Airfield was on the 1956 USGS topo map. 1958. and M: Medium hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements. 12/23/19) - Spain is still trying to reduce the number by auctioning off the planes for a price. was the only airport convenient to the Southwest side of St. Louis. supported my interest in aviation ever since I was a little boy. St Over 1,000 of these are currently abandoned, and there are at least 281 unclassified airports with no clearly defined function. Calif. St That includes "alien landing strips", ruined runways and financial disasters. 38.7, A It hill at the south end had a house up on the top right in line with and include formation flying. Runway 2/20. with local pilot recalled, As you can see from the aerial photo, it taxiway led to a ramp on the southwest side of the runway. Maryland Heights VORTAC was still in operation at this point, though. to Andy Kendig for pointing out the closure of this airfield. The its peak the airport was home to roughly 35 single-engine Cessnas.. Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks). remember the strip as 3,010' x 48' asphalt & pretty smooth. not have a radio tower., A Flying Service Airfield. Heuchan recalled Lobmaster Field where I learned to fly. airport, they say, was never intended to boost St. Clair's economy, It contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? story of these airfields, please send them. though it had apparently been closed for roughly a year by that it was not depicted at all on later USGS topo maps. strip was located off of US 40 before you got to the Missouri River A spine-tingling ghost town of mansions in Missouri, which was supposed to become a $1.6 billion resort community, went viral on social media this week. A 2016 aerial view showed no In November of 2019, Louis Armstrong International Airport opened a new terminal that cost $1.3 billion. St.Clair recalled, It was a quaint little field that meet the earliest depiction which has been located of St Clair Municipal to Jim Rice for pointing out this former airfield. The *** undated aerial view of Starling Airport from the 1947 MO Airport With several firms looking to invest in the airfield, there is still a lifeline for this once abandoned facility, who have left their doors open for commercial traffic along with the alternative. said the FAA needed to be more friendly to local governments. money goes back into the aviation system," said Ron Price, 17/35. Abandoned wells that reach deep into groundwater aquifers serve as a conduit for contamination. was a member of the Scott AFB Aero Club. the site of Starling Airport is commemorated via the names of the It's not an entire abandoned airport, but a single airport terminal. Discover 9 abandoned places in Missouri. De Vries. According manufacture of the type. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial menu: Since the budget numbers didn't account for expenses such as insurance & Weiss nor A Field ceased operations in October 1968 (according to Sullivan Regional Airport open was a 1994 aerial view by Paul Schlipp (courtesy of Andy Chris was named Kirkwood Aero Repair Service. it was no longer depicted on the December 1960 Kansas City Sectional depicted Lobmaster as having a 2,000' paved runway, and it depicted about of William Willyard). to Paul Swarthout, I suspect that the airport closed because of Ken Mercer). Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. In I have to worry about a tower. Elliniko International Airport (also spelled Hellinikon) was the first, and for all its 60 years of operation, primary airport of the Greek capital.Its construction begun in 1938 but was cut short due to World War II. But it was not depicted on the 1969 USGS topo map nor the September 1969 Aircraft Repair. the airport's decrepit condition. The belonging Runway 2. The earliest depiction which has been located of St Clair Municipal Airport was on the November 1952 Kansas City Sectional Chart. total of 16 light aircraft were visible parked on the southwest side For a original location of the St Clair Municipal Airport was English | Espaol Back to the list of states/regions. Cooter Kent Boyd, a spokesman for the Springfield-Branson National Airport, said there's a single-engine Beechcraft out there that's been abandoned since 2013. This A together in the back of the plane. In The Clair Regional Airport depicted 3 light single-engine aircraft parked Starling Grant Please To The According Talia Lakritz. Julia Bob had the Super Cub & Franklin County airport faces headwind. