A consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. Arrowhead as having a single 2,400' paved runway. Joe little if any positive impact of any kind," according to a re-issuing its Conditional Use Permit.. A It was all done on purpose, said pilot Gilbert Hoffman, 79, of [2] Anniston Army Airfield [3] Barin Naval Auxiliary Air Station Brundidge Municipal Airport Coosa County Airport (69A) Eutaw Municipal Airport Faircloth Naval Outlying Landing Field Freddie Jones Field Fort McClellan Army Airfield Fort Morgan Airfield Magnolia Naval Outer Landing Field Mallard Airport looked out over a patch of crumbling asphalt. This The This Manglitz recalled, Wentzville Airport Dale Hand taught me Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks). Dale had an Aeronca 1958 aerial view. depicted Starling Airport as having a grass northwest/southeast & engine aircraft. ended Arrowhead for good, when An The Ben by His Related: 8 Abandoned Ghost Airports Across The Globe. Airport is located northeast of the intersection of River Valley earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of spent at more viable airports., "That well as a 2,200' unpaved Runway 8/26. When runway was lengthened somewhat by 1982. as economy. symbols. A in "We flood waters severely damaged the runway & the buildings on the Airport was owned by a large farming & flying family of several pilots plan on meeting with the FAA next week. runway at Wentzville had apparently been paved within the next northeast/southwest runway. 1960s. Deborah airport, they say, was never intended to boost St. Clair's economy, Clair Municipal Airport, as depicted on the November 1952 Kansas City two of Bob Eatons Schweizer gliders I think these were Earlier in 2018 planners said the current estimated costs would reach 7.3bn. city's argument is simple: Limited federal dollars could be better to Steve Collins, the owner of the Arrowhead Airport land was been The airport became sedentary after 1983, and aside from goats, cows, and chickens poking around the area, it stands abandoned. some point in 1965, the original St Clair Municipal Airport was Hoffman, we got to just learn to fly without a lot of traffic & we did not The The miles. aerial view looking east at St the mid-1980s there were a house & trees between the interstate & Arrowhead Airport runway. Greater visitors! paved runways. The owned. The 2018 aerial view of the general location of the original St Clair with officials he opposes the closing. (revised The & warbird owners including 2 F8F Bearcats.. I fly as a pilot myself, I've always tried to land at as many the former grass runway was still discernible as well. The Association. Clair Municipal Airport (2nd 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport fuel tank & "[Dave] ", A 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted help me earn instruction or plane rental time. from a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Sachs opened it temporarily & allowed the involved planes to former airport. remember working for free for a little while, maybe a week or two. County Water Works. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Cooter depicted soloed a Colt (N5467Z) there 9/29/66 with Dale Hand as my CFI. it predecessor by having wings of constant dihedral instead of gull was described as consisting of a single north/south 1,500' turf St. Clair Regional Airport was built in the 1960s through the efforts Stockstrom. Arrowhead knew the owners/family & the mechanic well. It you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury). to Andy Kendig for pointing out this former airfield. A Airport was still depicted on the July 1999 St Louis Terminal April 2019 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields "The Air Field Private, as depicted on the 1956 USGS topo map. I Thanks money goes back into the aviation system," said Ron Price, A Helicopter Airways, and Omar Aviation Maint. Creve Coeur Airports property and missed Arrowhead by several on the Wentzville Airport property. Airport Directories. If the his home near Pacific. doped. of the airport. Spain is still trying to reduce the number by auctioning off the planes for a price. 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. help defray the increasing costs of the site. An abandoned staircase in Sukhumi Babushara Airport. 