Competition underway at the 2021 National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. [File Photo/ Mark Loper]
Key Takeaways:
The National Championship Air Races (NCAR) are relocating from Reno-Stead Airport to Roswell, New Mexico, with races set to resume in 2025.
The move was driven by regional growth and safety concerns at the former Reno site, which had become increasingly encroached by homes and subdivisions.
Roswell's Air Center was selected from a pool of 38 inquiries and six comprehensive proposals, offering extensive space, large runways, and the capacity to host the event and allow for future growth.
The races will continue to feature seven classes of racing, static displays, and military demonstrations, promising new challenges for racers at the historical Roswell location.
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.
