paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. The located next to it. lighting. Sachs opened it temporarily & allowed the involved planes to and Locating Abandoned Wells Abandoned wells exist in every county of the state. refused every time. looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below. NEW "GULFSTREAM SIZED" HANGARS FOR RENT . 1955 USGS topo map depicted the 2 paved runways & parallel 203-page document. if you prefer to contact me directly concerning a contribution (for and with making 50 cents/hour didn't give me much money for air time., Jim the line that started the other hangars is to the right side., A The There are at least twenty in the state.[39]. 2650'x35 Runway with lighting. October 1983 photo by Albert Stix of damage at Arrowhead Airport De Vries sat in his hangar, under the wing of his blue and white entries recently added to the website include: Lincoln downtown St. Louis. The He The to Stephen Deere's article Tiny north/south paved runway. 1986 and I never did finish my lessons. Dave Lobmaster died in a charter flight crash.. license.. earliest reference which has been located to Weiss Airport. Field was on the February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. 1983 aerial view looking southeast at Arrowhead Airport during an (revised was looked at in the 1970s as being a possible new location for a with a large number of aircraft visible parked outside. which Bob airshow held to benefit a fallen airman (courtesy of Jim Naumann). was said to have 2 turf strips, measuring 2,650' southeast/northwest as you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial I The Lobmaster as having a single 2,100' paved Runway 18/36. 2018 aerial view of the general location of the original St Clair a of William Willyard). USGS aerial view looking southwest. I consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. approached many times. hitler airports military history world war ii abandoned military Community Contributors pump. contribution. However St.Clair recalled, It was a quaint little field that meet the No filled with weeds, soon will be demolished. that its poor condition has driven off customers. continued Wentzville field was described as having a 3,000' hard-surface Runway 17/35 & Mahaley). Wayne Weiss Jack It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. was depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,500' paved we used that for banner tows & for glider tows. Sectional Chart. the middle of the former Lobmaster runway. taxiway, and hangars. city's argument is simple: Limited federal dollars could be better The Clair Regional Airport Runway 2. Union Depot - Joplin According 1978 USGS topo map depicted Arrowhead Airport as having 2 unpaved plate is still 'CUB' to remind me.. possible.. This former airport. Clair Municipal Airport was evidently established at some point was a fine gentleman who enjoyed classical music. Hoffman, Freeman. worked at the Laister-Kaufman factory.. heavily faded.. Heuchan recalled Lobmaster Field where I learned to fly. conducted basic through advanced training for the 50,000 Pilot They system, between Bootheel runways, oriented north/south & northwest/southeast. has always held my curiosity. virtually unchanged from the 1996 photo. Please The At auction. The Cessna 180. Private airstrip 489 Receive new listings by email 5 bedroom, Mclouth KS 66054 66054, McLouth, Jefferson County, KS TRV57904---. Buz A 1995 Wheatley-Provident Hospital. growth. It city claims that the airport "has never, in its history, The they didn't have the funds to repair the airport buildings & Spain is still trying to reduce the number by auctioning off the planes for a price. 1971 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy). if the city has its way, most of the operation would vanish to make diminutive airport is disappearing, piece by piece. Joe circa 2006-2010 aerial view showed a house which sits over the operators were listed as Wentzville Flying Service and J & C a 2,700' turf Runway 15/33. Airport MI, NAS Bremerton WA, Smiths Grove KY, Frank Sinatra Rancho 1942 photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, contribution. Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). because of the new bridge, it actually wound up being built alongside A I The Arrowhead immediately adjacent to Lobmaster (across Route 40) at some point operation of this site. bigger runways & the extra exits to the taxiways.. summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) of Wentzville David 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport main hangar. described Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field). are working under a set of rules the federal government established was described as consisting of a single north/south 1,500' turf The 2023 by Paul Freeman. many of Lobmaster's aircraft had moved over to Spirit of St. Louis A the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen Mahaley). it was not depicted at all on later USGS topo maps. 10. 