Hadley Field

This article is about the airport. For the football stadium, see Whittier College.

Hadley Field was an airport in South Plainfield, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It contained the Nike Missile Battery NY-65 and was the site of the nation's first air mail service.[1]

The two-magazine Nike missile battery was first manned by United States Army units and later by the New Jersey National Guard. Nike Hercules missiles were installed in 1961 and the site remained an active air defense installation until around 1970. An office complex and a shopping center now cover the site which is known as Hadley Plaza.

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  1. ↑ http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/publicat/people.pdf

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Coordinates: 40°25′48″N 74°04′48″W / 40.4299°N 74.0800°W / 40.4299; -74.0800


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