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Plans Advance for 2025 National Championship Air Races

The Roswell, New Mexico, event will be the first at a new venue for the Reno Air Racing Association.

The 2023 National Championship Air Races held in Reno, Nevada. [Courtesy: Jonathan Welsh]
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Key Takeaways:

  • The National Championship Air Races (NCAR) will return in September 2025, taking place at a new venue in Roswell, New Mexico.
  • This move follows the conclusion of the races in Reno in 2023, necessitated by urban encroachment around the previous airport venue.
  • All seven classes of airplanes are expected to race, with organizers actively designing a new course, establishing safety protocols, and securing infrastructure in Roswell.
  • While the new location will present different challenges for racers, officials promise the event will maintain its hallmark spirit of camaraderie and competition.
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Plans are advancing for the 2025 National Championship Air Races (NCAR), which will take place in Roswell, New Mexico in September 2025.

According to race officials, all seven classes of airplanes will take to the sky.

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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