Competition underway at the 2021 National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. [File Photo/ Mark Loper]
Key Takeaways:
The National Championship Air Races (NCAR) will relocate from Reno, Nevada, to Roswell, New Mexico, starting in 2025.
The move was necessitated by regional growth and increasing safety concerns at the former Reno-Stead Airport venue.
Roswell Air Center, a large former military base known for the "Roswell Incident," was selected after a competitive bidding process.
The races will continue to feature seven classes, static displays, and military demonstrations, offering new challenges for racers at the new, spacious site.
The National Championship Air Races (NCAR) have a new home: Roswell, New Mexico.
According to the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA), the races will return in 2025 and continue to feature seven classes of racing, static displays, and military demonstrations.
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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.