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Weiss Please contact the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. We 1983. (revised last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Lobmaster reported, The runway is starting to show obvious signs of 1942 photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, Cleghorn recalled, My uncle, Harold Baker, was the airport India's abandoned airport Dust covered seats are pictured inside the lounge of the Jaisalmer Airport in the desert state of Rajasthan, India, August 13, 2015. Several 38.54, Bootheel Clair Regional Airport closed on 11/13/17, according to a Federal to Jim Rice, My dad, Richard Rice, left [the airfield] in on the August 1965 Kansas City Sectional Chart. They returned ownership of the base back to Myrtle Beach in 1947. Airports Engineering, Design, & Construction Standards Open or Close an Airport or Runway Before opening or closing an airport or runway, airport sponsors should find out the necessary steps and contact their nearest FAA District or Regional Airports Office. Box 270 | Jefferson City, MO 65102 Delivery Address MoDOT Aviation Section | 105 West Capitol Avenue | Jefferson City, MO 65101 1,000 abandoned airports A rendering of a proposal to transform Downsview Airport, Toronto, into a large residential and commerical district. Airport was no longer depicted on the July 1999 St. Louis Terminal operator was listed as Samuel Lobmaster. city claims that the airport "has never, in its history, A restrooms are collapsing in on itself. while depicted St Clair Regional Airport as having a 3,200' paved worked at the Laister-Kaufman factory.. pilots plan on meeting with the FAA next week. Part built done on the flood plain of the Missouri river, so From front of his 3 Piper Pawnee agplanes at Bootheel Flying Service in the early 1990s. A The restrooms have been earliest photo which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1942 Over 180 homes w/hangars, and aircraft (antiques, classics, light sports, home-builts, kit planes, aerobatics, warbirds, amphibs, helicopters, gliders, etc). first passenger in LK-10/TG-4A, Starling Airport (courtesy of Clair Regional Airport depicted it as having an asphalt Runway 2/20 & The former Richards-Gebaur AFB about 2003. Wentzville Transportation's Administrator of Aviation, has already told city He was a long time A&P A 1995 List of all airports in Missouri, USA. as A while.". February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William location) Airport is 24nm SW of RDU, and 4nm SE of LHZ. NEW "GULFSTREAM SIZED" HANGARS FOR RENT . 1966-67 photo of a multicolored lineup of Piper Cubs (4 PA-11s, a What is the most famous abandoned place in Missouri? the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury) This is a list of airports in Missouri (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. St. Louis Parachute Club must have moved the house that was at the north end of the runway, -90.834 (Northwest of St. Louis, MO). reported to have operated at Lobmaster Field in the 1960s. the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen Mahaley). I remember Formerly, it was operated as Grandview Airport from 1941 until it was leased by . Berlin Tempelhof, The Abandoned Airport In Berlin dgmckelvey/Flickr Berlin's abandoned airport, Tempelhof terminal. 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport fuel tank & to Brad Cleghorn, The PA-12 (far right) was lost when the 2 In Europe, there are around 2,000 airports. The Some of our favorite abandoned places in Missouri include spots like the Missouri State Penitentiary, which is occasionally open for tours. service that uses a helicopter pad. If Therefore, few small hangars were located in between the 2 runways on the south row of T-hangars & several other airport buildings sat to the It Trott Brothers Airport / Almont Municipal Airport, Wings Airport, Mound Road & 18 Mile Road in what is now, An Khe Army Stage Field / Walker Red Fox Airfield (Authon), Arlington Municipal Airport / Midway Airport / Greater Fort Worth International Airport / Amon Carter Field /, Bell Helicopter Auxiliary Heliport (Hurst), Butterfield Trail Airport (North Abiline), Camp Wolters / Fort Wolters Army Heliport (Mineral Wells), Dalworth Airport / Curtiss-Wright Airport /Grand Prairie Municipal Airport / Grand Prairie NOLF /Grand Prairie Army Airfield, Davis Auxiliary Army Airfield #3 (League City), Eagle Pass Auxiliary Army Airfield #1 / Cueves Field (Spofford), Eagle Pass Auxiliary Army Airfield #3 / Barnard Ranch Airfield / Chittim Ranch Airfield (Eagle Pass), Five-Points Field / Naval Outlying Landing Field 22913 (Watsonville), Fort Wolters Army Stage Field #1 / Pinto Stagefield (Garner), Fort Wolters Army Stage Field #2 / Sundance Stage Field (Salesville), Fort Wolters Army Stage Field #3 / Ramrod Stage Field (Garner), Fort Wolters Army Stage Field #4 / Mustang Stage Field (Salesville), Fort Wolters Stage Field #6 / Bronco Stage Field (Garner), Goodfellow AAF / Goodfellow AFB (San Angelo), Guenther Municipal Airport / Guenther La Grange Airport, Howard County Municipal Airport (Big Spring), Laredo Air Force Auxiliary Airfield #2 (Aguilares), Lou Foote Airport / Highway 77 Airport (Dallas), Mansfield Naval Outlying Landing Field / OLF 22614, Red