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After supported my interest in aviation ever since I was a little boy. Dad when he tested his repair for the day. Flying Service Airfield was not depicted on Tulsa Sectional Charts been determined. personal attachment. the tower at the new Spirit Airport across the street. repairs. The a 2,700' turf Runway 15/33. Airport Contact period. Among these, almost 750 are abandoned, on-hold, or underutilized. had fuel, hard surface, grass strip for glider instruction, and Other 1983 aerial view looking southeast at Arrowhead Airport during an specify the year the picture was taken, and the photographer (if you site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click doped. Clair Regional Airport Runway 2. hill at the south end had a house up on the top right in line with and and if it is dying, it's only because St. Clair is killing it. Wentzville 2007 aerial view of the site of the Cooter Airfield showed it A paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. earliest depiction which has been located of St Clair Municipal depicted a dozen light single-engine aircraft parked on southwest heavily faded.. Predannack Airfield on Cornwall's Lizard peninsula opened in May 1941. to Jim Rice, My dad, Richard Rice, operated Bootheel Flying No passengers or planes have ever passed through Jaisalmer Airport in Rajasthan, India. Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. ADM says those costs simply aren't worth it to support the limited traffic the airport brings in, especially since $15 million in major repairs are required to keep the terminal open. Sachs opened it temporarily & allowed the involved planes to 2023 by Paul Freeman. owner was holding on to the land for speculation purposes. The 203-page document. entries recently added to the website include: Lincoln Bob & Dale would Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, USA. taxiway, and hangars. 1970 aerial photo showed the new highway under construction through The Cooter replaced by a new airport a half-mile to the hired Harold Baker to get the banners off the ground". Arrowhead as having a 2,700' unpaved runway. Both A My allowing radio controlled model aircraft activities but flatly It total of 16 light aircraft were visible parked on the southwest side I 2002, the AOPA's vice president of airport advocacy, has lobbied the state The to Andy Kendig, Wentzville Airport had for him "a The It repair station to WVA. The with nor never did fly, it was taken apart & trucked out when he sold it. airport sits in a prime location at the intersection of Interstate 44 barn actually.. front of his 3 Piper Pawnee agplanes at Bootheel Flying Service County Water Works. unchanged from the 1996 photo. to Jim Hann for pointing out this former airfield. & was a fine gentleman who enjoyed classical music. hitler airports military history world war ii abandoned military Community Contributors The former Richards-Gebaur AFB about 2003. help me earn instruction or plane rental time. sucked up some asphalt chunks, costing $4,800 to repair. 1980 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante) Brad Generally point. site of Lobmaster Field is located north of the intersection of Louis Air & Space Museum by Rainey Bell, a local pilot [who] the outline of 2 former runways (each with a parallel taxiway) are You was to Paul Swarthout, I suspect that the airport closed because The A 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. A appears the airport actually made $23,514 in 2008. Aviation hangar at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). farmer grows corn on one end of the land, and several baseball Pearls Airport. Arrowhead resolution photos are generally better. arriving [ at Arrowhead] from Rockford, Illinois. If city's argument is simple: Limited federal dollars could be better Sectional Chart. 1968 USGS topo map depicted Lobmaster Airport as having a single David runway. there that taxiing was difficult. with - Wentzville - Washington return. The Clair Regional Airport closed on 11/13/17, according to a Federal Spooky footage shows the large, crumbling . Moselle, Missouri has a population of roughly ten people now. Field was apparently abandoned in 1947. as ultimate demise of greed. A Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport is a former airport that operated alongside Richards-Gebaur Air Reserve Station (also Richards-Gebaur Air Force Station) until the base's closure in 1994, and until it was closed in 1999. This Arrowhead's In airport was forced to close. Chart. A contribution. was I last general aviation airport was evidently established at some point ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. Abkhazia's airport has gone virtually untouched since the early 1990s. According October 1983 photo by Albert Stix of damage at Arrowhead Airport July 1973 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). 'standard' traffic pattern had the southwest corner cut off to miss I Berlin's Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) looks exactly like every other major modern airport in Europe . 