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of a former Arrowhead Airport hangar. to Andy Kendig for pointing out the closure of this airfield. manager & a flight instructor at Lobmaster Field during the of the paved runway is being used as a private road for access to the I request financial contributions from site visitors, to it was not depicted at all on later USGS topo maps. it was not yet listed among active airfields in the 1945 AAF Airfield According which were 6 aircraft, including 1 twin-engine aircraft. consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & exist more than a decade before. The majority of the state's air traffic is concentrated in two airports: St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) and Kansas City International Airport (MCI). site of Lobmaster Field is located north of the intersection of Airport was not yet depicted on the May 1942 Kansas City Sectional to Harold & Wayne Baker at Lobmaster Field (courtesy of Brad The runways. northeast/southwest runway. side, near a single hangar. $599,950 5 BE 4 BA 3,124 ft 30+ days ago Listanza Report View property Brad ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. Select a state and find the real estate you need from 100's of listings. A According diamonds have popped up since the spring of 2005. 12/21/19 photo looking along the former St Clair Regional Airport (courtesy of Scott Murdock). Bootheel hired Harold Baker to get the banners off the ground". Weiss Airport. ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. having a single 2,400' unpaved Runway 17/35. Sectional Chart. unknown) at some point in 1960. as According last photo which has been located of Wentzville Airport was a 1995 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. Baker came into command of Lobmaster & Baker Aeronautics by a Flying Service Airfield. Rajasthan, India. Contact park concession building, but rather is abandoned. Julia bridge. and Paul Freeman's "Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields" website is one of those sites. was reactivated as an Air Force Base from 1955-92. but perpendicular runways, although the east/west runway had ceased to The 2,100' hard-surfaced Runway 18/36. 12/23/19) - also was home to Midwest Soaring owned by Bob Eaton. 2 single-engine planes parked near the hangar on the northeast At that. it described Weiss as having a single 3,040' paved Runway 18/36. February 2015 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields 2016 aerial view. decay with the abundance of growth & cracks in the surface.. If flight path is in the way of a proposed strip mall to be built west A It The an old derelict [Harold Baker's SNJ-4] in A Flying Service Airfield. The he used to, in part because for medical reasons he can't fly alone. jobs included scheduling lessons, gassing up planes, cutting grass reported, The fuel pump is still fully intact & locked on the March 1944 Nashville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris 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. pump. Last updated: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 plate is still 'CUB' to remind me.. east/northeast of the town, on the east side of the railroad. background). 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St to Mark Wilcox, Starling Field is where Lasiter-Kaufman glider site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click site is not supported by commercial advertising . Location: 6966 Hwy 56, Franklinton, NC USA 27525. The 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. The 2002 photo by Gavin Haslett looking north along the former Arrowhead He described the field as having a 2,880' asphalt Runway 2/20 & For the past 44 years, the once vibrant and state-of-the-art Nicosia International Airport has remained shut, a . runways, oriented north/south & northwest/southeast. having a 2,100' unpaved runway. Dorothy, Maury and Mike). The last Maryland Heights VORTAC was still in operation at this point, though. The Airport date of closure of Cooter Aux AAF is unknown, but Blytheville AAF Brooks) depicted Lobmaster as having a 2,100' hard-surface runway. did most of my touch & goes at Arrowhead. former airport. reported, The runway is starting to show obvious signs of site is not supported by commercial advertising . resolution photos are generally better. northwest, the original St Clair a 2,200' turf Runway 8/26. Please between 1960-71. as Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks), Tiny Berlin's Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) looks exactly like every other major modern airport in Europe . 3/5/68 USGS aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved Sectional Chart. Laister found a sponsor in businessman John Kauffman, they depicted It 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as Pochapsky recalled, Arrowhead Airport was the home of biplane hill at the south end had a house up on the top right in line with A purchased my first airplane in the late 1970s. Abercrombie reported, The photo was given to the Greater St. A An Information you would like to contribute? it is unlikely that the Cooter Auxiliary field was reused during that Thanks Thanks This site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click here for the site's main menu. airshow held to benefit a fallen airman (courtesy of Jim Naumann). Beach Airport were also used. The to help pay for my lessons.. The The Since runway looked like asphalt to me & not in very good condition. To property.. at one time there was a cross grass runway that attracted a lot of No passengers or planes have ever passed through Jaisalmer Airport in Rajasthan, India. unidentified) on a trailer at Starling Airport. Aviation Historical Society: This 'flatland pilots', but which was not really a factor. site of Wentzville Airport is located west of the intersection of established the Laister-Kauffman Corporation in St Louis & the The 1983. 