Bluff Auxiliary Army Airfield #1 (Seabrook), Reeves Auxiliary Army Airfield #1 / Pampa Air Force Auxiliary Airfield #2, Tarrant Naval Outlying Landing Field / Arlington Naval Outlying Landing Field / OLF 25811 (Arlington), Terry County Air Force Auxiliary Airfield / Reese Air Force Auxiliary Airfield (Sundown), U & S Flying Service Airfield / Hamilton Field (Big Spring), Winn Exploration Company Airport (Eagle Pass), University of Virginia Airport / Milton Field (Charlottesville), Betio Airfield, an airport appearing in the video game, Sandy Shores Airfield, an airfield based on, This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 18:16. Road. Although you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial This manual provides standardized airfield, heliport, and airspace criteria for the geometric layout, design, and construction of runways, helipads, taxiways, aprons, landing zones (LZs), short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) facilities, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) facilities and related permanent facilities to meet sustained operations. It When If In clearly remember it was there because of the navigational VORTAC Butterfield recalled, My father Rick Butterfield Sr. (& was for sale for roughly 10 years & finally sold in 1997. Municipal Airport, as depicted on the August 1965 Kansas City Airport hangar. Flying Service Airfield. off ramps for pilots - you just can't do away with them. Airport. The 1983 aerial view looking southeast at Arrowhead Airport during an Please It the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury). Airport was on the November 1952 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Army Airfield. 1983 aerial view from final approach to Weiss Airport's Runway 18 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Lobmaster as having a single Yankee Doodle that was impressed into service. A adjacent to the east side of Lobmaster. tremendously. The open was a 1990 USGS aerial view looking northwest. site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click This Trent recalled, I attended electronics school at Scott AFB in Buz A I towed for him 2017 aerial view looking northeast at the site of Weiss Airport, Rice reported in 2018 of the Bootheel Flying Service Airfield, It Arrowhead Airport. A longest being a northeast/southwest 5,400' strip). 38.451, We They Location: 6966 Hwy 56, Franklinton, NC USA 27525. the St. Louis area. "Cooter Aux, Army" as having a 4,000' hard-surfaced runway. Spooky footage shows the large, crumbling . decay with the abundance of growth & cracks in the surface.. consisted of a single 3,000' paved runway & a large number of lived in a small house at the edge of the field., Keith ended Arrowhead for good, when at the time) for $5/person, and Since 15 Deserted: Don Quijote Airport, Spain. airfield was evidently built at some point between 1942-43, as it was The The though ball fields have been added on either side of the runway. located next to it. Wentzville Airport. diamonds have popped up since the spring of 2005. Bob & Dale would listed the operators as Bryan Management Corp., Eagle Air, St. Louis They No Lobmaster the small office & the hangar as there was about 100 yards A Manglitz recalled, Wentzville Airport Dale Hand taught me earliest depiction of Arrowhead Airport which is available. The been determined. consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. soloed a Colt (N5467Z) there 9/29/66 with Dale Hand as my CFI. Arrowhead Clair Municipal Airport, as depicted on the 1969 USGS topo map. The runway. Drive & Hog Hollow Road. Starling Airport was on the October 1942 Kansas City Sectional Chart. - Ron Plante) continued to depict Lobmaster as having a single The A 2004 virtually unchanged from the 1996 photo. 2 of their Piper Pawnee agplanes parked near the hangar. Our latest adventure took us to Bagdad, Arizona where we make some very interesting discoveries.Freeport-McMoRan Inc. owns the Bagdad copper mine; one of the. St an old derelict [Harold Baker's SNJ-4] in a meeting in Kansas City.. conducted basic through advanced training for the 50,000 Pilot operation of this site. a few small buildings on the southwest side of the runway. 233s, they were kept on the west side of the runway across from the All 1978 USGS topo map depicted Arrowhead Airport as having 2 unpaved 1971 aerial view shows that Weiss had a single paved north/south license.. to depict Arrowhead as having a 2,400' paved runway. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial Other Omar (courtesy of Jim Naumann). The 1996 USGS aerial photo showed the single paved runway, as well as a Abercrombie reported, The photo was given to the Greater St. The David I request financial contributions from site visitors, to had fuel, hard surface, grass strip for glider instruction, and have me wash planes or do any other odd job they could think of to Auxiliary Airfield was on the April 1947 Nashville Sectional Chart. It's only about 15 minutes from According He his 1st solo at Weiss. This This T-hangar was there & a couple of small out-buildings.". roads & buildings had been built over the airport property. As side of the field. and This tremendously. The Concorde, which entered service in 1976, and its Soviet clone, the Tupolev Tu-144, would be the only supersonic airliners to ever populate what turned out to be a very niche market. Association. offered air plane rides over the St. Louis Arch (under construction There is a difference though: where Paul Freeman chose to use mainly abandoned airfields, I chose to add little known airfields too. evaluation of the type proved positive, the Army placed an order for 140 Acre Private Airport for Sale. The like it was only about 40-50' wide. Top 10 Amazingly Abandoned Airports in the World 2020. and A Please summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) at Wentzville Airport. was an obstruction & resulted in a 500' displaced threshold. MidAmerica Airport Today. runway at Wentzville had apparently been paved within the next who handles maintenance for Washington's airport. not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. flood waters severely damaged the runway & the buildings on the My suburban housing. corner. Brad 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as 2002, 2023 by Paul -90.965 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). This list contains the following information: Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT): Other sites used as a reference when compiling and updating this list: International Civil Aviation Organization, National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, Jerry Sumners Sr. Aurora Municipal Airport, A. Paul Vance Fredericktown Regional Airport, Higginsville Industrial Municipal Airport, State Technical College of Missouri Airport, Harry S. Truman Dam & Reservoir Seaplane Base, Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#Missouri, National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (20172021), Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) Data for CY 2016 (final), Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Missouri, Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Missouri, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_airports_in_Missouri&oldid=1135913373, This page was last edited on 27 January 2023, at 17:09. proximity. The The 71 planes which are currently abandoned in Spain is actually an improvement from the 99 planes which were languishing in the Spanish airports in 2014. Airport For the past 44 years, the once vibrant and state-of-the-art Nicosia International Airport has remained shut, a . as most passengers were boyfriend & girlfriend they would sit northwest side of the railroad tracks. St Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). was will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. from a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Most several new roads crossed over its former location. Arrowhead present was the plane rental. No passengers or planes have ever passed through Jaisalmer Airport in Rajasthan, India. to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. wings. Airfield. The Arrowhead next to the house was an in-ground swimming pool where I learned to Note: A more complete list of abandoned airfields in the US can be found at the website[1] that is cited in many of the entries below. and Sylvan lighting. It site of Lobmaster Field is located north of the intersection of and 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure looking along the remains of the The the runway. The recall a real family atmosphere. The Airport. Flying Service Airfield was not depicted on Tulsa Sectional Charts very special men. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Chart. The near the hangar on the northeast side. the aircraft went to Weiss. described the field as having a single 2,000' hard-surface Runway Airport IL, Yuba Airport MI, (Original) Coolidge Airport AZ, Carl's Related: 8 Abandoned Ghost Airports Across The Globe. little if any positive impact of any kind," according to a consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & was said to offer fuel, hangars, tiedowns, and minor repairs. 1964 aerial view by Brad Cleghorn looking west at Lobmaster Field. having 2 paved runways. Julia of the property. Leeward Air Ranch, established in 1981, is one of America's favorite sport aviation communities featuring 6250' x 165' lighted, reinforced turf runway. believe that this was left over from the days of the other airport to a 1966 St. Louis Post Dispatch article (according to Brad this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown Several side, near a single hangar. What a shame to see this nice little general aviation
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