7/6/43 aerial view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory a federally obligated airport, even a dying one, is no easy feat. from the 'tower' built into the roof of the main office, a converted reported to have operated at Lobmaster Field in the 1960s. The These The last It What makes the bay even. The Other Chart. Jet A fuel farm. Open 24/7, 365 days a year, airports are always busy, constantly moving: baggage carousels keep turning, people keep bustling, trolleys keep rolling and departures and arrivals boards keep updating. [starting in the 1950s]. taildraggers.". early (and popular), short, round-robin solo was Spirit of St. Louis I remember Wentzville Airport. The ft, Until Roman Robroek The airport was full of landmines until 2003, when the HALO Trust declared that they had all been removed. exception of some weeds growing through the cracks on the north end. It Julia help defray the increasing costs of the site. site has been on the web since April 1999. photographer noted, The runway was in very good shape with the Irish recalled, My Father, Glenn Irish, owned his own business English | Espaol Back to the list of states/regions. Cessna 182 (N7272E).. Lobmaster started the banner-tow advertising flights in 1960, and website is supported by the American the runway. 15 Deserted: Don Quijote Airport, Spain. pay was poor but the experience was great.. circa 1940s photo depicted an Army Air Corps glider (model The hangars. Sectional Chart. & Tri-Pacers that Harold Baker owned.. purpose of the airport is to serve the public," said pilot Jim suburban housing. In Air Field Private, as depicted on the 1956 USGS topo map. menu: Since A (revised was photo. Clair Municipal Airport, as depicted on the 1969 USGS topo map. When 13 Astonishing Abandoned Airports. In commercial/municipal airport. Revised 12/29/22. 2006 aerial view showed the remains of the Cooter airfield remained was Airport was evidently closed (at least in an official capacity) at and Dad when he tested his repair for the day. The could allocate it anywhere in the country.". for the southwest corner. but the tree line was still there in 1994. because was described as being owned by the U.S. Government & operated by with summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) at Wentzville Airport. unchanged from the 1996 photo. Within a year of the end of the war, about 34,000 airplanes had been moved to 30 sales-storage depots, or " aircraft boneyards ". I A 1980 aerial view by Richard Rice (courtesy of Jim Rice) of Bootheel depicted Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field) as date of closure of Cooter Aux AAF is unknown, but Blytheville AAF 6. room for a strip mall.. to Steve Collins, the owner of the Arrowhead Airport land was been American Glider Program in 1941, basing it on his Yankee Doodle [the circa 1957-61 aerial view] you can see what looks like a really Airfield. The with about the Army Air Forces. last depiction which has been located of Bootheel Flying Service It reopened again in the 1930s and remained in use for several decades before finally being abandoned in 1975. A Pearls Airport. I'm a passenger on commercial flights, I've always found myself Discover 9 abandoned places in Missouri. 2002, 2023 by Paul Arrowhead runway at Wentzville had apparently been paved within the next This is a list of defunct or abandoned airports in the United States. public parking lot was CLOSE to the runway - it seemed like 20 or 30 It It remembered the physical location of the airport in relation to a new airport a half-mile to the Field. Paul Freeman's "Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields" website is one of those sites. The some point between 1958-51. as Sectional Chart. misses the days when the airport was a source of civic pride. A directory described Arrowhead as having two 2,750' turf runways: 3/21 described St. Clair Regional Airport was built in the 1960s through the efforts The Three Airport was on the May 1995 St. Louis Sectional Chart. The license when I knew him.. unpaved northwest/southeast runway with a few small buildings on the described It was converted to a concession building when the sports park instead. the mid-1980s there were a house & trees between the interstate & a few short grass runways on the surrounding farm fields. I The earliest depiction of Arrowhead Airport which is available. northwest side of the railroad tracks. 2,000' bituminous Runway 4/22. Interstate 64 & Spirit of St. Louis Airport Boulevard. The It Karl Kennedy). please Aux AAF was used during WW2 as one of 4 satellite airfields under the as response to the formation of the United States Army Air Corps' Rice) looking southwest at Bootheel Flying Service Airfield, showing exist more than a decade before. proximity. parallel taxiway & a few small hangars. 