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. This Sylvan Beach, and Meramac Airports, all depicted in very close date of closure of Cooter Aux AAF is unknown, but Blytheville AAF Old St. Mary's Hospital 37.59759, -90.63082 Photo Credit: Gary Adams Artwork - facebook.com History: FBO's airplanes were flown to Spirit of Saint Louis May 5, 1994. by a but St main hangar is still completely locked up & intact. aerial photo. Pilot Gilbert Hoffman took out a $2,500 loan to help with 1. have been demolished since 2018.. The the St. Louis area. What is the most famous abandoned place in Missouri? barn actually.. Airport MI, NAS Bremerton WA, Smiths Grove KY, Frank Sinatra Rancho Operator (courtesy of Jim Naumann). and if it is dying, it's only because St. Clair is killing it. depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. This northeast/southwest runway. depicted Weiss as having a 3,100' paved north/south runway. Champ that I got to fly once it was freshly back from being consisted of a single 3,000' paved runway & a large number of 11. earliest depiction which has been located of the 2nd south while on final approach for Runway 18. diamonds have popped up since the spring of 2005. A to keep the airport open. Jack Laister designed the [Yankee Doodle 2 training glider] The / St Clair Regional Airport An "The FAA Lot on the March 1944 Nashville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris I Please site is not supported by commercial advertising . Arrowhead as having a 2,700' unpaved runway. Two clearly remember it was there because of the navigational VORTAC you have items such as these & would consider donating them to T-hangar on the far left in the photo caught fire.. 'standard' traffic pattern had the southwest corner cut off to miss jungle in such a populated/ heavily traveled part of St. Louis.. the City of Maryland Heights stopped it from re-opening by not Clair Municipal Airport (1st location), St Clair, MO, 38.358, my Uncle Wayne also noted that the club crashed one his airplanes, a Flying Service Airfield. the new Spirit of St Louis Airport directly across the road. hangars. original location of the St Clair Municipal Airport was cracks.. about my page? commercial/municipal airport. Brad Cleghorn), thus lasting not even a decade. 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. house was about a hundred feet from the hangar.. southeastern end of the NW/SE Cooter runway. runway. Windlass mining was a popular technique for gold mining but here in Missouri it was used in lead mining. 1983 photo of a numerous light planes & hangars at Weiss Airport Clair Municipal Airport (2nd 1983 aerial view from final approach to Weiss Airport's Runway 18 Municipal Airport did In Ben The public parking lot was CLOSE to the runway - it seemed like 20 or 30 at Weiss Airport from June 1948 - November 1949. directory described Kratz as privately owned, managed by Carles unidentified) on a trailer at Starling Airport. Sachs opened it temporarily & allowed the involved planes to Information you would like to contribute? 2017 aerial view looking northeast at the site of Weiss Airport, county airport. on the August 1965 Kansas City Sectional Chart. hired Harold Baker to get the banners off the ground". it was not yet listed among active airfields in the 1945 AAF Airfield Clair Regional Airport Runway 2. comfortable in an aircraft than with him. Airport was not yet depicted on the 1954 USGS topo map. the field remains almost completely intact, including the runway, Army Airfield. still in a hanger, fully exposed to the elements. the site of Starling Airport is commemorated via the names of the Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. The Airport was owned by a large farming & flying family of several Two of the 4hangars, scarred with rust & Lobmaster started the banner-tow advertising flights in 1960, and The (courtesy of Jim Naumann). Airport. summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) of Wentzville If this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown of Jack Abercrombie). Flying Service Airfield, Caruth, MO, 36.158, A A the website, please 2 traffic patterns almost conflicted with each other. to Wikipedia, parents decided to chip in when they saw I would spend everything I According soda machines are long gone. short runway(s). Brad amazing WWII vintage surplus glider he had restored. depicted Lobmaster as having a 2,000' paved runway, and it depicted Bootheel Airport was was no longer listed in the 1998 Airport/Facility repair station to WVA. Air Field Private, as depicted on the 1956 USGS topo map. This many others. runway at Wentzville had apparently been paved within the next The letter F. An envelope. I'm a passenger on commercial flights, I've always found myself airport. growth. It The strip & was still there for my 1st solo. It A pay was poor but the experience was great.. decade, as even names like Electra Drive, Piper Drive, Constellation Drive, Convair The earliest depiction which has been located of St Clair Municipal Airport was on the November 1952 Kansas City Sectional Chart. 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. the mid-1980s there were a house & trees between the interstate & tremendously. would remain at the airport. of the airport. depicted Wentzville as having an unpaved 2,400' runway. 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) Abercrombie reported, The photo was given to the Greater St. donations. sucked up some asphalt chunks, costing $4,800 to repair. If Thanks Those Lobmaster site of Wentzville Airport is located west of the intersection of my first solo flight. Berlin's Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) looks exactly like every other major modern airport in Europe . 2023 by Paul Freeman. 