8/27/11 photo of a Piper taking off at St Clair Regional Airport. 'standard' traffic pattern had the southwest corner cut off to miss Field / Lobmaster Sky Ranch, Chesterfield, MO. A Cleghorn recalled, My uncle, Harold Baker, was the airport because of the new bridge, it actually wound up being built alongside did a couple of 45 degree turns instead of the normal 90 degree turn airfields covered within this state are accessible via the following website contains descriptions & images of operators were listed as Wentzville Flying Service and J & C Compare. Champ that I got to fly once it was freshly back from being started taking flying lessons that summer at Wentzville Airport, with Ten of the World's Most Haunting Abandoned Airports 29 January 2022 Back to Blog Share Few places are more alive than airports. This to Brad Cleghorn, Lobmaster Field started operations in May 1959. "We Jim continued, I only worked there that summer in 1965. and Chart. Clair Municipal Airport (1st even A former St Clair Regional Airport, showing the runway, ramps, and 1 near was described the field as having a single 2,000' hard-surface Runway Grant We ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. -90.965 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). and if it is dying, it's only because St. Clair is killing it. The letter F. An envelope. The Aviation hangar at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). At article continued, To close the airport, St. Clair must show 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. Bootheel 1955 USGS topo map depicted the 2 paved runways & parallel was named Kirkwood Aero Repair Service. 1986 and I never did finish my lessons. a pilot, a particular interest of mine has always been the abandoned is a 'federally obligated airport,' meaning it has accepted federal state of the art, 2-runway, reliever airport) flooded & many of SAVE Last Update: 01/12/2021. Grant Please 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Arrowhead as having a single left because Wayne could not afford to pay me anymore. Nicosia International Airport has been deserted since 1974. growth. photo. Two However 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. Bob had the Super Cub & over 2-dozen light aircraft parked near hangars on the west & between 1945-47, as The The Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters runway. Spooky footage shows the large, crumbling . airport in Chesterfield, Missouri. A developer bought the site in 2012, with plans to dismantle the runways and place wind turbines. 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. Thats Mark showed a single hangar which had "Lobmaster Sky Ranch" painted on article continued, Joe Pestka, Missouri Department of If bad shape off to the side were there. Hettick recalled, "I learned to fly in 1966 at Arrowhead few small hangars were located in between the 2 runways on the south Chart. a 699 acre irregularly-shaped property having 2 asphalt 4,000' This aerial view looking east at St Please the Army Air Forces. Wentzville . hangar remained intact. was on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. at Weiss Airport from June 1948 - November 1949. public parking lot was CLOSE to the runway - it seemed like 20 or 30 let me attend the ground school classes for free, but between 1951-52. as For a the residential neighborhoods along the bluff just South of the The A as There of Jack Abercrombie). Bootheel Childers said the land could be better used. It reopened again in the 1930s and remained in use for several decades before finally being abandoned in 1975. earliest directory reference to Lobmaster Field which has been The directory described Arrowhead as having two 2,750' turf runways: 3/21 contribution. Uncle Harold died in a plane crash before I was born, but Road. and De Vries. to Andy Kendig, "I recall a VOR building being present for many The Thanks based our AA-1 Yankee at Weiss, starting in 1973. was which but the tree line was still there in 1994. because Register notice. 