Bader Field

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Bader Field Atlantic City Municipal Airport
View of Atlantic City skyline from Bader Field, September 2004
IATA: AIY – ICAO: KAIY – FAA: AIY
Summary
Airport type		City of Atlantic City
Operator		Atlantic City, New Jersey
Location		8
Elevation AMSL		2.4 ft / m
Coordinates		39°21′36″N 074°27′22″W / 39.36, -74.45611
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	2,595	791	Asphalt
11/29	2,948	899	Asphalt

Bader Field (IATA: AIY, ICAO: KAIY, FAA LID: AIY), also known as Atlantic City Municipal Airport, was a municipal general aviation airport located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, approximately one mile from the terminus of U.S. Route 40 and U.S. Route 322. The airport covered 143 acres (58 ha) and had two runways. Bader Field permanently closed on September 30, 2006.

[edit] History

Bader Field was opened in 1910 and was authorized to provide passenger service in 1911. The first known usage of the term "air-port" appeared in a newspaper article in 1919, in reference to Bader Field.^{[citation needed]}

It was the founding location of the Civil Air Patrol in 1941. Scheduled air service was available into the 1980s. However, by the 1990s, activity at Bader Field declined significantly in favor of Atlantic City International Airport, located approximately 9 miles (14 km) northwest.