Heron Real Estate · April 2026
Something unusual is happening over Tulum this weekend. If you live here or you’re visiting, you’ll hear it before you see it.
The Tulum Air Show 2026 is running from April 23 to 26 at the Base Aérea Militar No. 20, located alongside the Tulum International Airport Felipe Carrillo Puerto. The first two days — Wednesday and Thursday — were the conference and industry programme: the International Air Safety Congress, aerospace exhibitions, and the formal launch preview of FAMEX 2027. Today and tomorrow are the public spectacle.
T-6C+ Texan II and F-5 Tiger aircraft have already landed at the airport — you may have spotted them on approach this week. The Águilas Aztecas aerobatic team of the Mexican Air Force will perform, alongside the Guerreros Mexicas parachute brigade. On Saturday the action is concentrated at the airport itself. On Sunday, the show moves to the coast — parachute displays over the Tulum Archaeological Zone and the Parque Ecológico El Jaguar, which is one of the stranger and more memorable combinations this town has produced.
Also running on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons: NASCAR México Series at the airport complex — a separate ticketed event running alongside the air show. The air show itself is free, though you need to register at f-airmexico.com.mx.
The Tren Maya is offering discounts on travel to Tulum this week for people coming specifically for the event — worth knowing if you have guests arriving from Playa del Carmen or Cancún.
We don’t usually write about weekend events. We’re writing about this one because it’s a useful illustration of something we talk about with buyers regularly: Tulum is not a finished city. It is a city in formation — and events like this one, the first air show in Quintana Roo’s history, held at an international airport that opened in 2023, are part of what that formation looks like in practice.
The infrastructure that makes an event like this possible — an international airport, a military air base, road access, and a municipal government actively pursuing international profile — is the same infrastructure that underpins the real estate investment case for the corridor. It doesn’t arrive quietly.
If you’re in Tulum this weekend and want to talk property while the jets are overhead, you know how to reach us.
heronrealestate.mx · [email protected] · +52 984 246 8729