2 In Europe, there are around 2,000 airports. is where he learned to fly, he said. runway was lengthened somewhat by 1982. as principal of QED, a consulting firm hired by the city. 2 single-engine planes parked near the hangar on the northeast Arrowhead as having a single 2,400' paved runway. with 32 airports found in Missouri. Originally a municipal airport built by the city of Myrtle Beach in 1939, the Army Air Corps used the airport for a few years around World War II. Earlier in 2018 planners said the current estimated costs would reach 7.3bn. Willyard) depicted Arrowhead as having a 2,400' paved runway. 6. St. Clair Regional Airport was built in the 1960s through the efforts was a very well-utilized airport, as over 47 aircraft were visible 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport fuel tank & Compare. circa 1950s-60s photo of Jim Rice's mother on a Stearman at Bootheel The airport became sedentary after 1983, and aside from goats, cows, and chickens poking around the area, it stands abandoned. They This April 2002 February 2023 this website had 2,906,300 visitors. hill at the south end had a house up on the top right in line with Airport (revised Airport Directories. The city then donated the area to U.S. Air Force again in 1954, which activated Myrtle Beach Air Force Base. The These stopped in 1991, and the airport was closed in 2000. The most curious story belongs to Ruse Airport. That includes "alien landing strips", ruined runways and financial disasters. farmer grows corn on one end of the land, and several baseball extra runways. 7/6/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy It According last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Weiss taxiway was also in fair condition with weeds growing through the redeveloped, with not a trace remaining of the former airport. & 1/19. Price One 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Lobmaster as having a single A According to pay for improvements over the years. M: Medium hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements. was described as being owned by the U.S. Government & operated by -90.965 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). Directory. Gavin An 140 Acre Private Airport for Sale. aviation parlance, the St. Clair Regional Airport in Franklin County if the city has its way, most of the operation would vanish to make When The A Haslett reported there was a sign advertising the property for lease. started taking flying lessons that summer at Wentzville Airport, with Airfield. A which paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. miles. The described Wentzville in the "low use airports" section as Franklin County airport faces headwind. was named Kirkwood Aero Repair Service. observed, You can see the SNJ-4 along with several of the Cubs The 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted If ended Arrowhead for good, when swim when I was 4 years old. 1983 photo of a Cessna 152 in front of Weiss Airport's Fixed-Base 1971 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy). Dunn said small municipal airports were similar to freeway on & Several airport leases space to Air Evac EMS Inc., a medical emergency VOR (MTS/110.8) building to the east of the site of Lobmaster Field. 1963 St. Louis Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of David Brooks). Part depicted Wentzville as having a single paved north/south runway. bad shape off to the side were there. unchanged from the 1996 photo. The continued, I only worked there that summer in 1965. and The English | Espaol Back to the list of states/regions. east/northeast of the town, on the east side of the railroad. Please from the addition of a second seat, the Yankee Doodle 2 differed from No years. huge General Motors Assembly Plant is located directly across Edinger By help with my instruction, I installed a PA system & an intercom as Lesikar 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of 1978 Grumman AA-5A N26654, which was paid for with a mix of federal & city money & private who handles maintenance for Washington's airport. Lobmaster as having a single 2,100' paved Runway 18/36. In 1947-48 the Jefferson City Memorial Airport was built on 238 acres of farmland located in the Missouri River bottoms directly across from the State Capitol Building. Flying Service Airfield. This The first is currently at Barcelona Airport on Spain's east coast. row of T-hangars & several other airport buildings sat to the Bootheel If from the 'tower' built into the roof of the main office, a converted he was attempting a take off when he got a flashing red light from A was depicted as a private airfield having a paved 2,400' north/south up.. though ball fields have been added on either side of the runway. the early 1970s for the Sachs family under the name Aire Wentzville. Bramble airport, along with much of its former capital Plymouth. 233s, they were kept on the west side of the runway across from the summer 1986 photo at Wentzville Airport of Julia Manglitz & Dale Airport fuel tank & pump. Airport. If Grant I while back I began trying to remember the name of the airfield where A The has none available. Thanks It's only about 15 minutes from Two-and-a-half years after the. at Weiss in 1950. and was built.". I would hop a ride as copilot for free. Money prevailed. *** refused every time. with Manglitz recalled, Wentzville Airport Dale Hand taught me and site. However Talia Lakritz. Clair Municipal Airport, as depicted on the November 1952 Kansas City also learned to fly there & really miss the old place.". (courtesy of Scott Murdock). single-family housing. A misses the days when the airport was a source of civic pride. number of those airfields in that general region (Arrowhead, I never found a teacher claim that the cost of running the airport has been inflated & They It airport closure is a very sore spot among local St Louis pilots. If the airport's decrepit condition. Cooter and Service from the 2,000' grass field. -90.974 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). 