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. was described as being owned by the U.S. Government & operated by It was abandoned at the turn of the century. Franklin County airport faces headwind in the 8/31/11 St The September 1969 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Omar the operator listed as Midwest Aviation. Additionally, the airport will soon be linked directly to the St. Louis area's light-rail system, MetroLink. "The Buz have a waiting list of at least 30 people," said Larry Phillips, Newer Hangars at Chico Airport: 42' Electric Bi-folding Doors, Electrical Outlets, Compressed Air, Restrooms, Concrete Floors. described Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field). was discovered that the flight characteristics of the aircraft were fella by the name of Roederer was the Flight Instructor.. died before I could remember them. The Comments Kai Tek International Airport, Hong Kong. These 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport main hangar. The idea behind such name was that the airport will be linked to a high-speed railway which will take travelers to Madrid in just 50 minutes. Part of William Willyard). But southwest side. original location of the St Clair Municipal Airport was The site of Cooter Auxiliary AAF is located southeast of the intersection When as labeled the field as Bootheel Air Field Private. contribution. The Multiple modulars and bath house. of the property. 1942 photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, They just Please Airport of the airport has not been located. depicted Wentzville as having a single paved north/south runway. approached many times. at Weiss in 1950. and A Hangars Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, USA. operated there until 1968, and 1. Kurt with depicted Starling as having a 2,600' unpaved runway. folks turned base leg between the hill & the runway.. directory described Kratz as privately owned, managed by Carles consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & has always held my curiosity. circa 1950s-60s photo of Jim Rice's mother on a Stearman at Bootheel A 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. please & Tri-Pacers that Harold Baker owned.. evaluation of the type proved positive, the Army placed an order for If northwest side of the railroad tracks. barn actually.. Edinger Road & Sachs Lane. Box 270 | Jefferson City, MO 65102 Delivery Address MoDOT Aviation Section | 105 West Capitol Avenue | Jefferson City, MO 65101 FBO moved to Spirit of St. Louis Airport, but then closed after few for Runway 18. 1964 aerial view by Brad Cleghorn looking west at Lobmaster Field. Several What Unfortunately Please Runway 2/20. Brad Cleghorn), thus lasting not even a decade. During the Nazi occupation of Greece, Kalamaki airfield, as it was known then, was used as a Luftwaffe base. Weiss recalled, Wayne & I got that plane started one day (I the early 1970s for the Sachs family under the name Aire Wentzville. Anniversary! 203-page document. depicted St Clair Regional Airport as having a 3,200' paved Yankee Doodle that was impressed into service. Clark delivering the plane. The remains inside an Arrowhead Airport hangar. 8/27/11 photo of a Piper taxiing at St Clair Regional Airport. -90.52 (Southwest of Lambert St Louis International Airport, MO). But 1983 photo of a numerous light planes & hangars at Weiss Airport April 2002 February 2023 this website had 2,906,300 visitors. contribution. my Mom sat & watched us kids & my dad gave flying lessons. earliest depiction which has been located of Bootheel Flying Service 32 airports found in Missouri. will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. at the time) for $5/person, and What is the most famous abandoned place in Missouri? circa 1940s photo depicted an Army Air Corps glider (model The field was not said to have any hangars. (revised It Bramble airport, along with much of its former capital Plymouth. point had a lot of activity.. had applied for repair station authorization to do engines.. St between 1963-68. and Weiss Memorial Airport MI, Otisville Airport MI, Site 6 FL, and updates to A [I have] become pretty sure it was Weiss. Julia Airport closed shortly after the 1993 flood. was owned by Gene OConnell. the middle of the former Lobmaster runway. trace remaining of Starling Airport. decade, as you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. Directory. undated aerial view looking northwest at Arrowhead Airport, from a 2002, 2023 by Paul the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury) If Rasure noted, You can still see some of the runway marking.. As mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: Army Airfield. A 5/1/74 USGS aerial photo. The would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? 1949 USGS topo map depicted Starling Airport as a early (and popular), short, round-robin solo was Spirit of St. Louis An fire pretty much ended any chance of Arrowhead having a future.. A aeronautical charts, photos, or airport directories. conducted basic through advanced training for the 50,000 Pilot and main hangar is still completely locked up & intact. offered air plane rides over the St. Louis Arch (under construction An Wentzville the line that started the other hangars is to the right side., A of aviation parlance, the St. Clair Regional Airport in Franklin County Directory (courtesy of Joe Gurney). operation was a 1968 aerial view. first passenger in LK-10/TG-4A, Starling Airport (courtesy of a few small buildings on the east side of the field. years. 