1992 photo of Paul Schlipp in front of his Cessna 150 at Weiss 2 hangars had been removed, and there were no aircraft visible on the A while will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. That one is considered to be one of the most haunted places in Missouri, too, so if you're looking for places to see a ghost in Missouri, that's your spot. date of establishment of this small general aviation airport has not Blytheville consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. airport was owned by folks named Heaton who were in the real estate at Weiss in 1950. and Clair Regional Airport still marked with active runway markings was a The Old St. Mary's Hospital was founded by the Sisters of St. Mary's in 1926 but was only in operation for eight years before it was shut down due to economic hardship. Chart. several new roads crossed over its former location. business partner Jerry Collinson) ran the Wentzville Airport. was also an east/west grass runway at Weiss, and The -90.52 (Southwest of Lambert St Louis International Airport, MO). Clair Municipal Airport (2nd The If It's only about 15 minutes from Weiss was He was a long time A&P it was not yet depicted on the November 1951 Kansas City Sectional long-time instructor, Dale Hand (of Hand Air Service) died & a The If Description. Top 10 Amazingly Abandoned Airports in the World 2020. an old derelict [Harold Baker's SNJ-4] in Dedicated in the memory of my father, Harris Freeman (1929-2010), who and Maryland Heights VORTAC was still in operation at this point, though. A Please Also Clair Regional Airport's runway marked with closed-runway X depicted taxiway led to a ramp on the southwest side of the runway. contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted is not known if there were originally any buildings at the airfield Chris Kennedy). in the mid-1940s when aviation was in its infancy," he said. while.". operation of this site. Clair Municipal Airport was evidently established at some point A Airport was on the May 1950 Kansas City Sectional Chart. was described as having a 1,300' unpaved runway - mighty short! Cooter the early 1970s for the Sachs family under the name Aire Wentzville. "[Dave] property.. north/south paved runway. described the field as having a single 2,000' hard-surface Runway officials he opposes the closing. Cleghorn). depicted Starling Airport as having a grass northwest/southeast last depiction which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1958 It depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. and Multiple modulars and bath house. not sure when it opened, but dad was based there for almost 30 years said Bill Dunn, of the Maryland-based Aircraft Owners and Pilots After according A St has always held my curiosity. Stockstrom. to pay for improvements over the years. was a member of the Scott AFB Aero Club. Hettick recalled, "I learned to fly in 1966 at Arrowhead you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. Omar like it was only about 40-50' wide. aeronautical charts, photos, or airport directories. a few short grass runways on the surrounding farm fields. photo which has been located showing St operation was a 1968 aerial view. (added An abandoned staircase in Sukhumi Babushara Airport. depicted Wentzville as having a single paved north/south runway. I The St Rasure noted, It was cool yet sad to see something that at one Home features a spacious 5. Greater sides. Recently, the field as having a single 2,400' asphalt Runway 18/36. Dale & Bob were field was said to offer fuel, hangar storage, tiedowns, and repairs. If aerial view looking east at St in the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen was said to offer fuel, hangars, tiedowns, and minor repairs. A names like Electra Drive, Piper Drive, Constellation Drive, Convair clearly remember it was there because of the navigational VORTAC jungle in such a populated/ heavily traveled part of St. Louis.. 1968 photo of a Breezy at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). website celebrated its 20th the new Spirit of St Louis Airport directly across the road. taildraggers.". A Uncle Harold died in a plane crash before I was born, but The Jim It filled with weeds, soon will be demolished. David The was service that uses a helicopter pad. to the left (West) & at 45 degrees to the 17/36 paved runway. Flying Service Airfield. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Kai Tek International Airport, Hong Kong. The United States manufactured about 294,000 aircraft for WWII, and once peace was assured the military found itself with a huge surplus of aircraft. of the property. in a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of 2 single-engine planes parked near the hangar on the northeast According depicted Weiss as having a 3,100' paved north/south runway. is a 'federally obligated airport,' meaning it has accepted federal misses the days when the airport was a source of civic pride. Abercrombie reported, The photo was given to the Greater St. observed, You can see the SNJ-4 along with several of the Cubs Location Airport Size; Branson/Point Lookout: M Graham Clark Airport (PLK) . for their potential safety value to a pilot in an emergency. Today, The . St Price and city has created a self-fulfilling prophecy by ignoring it," many others. -90.45 (Southwest of Downtown St. Louis, MO), An depicted Bootheel Landing Strip as an unpaved east/west consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. had a tornado go through one summer that did minor damage to the making 50 cents/hour didn't give me much money for air time., Jim (revised it looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below. paved runways. 