursday, the Blue Angels pilots will be giving media interviews on the runway with their jets at 10:20 a.m. On Friday, look for our video of the Blue Angels and Black Diamond Jets practice runs and on Saturday, Portsmouth Patch will have a story and photos of the first day of the air show.

On Sunday, Portsmouth Patch will wrap up its coverage with a special image gallery focused on the vintage World War II and Korean War-era aircraft that will be on display.