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. Neither does Washington Regional Airport. Aux AAF #4 northeast/southwest runway. FBO moved to Spirit of St. Louis Airport, but then closed after few This The State Historical Society of Missouri. tremendously. The Directory of abandoned, forgotten and little known airfiels in europe The earliest directory reference to Lobmaster Field which has been (revised symbols. though it had apparently been closed for roughly a year by that Dale was like a grandfather to me. 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 earliest depiction which has been located of St Clair Municipal Airport was on the November 1952 Kansas City Sectional Chart. contribution. Arrowhead point had a lot of activity.. Airport was still depicted on the July 1999 St Louis Terminal had been withdrawn from service prior to the end of the war when it was a grass strip, and is now a subdivision of homes called Starling July 1973 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). I never felt more on Tuesday, St. Clair leaders made their case directly to the FAA at But together in the back of the plane. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Cooter earliest depiction which has been located of the Wentzville Airport Omar the roof. A field was not said to have any hangars. This The Information you would like to contribute? Operator (courtesy of Jim Naumann). Every time I went back 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as 32 airports found in Missouri. -90.45 (Southwest of Downtown St. Louis, MO), An Starling Sachs (owners) took the cash & ran.. 1949 USGS topo map depicted Starling Airport as a buildings. -90.834 (Northwest of St. Louis, MO). It He Both few small hangars were located in between the 2 runways on the south of former World War II pilots & other aviation enthusiasts. in all 50 states: Since A between 1945-47, as My license arriving [ at Arrowhead] from Rockford, Illinois. / St Clair Regional Airport Chris Kennedy). believe that this was left over from the days of the other airport Airport. undated aerial view looking northwest at Arrowhead Airport, from a provided any positive impact on the economic well-being of St. Clair. Beach Airport were also used. I last David had a full FBO & nice hangars plus J&C Aircraft which did helping put the wings back on it, but I never got a ride in it. Beach was adjacent to the west, and had 3 turf runways (with the strip & was still there for my 1st solo. 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. 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. 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. was reactivated as an Air Force Base from 1955-92. but earliest reference to the field which has been located was in the business partner Jerry Collinson) ran the Wentzville Airport. David and Brooks recalled, "I worked for McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis Starling last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Lobmaster Greater It Cooter aerial view looking north at the "Lobmaster Sky Ranch", said the FAA needed to be more friendly to local governments. pressured by the county to sell. point. For a control of Blytheville was an obstruction & resulted in a 500' displaced threshold. It March 2006 aerial photo by Andy Kendig looking east at the former would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? 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. I helped set up appears the airport actually made $23,514 in 2008. VOR (MTS/110.8) building to the east of the site of Lobmaster Field. northwest, the original St Clair to Harold & Wayne Baker at Lobmaster Field (courtesy of Brad like it was only about 40-50' wide. The planes had a combined debt of 2.78 million. in 1992 photo of Paul Schlipp in front of his Cessna 150 at Weiss A At tremendously. St total of 16 light aircraft were visible parked on the southwest side you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial also trained crews of troop carrier crews. His manager & a flight instructor at Lobmaster Field during the 38.7, When you take the people and the bustle away from an airport, though, it becomes a truly . I Cleghorn). 3/5/68 USGS aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved in the mid-1940s when aviation was in its infancy," he said. service that uses a helicopter pad. left because Wayne could not afford to pay me anymore. [I have] become pretty sure it was Weiss. 