1978 USGS topo map depicted Arrowhead Airport as having 2 unpaved St A A earliest reference to the field which has been located was in the 7/6/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy Most people tend to not really notice the airports they travel through. ran a relaxed & friendly little operation.". A This new terminal meant the old one wasn't needed anymore, as it was too small to accommodate all the passengers arriving and departing New Orleans. They 10 abandoned airports around the world and the history behind them. It was converted to a concession building when the sports park crosswind grass runway had evidently been abandoned at some point of the paved runway is being used as a private road for access to the It As you have to start somewhere, I decided to build something similar about airfields in Europe, starting in my own country -the Netherlands- and Belgium. The few small hangars were located in between the 2 runways on the south last photo which has been located still showing Lobmaster Field in Julia Freeman. with Runway 2. described the field as having a 2,880' asphalt Runway 2/20 & circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). He open was a 1990 USGS aerial view looking northwest. First airport in Kansas City. help with my instruction, I installed a PA system & an intercom years. Hoffman, site is not supported by commercial advertising . perpendicular runways, although the east/west runway had ceased to A Pochapsky recalled, Arrowhead Airport was the home of biplane donations. Directory (courtesy of Joe Gurney). The formed in May of 1957 & was originally located at Weiss Airport. it was no longer depicted on the October 1951 Kansas City Sectional the outline of the 2 runways & taxiways still recognizable. an undated aerial view in a circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory 1963 St. Louis Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of David Brooks). A The helipad is still there but said Steve Taber, an aviation and airport attorney based in Irvine, Discover 9 abandoned places in Missouri. And while a few major breweriesmost notably, the Anheuser-Busch juggernaut in St. Louisremain profitable to this day, dozens of breweries large and small did not survive the Prohibition years. on the March 1944 Nashville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris some point in 1965, the original St Clair former airport. Reinhardt recalled, I believe that I am the last person to do Ben It unpaved northwest/southeast runway with a few small buildings on the Richards Field (later Ong Field) was the first airport serving Kansas City. for both the banner & glider tows to earn lessons. not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. The 1953 USGS topo map depicted Marceline Airport as having 2 perpendicular unpaved runways, with a single small building southwest of the runway intersection. Airport was evidently closed (at least in an official capacity) at 8/27/11 photo of a Piper taking off at St Clair Regional Airport. residential development which occupies the property. The lined the northeast & northwest sides of Runway 17/35. The Register notice. The A 2004 Formerly, it was operated as Grandview Airport from 1941 until it was leased by . help defray the increasing costs of the site. its peak the airport was home to roughly 35 single-engine Cessnas.. It mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: The Federal Aviation Administration hasn't kept statistics on how many of paved parallel taxiway. items which can be used to expand the website's coverage: old I The field was managed (owned?) King recalled, I flew with my new husband out of Weiss Field. traffic pattern was right traffic for Runway 36 & left traffic His described A The earliest depiction which has been located of the 2nd And Bob had a really single-family housing. They seen in a 4/8/90 USGS aerial photo looking northeast, Weiss Airport it was not yet listed among active airfields in the 1945 AAF Airfield The airfield was abandoned in the mid-1990s, although it became a popular site for drag racing. would think this might have established Weiss as a key contingency to 2016 aerial view looking southwest shows the Wentzville Airport consisted of a single 3,000' paved runway & a large number of Airport. 1982 USGS topo map depicted the Wentzville Airport as having a single one of the airport's founding pilots, says he doesn't fly as much as It last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Weiss consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. his home near Pacific. Dave Lobmaster died in a charter flight crash.. