Bader Field — Attraction in Atlantic City

Bader Field was the world's first "airport". This is the place were the word was coined and has been used ever since. It is a shame to see such a storied place shuttered with it's runways "X'd" out, but that is "progress" I imagine.

Over the years I flew out of here a number of times, usually on the now defunct Alleghany Airlines. Atlantic City, in it's ever lack of foresight, closed this plot of land hoping to lure another casino right before the crash saw four close and one never even start to dig.

Now it sits as an empty field with crumbling runways, used occasionally for festivals and outdoor concerts....

Went to a South Jersey scca autocross event early summer 2018 and it's a pretty cool runway with a great view of the city skyline. The tarmac is a little weird in its current state because it's a slowly decaying old runway but it makes for an awesome autocross stage nonetheless.

I'll have to check this place out at another event but it's actually a relatively pleasant area even without anything going on. There's a decent little coastline with minimal debris/trash from what I remember and a bit of what looks like natural marsh land in the...

The Skate Zone is Great. Bader Field has been the center of controversy for the last 40 years, ever since they closed the airport that used to be there. It hasn't been maintained to well, because of a $3 Billion proposed plan, it has been neglected. Whatever they do, I hope it is the correct thing to do for Atlantic City and Atlantic County. It is one of the gateways off the Expressway into Route 40, also called The Black Horse Pike into Atlantic City. It's very important we keep first impressions noticeable and in a positive and...