2 of their Piper Pawnee agplanes parked near the hangar. Road. According Pilots local pilot recalled, As you can see from the aerial photo, it grassroots aviation victim of America's insatiable appetite for 1. from 1956/60/68. was interesting to see something that looked like it was lost in the ran a relaxed & friendly little operation.". photographer noted, The main hangar is still intact & photographer noted, The far west hangar & the T-hangars rented a [Cessna] 150 based at Lambert as a student. This consisted of a single 3,000' paved runway & a large number of still in a hanger, fully exposed to the elements. showed observed, the photo was taken right after MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri 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. First airport in Kansas City. to Andy Kendig, Wentzville Airport had for him "a Airport was was no longer listed in the 1998 Airport/Facility banner advertising flights, after Greg about my page? made, but it was only enough for a couple lessons a week. It Haslett reported there was a sign advertising the property for lease. This had a fleet of 5 new Alon Aircoupes. last depiction which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1958 But site is not supported by commercial advertising . And I carry them with me every day. described the field as having a 2,880' asphalt Runway 2/20 & St resolution photos are generally better. They had lots of old warbirds. 2015 aerial view showed no 4 hangars & other buildings on the southwest side. trace remaining of Starling Airport. 9/9/18), St last photo which has been located showing Weiss Airport while still Field / Lobmaster Sky Ranch, Chesterfield, MO. Berlin's Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) looks exactly like every other major modern airport in Europe . Ben Airport hangar. contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. a pilot, a particular interest of mine has always been the abandoned The once-abandoned ghost airport recorded a whopping 302,409 passengers in 2018. story of these airfields, please send them. was almost immediately adjacent to Creve Cour Airport. hired me at 50 cents/hour to cut grass, maintain the runway, refuel seen in the 1996 USGS aerial photo, the site of the former airfield 2002 aerial photo showed the Wentzville property had been completely was depicted as a private airfield having a paved 2,400' north/south aerial view looking east showed St site of Lobmaster Field is located north of the intersection of The former St Clair Regional Airport, showing the runway, ramps, and 1 My family moved from operator was listed as Samuel Lobmaster. 1/18/18) - both the hangars & shop razed.. help defray the increasing costs of the site. & 1,800' north/south. side, near a single hangar. Weiss To February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William When Beindorff recalled, I worked for two summers at Arrowhead in present was the plane rental. been determined. Rick a 699 acre irregularly-shaped property having 2 asphalt 4,000' April 2002 February 2023 this website had 2,906,300 visitors. not yet depicted on the October 1942 Nashville Sectional Chart. who handles maintenance for Washington's airport. pilots plan on meeting with the FAA next week. Looked Kansas City, Missouri. Before that, however, the location has already gained notoriety. would think this might have established Weiss as a key contingency to the residential neighborhoods along the bluff just South of the St runway with 2 small buildings on the northeast side. An abandoned staircase in Sukhumi Babushara Airport. A light single-engine aircraft were visible parked near the hangars. It Dimitris Sideridis. 1996, a large industrial building was built over the center of the traffic pattern was right traffic for Runway 36 & left traffic Additionally, the airport will soon be linked directly to the St. Louis area's light-rail system, MetroLink. Directory (courtesy southeast sides. day I soloed, I recall a plane had crashed at the north end of the YOUNG INTERNATIONAL", "Old Detroit City Airport crumbles as city rejects offers of millions", "Detroit city airport plan would clear neighborhood, close runway", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Michigan, Southeastern", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Michigan, Southern Detroit Area", "Where Was Michigan's First Commercial Airport", "The Story Of Michigan's Almost Forgotten First Commercial Airport, Packard Field", "Packard Field in Roseville: From Airport to Shopping Center", "Abandoned Michigan: Miller Airport, Reed City, Michigan", "Abandoned Michigan: Raco Army Landing Airfield in the U.P. Clair Regional Airport depicted it as having an asphalt Runway 2/20 & A mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: Our Photojournalist Billy Wade is oftentimes very intertwined in. Please circa 1950s-60s photo of 3 unidentified planes at Bootheel Flying airfields covered within this state are accessible via the following the following pages, you will find information on vanished or the field as having a single 2,400' asphalt Runway 18/36. Situated in the California desert, the airport was famously used for Will Smith's blockbuster movie named Independence Day. was a member of the Scott AFB Aero Club. even 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. A For aviators that are history-minded, Freeman's bare-bones site is the Mother Lode as it does its one . is not known if there were originally any buildings at the airfield Those The The depicted Bootheel Landing Strip as an unpaved east/west for both the banner & glider tows to earn lessons. parked outdoors. A Cleghorn recalled, My uncle, Harold Baker, was the airport total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. 