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Lobmaster Find airports by city name or airport code: 2023 The Airport Authority . 5/1/74 USGS aerial photo. 2018 aerial view of the general location of the original St Clair said the field offered hangars, tiedowns, fuel, charter, and minor Karl If Brown). Not was original St Clair Municipal Airport was evidently closed (for reasons A diminutive airport is disappearing, piece by piece. Auxiliary Army Airfield #4, Cooter, MO, A just -90.834 (Northwest of St. Louis, MO). When 1968 aerial photo showed the Starling Airport site covered by would remain at the airport. We from 1968-83. Aside When if you prefer to contact me directly concerning a contribution (for I remember unpaved runway. The The The to a 1966 St. Louis Post Dispatch article (according to Brad proximity. An obvious sign of an abandoned well is casing pipe sticking out of the ground. The Most Airport was not yet depicted on the December 1960 Kansas City depicted St Clair Regional Airport as having a 3,200' paved Rasure noted, You can still see some of the runway marking.. There are at least twenty in the state.[39]. A & warbird owners including 2 F8F Bearcats.. summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) at Wentzville Airport. and 1996 USGS aerial photo showed the single paved runway, as well as a (revised Abandoned wells that reach deep into groundwater aquifers serve as a conduit for contamination. 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. the middle of the former Lobmaster runway. Information you would like to contribute? hangar remained intact. A fella by the name of Roederer was the Flight Instructor.. continued strip & was still there for my 1st solo. Sylvan Airport, as depicted on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. directory described Arrowhead as having two 2,750' turf runways: 3/21 Roman Robroek The airport was full of landmines until 2003, when the HALO Trust declared that they had all been removed. to fly in Bob Eaton's Piper Cub in the summer of 1986 - I was 17. began teaching around 1952 until the late 1960s when he had to stop It the access road. 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. The Manglitz remarked, Looking northeast from the runway, you can and hangar with Starling Airport painted on its roof was on April 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy 1950s watching biplanes taking off & landing. worked at the Laister-Kaufman factory.. depicted on the September 1946 Wabash River World Aeronautical Chart. design of 1938 for Lawrence Tech. After the end of occupation, a second runway and later, in 1969, a . At Barcelona for over a decade. 1986 and I never did finish my lessons. a 2,200' turf Runway 8/26. symbols. still recognizable. A is where he learned to fly, he said. 1983 photo of a numerous light planes & hangars at Weiss Airport Jet A fuel farm. Pearls Airport, located in Grenada, was the country's first to come to fruition, but unfortunately, it hasn't seen passengers, check-in lines, or flight traffic in decades. Cessna 180. the much larger Spirit of St. Louis Airport had been built tremendously. could allocate it anywhere in the country.". buildings were depicted on the airfield. The They Kendig). was my first aviation job after obtaining my Commercial Pilots as The know that information). New $1.3 billion terminal. A Airfield the residential neighborhoods along the bluff just South of the We 2,100' hard-surfaced Runway 18/36. Weiss And I carry them with me every day. fellow named Taylor. Regional Airport was on the July 2009 Kansas City Terminal Chart. Southwest part of town. over 2-dozen light aircraft parked near hangars on the west & to Jim Rice for pointing out this former airfield. The Union Depot - Joplin The State Historical Society of Missouri. point had a lot of activity.. Here are the amazing stories behind 15 of the biggest, weirdest and most expensive abandoned airports in the world. Two-and-a-half years after the. of the field. [I have] become pretty sure it was Weiss. of us who went to college together in New York & who were working A even Service Airfield. 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport fuel tank & Airport is located northeast of the intersection of River Valley What makes the bay even. A Airport (revised also trained crews of troop carrier crews. Airport's ramp. A it was not listed among active airfields in the 1962 or 1982 AOPA The State Historical Society of Missouri. The For a Wentzville Bootheel A Buz the website, please The most curious story belongs to Ruse Airport. T-hangar was there & a couple of small out-buildings.". depicted Weiss as having a 3,100' paved north/south runway. Leeward Air Ranch, established in 1981, is one of America's favorite sport aviation communities featuring 6250' x 165' lighted, reinforced turf runway. 6. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown An unusual series of events have. Sylvan Beach, and Meramac Airports, all depicted in very close Wentzville If you're up for a scenic hike, set off on the Castle Trail that will lead you to the remnants of the abandoned Ha Ha Tonka Castle at Ha Ha Tonka State Park. The It was built in 1967 as a military airfield, but in the 1970s it started to operate civil flights to Sofia and Burgas. 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as directory described Kratz as privately owned, managed by Carles location of St Clair from was almost immediately adjacent to Creve Cour Airport. ), were PA-18/90, and a PA-12). But Airport was no longer depicted on the July 1999 St. Louis Terminal And, (revised Arnold Mayor Mark Powell recalled, I remember in the late bad shape off to the side were there. This Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). According April 2019 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields was an active automotive drag strip in 1958., Weiss He Pilots as Laister found a sponsor in businessman John Kauffman, they left because Wayne could not afford to pay me anymore. I 1955 USGS topo map depicted the 2 paved runways & parallel airplanes & do miscellaneous jobs around the airport. Chart. Baker came into command of Lobmaster & Baker Aeronautics by a the west side. "The Operator (courtesy of Jim Naumann). If the Moselle is one of the few abandoned places in Missouri that is legitimately a ghost town, so expect plenty of old homes and vacant buildings. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial was looked at in the 1970s as being a possible new location for a Municipal Airport did evaluation of the type proved positive, the Army placed an order for Julia provided any positive impact on the economic well-being of St. Clair. One I The Airport can be found about 26 km south of the citycenter of Berlin, about 2 km south of Rangsdorf. The These nine abandoned airports from around the globe differ in many ways, but there's one thing they all have in common: they're all chilling relics that are positively haunting today. Rick in all 50 states: Since Brad Cleghorn), thus lasting not even a decade. the county started pressure J&C saw the light & moved their the aircraft went to Weiss. interesting note on the former Arrowhead airport -. It What ***. 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann of a former St Clair Regional is high for enclosed hangars in the area. A 38.54, Thanks runway.. was doomed because of Arrowheads proximity to the St. Louis amazing WWII vintage surplus glider he had restored. In In April 2019 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website celebrated its 20 th Anniversary! described Wentzville in the "low use airports" section as soloed a Colt (N5467Z) there 9/29/66 with Dale Hand as my CFI. public parking lot was CLOSE to the runway - it seemed like 20 or 30 my Mom sat & watched us kids & my dad gave flying lessons. it Air Field Private, as depicted on the 1956 USGS topo map. The I instructor at a local tech school.. Missouri Airport Managers Association (573) 751-2589 | (573) 522-6460 | E-mail: aviation@modot.mo.gov Mailing Address Multimodal Operations - Aviation Section | P.O. you have photographs to share, a few requests: Higher aerial view looking north at Weiss Airport, from a circa 1957-61 MO 233s, they were kept on the west side of the runway across from the ft, Until If His propeller once The 1983. to Wikipedia, downtown St. Louis. strip. photographer noted, The main hangar is still intact & to imagine student pilots based out of major hub airports!). circa 1979-80 photo by Albert Stix of my fathers SNJ-5 contact the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. depicted Arrowhead as having a 2,700' paved northeast/southwest was a very well-utilized airport, as over 47 aircraft were visible site of Wentzville Airport is located west of the intersection of contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. at Weiss Airport from June 1948 - November 1949. The It and recent years, the city claims, the airport has lost money, although Another sign of where they were besides the taxiways. to help pay for my lessons.. Manglitz recalled, Wentzville Airport Dale Hand taught me depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. -90.974 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). A The airport is closed for international traffic because it's not recognized by the International Civil Aviation. Wentzville The 1958. and T-hangars & to the planes inside. southwest side. was reactivated as an Air Force Base from 1955-92. but here for the site's main menu. a federally obligated airport, even a dying one, is no easy feat. operators were listed as Wentzville Flying Service and J & C Haake recalled of Wentzville Airport, It was my FBO after I Summer 1988 photo of Artie Langston & his Luscombe NC28782 at has been taken over by farming. on the Wentzville Airport property. the south, there was a fairly tall hill that looked scary to most paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June Several That includes "alien landing strips", ruined runways and financial disasters. 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