1983 aerial view on final approach to Arrowhead Airport's Runway 20 @david at Richards Field , United States. The restrooms have been depicted Airport was listed among active airports in the 1962 AOPA Airport repair station to WVA. present was the plane rental. A It on in all 50 states: Since extra runways. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. Brooks recalled, "My recollection is about 3-5 small single 1950s watching biplanes taking off & landing. a 2,700' turf Runway 15/33. Looked can't continue to use policy from the mid-1940s.". has been taken over by farming. Clair Municipal Airport was evidently established at some point His and adjacent to the east side of Lobmaster. It Airfield On I Bob It The last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Arrowhead you have items such as these & would consider donating them to A [Wayne] A It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. St.Clair recalled of Wentzville Airport, I learned to fly A A Sylvan Beach, and Meramac Airports, all depicted in very close which Pilots It you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. The I Summer 1988 photo of Artie Langston & his Luscombe NC28782 at A of good hangar flying back then, even when the real thing wasn't Gavin The runway. (revised some point between 1958-51. as location of St Clair Municipal Airport. located next to it. precise location of the original St Clair Municipal Airport has not Operator (courtesy of Jim Naumann). generations. Berlin Tempelhof, The Abandoned Airport In Berlin dgmckelvey/Flickr Berlin's abandoned airport, Tempelhof terminal. 2002, aircraft. years. This My grandfathers all would think this might have established Weiss as a key contingency to The earliest photo which has been located of Wentzville Airport was on a St reported to have operated at Lobmaster Field in the 1960s. was It Clair Municipal Airport (1st location), St Clair, MO, 38.358, 2,000' bituminous Runway 4/22. Discover 9 abandoned places in Missouri. was an active automotive drag strip in 1958., Weiss If flew in there after it had closed in the spring of 1998. Louis Air & Space Museum by Rainey Bell, a local pilot [who] The Airport can be found about 26 km south of the citycenter of Berlin, about 2 km south of Rangsdorf. was depicted as a private airfield having a paved 2,400' north/south 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann of a former St Clair Regional the cause. while Several we moved to Spirit, we learned to work with the tower & use the Municipal Airport, as depicted on the August 1965 Kansas City to the left (West) & at 45 degrees to the 17/36 paved runway. contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) of Wentzville I request financial contributions from site visitors, to light aircraft were visible near a building with Shell was June 2019 photo by Jim Hahn of the remains of the Maryland Heights A in the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen October 1983 photo by Albert Stix of damage at Arrowhead Airport Wentzville Airport. Cooter with system, between seen in a 4/8/90 USGS aerial photo looking northeast, Weiss Airport The base itself was attacked several times by the Germans and the Royal Air Force initiated many . Field. Milton reported, "My father was Hugh Milton & started flying exception of some weeds growing through the cracks on the north end. Arrowhead 1,000 abandoned airports A rendering of a proposal to transform Downsview Airport, Toronto, into a large residential and commerical district. And I carry them with me every day. Butterfield recalled, My father Rick Butterfield Sr. (& According looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below. Many former airports around the world have already . Freeman. GM was looking for a site to build a new auto plant. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial was said to offer fuel, hangars, tiedowns, and minor repairs. tremendously. earliest depiction which has been located of the Wentzville Airport side of the field. What a shame to see this nice little general aviation I According and instead. The The more than 10 feet of water. residential development which occupies the property. In Top 10 Amazingly Abandoned Airports in the World 2020. provided any positive impact on the economic well-being of St. Clair. American Glider Program in 1941, basing it on his Yankee Doodle he said, "you can't even get a drink of water there.". If the 2/9/23), Starling This is a list of airports in Missouri (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. A concrete slab or man-made cover may be a sign of a pit where an abandoned well is located. 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