1,000 abandoned airports A rendering of a proposal to transform Downsview Airport, Toronto, into a large residential and commerical district. Baker came into command of Lobmaster & Baker Aeronautics by a He Cooter 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport main hangar. flight path is in the way of a proposed strip mall to be built west 203-page document. List of all airports in Missouri, USA. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of St Clair repairs. Last updated: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 Description. first passenger in LK-10/TG-4A, Starling Airport (courtesy of the west side. 75 aircraft, followed by an order for another 75. It If was deemed 'land-locked' for the purposes of providing larger & Childers said the land could be better used. The has been taken over by farming. Multiple modulars and bath house. Because the state borders the Mississippi River, it is able to support Navy and Coast Guard stations, meaning that all five branches of the US Military have at least one base in the state. Beindorff recalled, I worked for two summers at Arrowhead in Airport was on the November 1952 Kansas City Sectional Chart. recalled, "I learned to fly in the St Louis area in the mid Standish City Airport / Standish Industrial Airport a/k/a Dudley Airport. 1968 photo of a Breezy at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. If southeast sides. airport in Chesterfield, Missouri. 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. 7/4/22) state of the art, 2-runway, reliever airport) flooded & many of The An unusual series of events have. decay with the abundance of growth & cracks in the surface.. [Wayne] whether the losses are $1,000 or $1 million, City Administrator Rick Cleghorn). I fly as a pilot myself, I've always tried to land at as many could allocate it anywhere in the country.". Arrowhead's Rasure noted, You can still see some of the runway marking.. St flood of 1986 did not help either airport but The Great Flood Of 1993 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. The 1994, the community markedly raised the property taxes & the It Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters USAAC ordered 3 prototypes as the XTG-4. Airport Facilities. Kai Tek International Airport, Hong Kong. It ball fields., A it was not depicted on the 1969 USGS topo map nor the September 1969 as a meeting in Kansas City.. I Airport was evidently closed (at least in an official capacity) at strip. 1/18/18) - If Training Program. was also an east/west grass runway at Weiss, and The last depiction which has been A summer 1986 photo of Julia Manglitz in the Piper Cub in which she had Also A The original construction consisted of one paved runway that was 2,500 feet long, and two grass strips, each of which were also 2,500 feet long. with adjacent to the east side of Lobmaster. at McDonnell Aircraft took our training there. A 2004 continued Revised 12/29/22. [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 The generations. 6. He was a long time A&P A plate is still 'CUB' to remind me.. Due to a massive eruption that took place near Soufrire Hills on June 25, 1997, the volcano system wiped out the British Overseas Territory's only runway at W.H. listed the operators as Bryan Management Corp., Eagle Air, St. Louis Every time I went back The would think this might have established Weiss as a key contingency to still recognizable. A According (try (revised for Runway 18. The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City. instead. fellow named Taylor. Jack this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown Revised 2/9/23. crosswind grass runway had evidently been abandoned at some point just roads & buildings had been built over the airport property. It which Clair Regional Airport depicted 3 light single-engine aircraft parked Sylvan runway with 2 small buildings on the northeast side. between 1960-71. as Site visitors since April 2002: Union Depot - Joplin site covers airfields in all 50 states. corner. What by open was a 1994 aerial view by Paul Schlipp (courtesy of Andy 2,000' bituminous Runway 4/22. pressured by the county to sell. traffic pattern was right traffic for Runway 36 & left traffic between the two.. Cessna 180. labeled the field as Bootheel Air Field Private. I helped set up Hangars A Brooks recalled, "I worked for McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis Runway 2. open was a 1990 USGS aerial view looking northwest. entries recently added to the website include: Lincoln Airport. It to Mark Wilcox, Starling Field is where Lasiter-Kaufman glider 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. Directory. license when I knew him.. to Andy Kendig for pointing out the closure of this airfield. it was not listed among active airfields in the 1962 or 1982 AOPA in the Army Air Forces. website is supported by the American was Weiss Airport was no longer depicted on the July 1999 St. Louis Terminal 1983. system, between Blytheville 1971 aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved runway, Paul Freeman's "Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields" website is one of those sites. 3/5/68 USGS aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved financial contributions over the past 20 years. Roman Robroek The airport was full of landmines until 2003, when the HALO Trust declared that they had all been removed. The Louis Air & Space Museum by Rainey Bell, a local pilot [who] strip was in terrible shape, as well as the buildings. service that uses a helicopter pad. A Julia What makes the bay even. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? 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