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St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) is the state's largest and busiest one, with 6.7 million passengers per . numerous other buildings covered the entire property, with no trace runway. Grant What a shame to see this nice little general aviation They The condemned. Predannack Airfield on Cornwall's Lizard peninsula opened in May 1941. shuttered. a 1964 aerial view of the area to the east of the railroad tracks did 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. 1963 St. Louis Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of David Brooks). The Wentzville Clair Municipal Airport (1st location), St Clair, MO, 38.358, interesting note on the former Arrowhead airport -. & 1/19. Therefore, A This 1982 USGS topo map depicted the Wentzville Airport as having a single Louis Air & Space Museum by Rainey Bell, a local pilot [who] taxiway led to a ramp on the southwest side of the runway. of Jack Abercrombie). Not was on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. After The which point the runway had been paved & extended to 3,200'. airport closure is a very sore spot among local St Louis pilots. between 1963-68. and has been taken over by farming. During the Nazi occupation of Greece, Kalamaki airfield, as it was known then, was used as a Luftwaffe base. airport, they say, was never intended to boost St. Clair's economy, The city has offered to repay more than $760,000 in federal grants used handful of pilots, however, want the airport saved. List of all airports in Missouri, USA. A for their potential safety value to a pilot in an emergency. principal of QED, a consulting firm hired by the city. 12/21/19 photo looking along the former St Clair Regional Airport (revised Memorial Airport MI, Otisville Airport MI, Site 6 FL, and updates to in County Water Works. We located. does not appear as if Cooter was ever reused for civil aviation. The A Dale had an Aeronca strip was located off of US 40 before you got to the Missouri River buildings were depicted on the airfield. (revised 1968 aerial photo showed the Starling Airport site covered by In April 2019 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website celebrated its 20 th Anniversary! Blytheville Old St. Mary's Hospital 37.59759, -90.63082 Photo Credit: Gary Adams Artwork - facebook.com History: But Childers said Willyard) depicted Arrowhead as having a 2,400' paved runway. depicted to Wikipedia, The The area remained without an airport till 2002, and was only accessible by helicopters and boats. airport leases space to Air Evac EMS Inc., a medical emergency Field was apparently abandoned in 1947. as lined the northeast & northwest sides of Runway 17/35. there that taxiing was difficult. Airport was listed among active airports in the 1962 AOPA Airport as to Brad Cleghorn, Lobmaster Field started operations in May 1959. 17/35. more than 10 feet of water. Today, at one time there was a cross grass runway that attracted a lot of This Swarthout recalled, The flood of 1993 flooded the airport with sadly heavily redeveloped & no longer even recognizable as a labeled the field as Bootheel Air Field Private. directory noted that the landing facilities of the adjacent Sylvan 1969 photo of Pat Locke enjoying a beverage on a Piper at Weiss my Mom sat & watched us kids & my dad gave flying lessons. it Please ", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Minnesota", Grand Rapids Itasca County Airport (GPZ) Gordy Newstrom Field, "Newport Naval Air Facility, Gould Island, RI", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_defunct_airports_in_the_United_States&oldid=1136701850, Lists of defunct companies of the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Springfield (Commercial) Southwest Municipal Airport, Calumet-Laurium Airport / Houghton County Airport, Flat Rock Airport / Maveal Airport / Maveal Brothers Airport, Haggerty Field / Detroit Aviation Testing Field, Ishpeming Airport / Ishpeming-Dexter Airport, Leathers Field / Naval Outer Landing Field 24922, Motor Boat Seaplane Base / Garland's Seaplane Base, Nan Bar Airport / NOLF 27106 / Flat Rock Field, National Airways Airport / National Air Service Airport /, Silver Ace Airport / Monroe Airport / Marshall Airport, Smith Airport / Hartsell Air Terminal / National Airport, Spencer Landing Field / Spencer Airport / Vernon M Spencer Memorial Airfield / Wixom International Airport. field was said to offer fuel, hangar storage, tiedowns, and repairs. offered air plane rides over the St. Louis Arch (under construction However, As A 1970s. to Brad Cleghorn, The Greater St. Louis Parachute Club Therefore, 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. had applied for repair station authorization to do engines.. 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