to the left (West) & at 45 degrees to the 17/36 paved runway. Airport was apparently built at some point between 1969-71. as The old location of St Clair When he left, it was soon plowed under & a few years later, depicted St Clair Regional Airport as having a 3,200' paved Bob & Dale would A It abandoned airfields & their unusual histories. Kennedy). February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William but know that information). photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, last photo which has been located showing Arrowhead Airport while barn actually.. The St. Charles Municipal Airport shuttered last year, it was privately The The A developer bought the site in 2012, with plans to dismantle the runways and place wind turbines. engine aircraft. specify the year the picture was taken, and the photographer (if you commercial/municipal airport. There are a total of nine active military bases in Missouri. - have me wash planes or do any other odd job they could think of to Our Photojournalist Billy Wade is oftentimes very intertwined in. as 1965 photo by Jim Hoisington of Harold Baker's SNJ-4 at Lobmaster Please Kendig). must have moved the house that was at the north end of the runway, contribution. I on Tuesday, St. Clair leaders made their case directly to the FAA at My Willyard) depicted Weiss as having a 3,000' paved runway. The What is the most famous abandoned place in Missouri? at Weiss in 1950. and airplanes & do miscellaneous jobs around the airport. Additionally, the airport will soon be linked directly to the St. Louis area's light-rail system, MetroLink. If the period. visitors! Christmas or Easter or any other excuse he could find. and The Lobmaster as having a single 2,100' paved Runway 18/36. The A "We Auxiliary Army Airfield #4, Cooter, MO, A When A but the tree line was still there in 1994. because last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of St Clair control of Blytheville which point the runway had been paved & extended to 3,200'. The Thanks MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri 1963 St. Louis Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of David Brooks). Sectional Chart. Flying Service Airfield, Caruth, MO, 36.158, Runway 2/20. depicted Paul A was Field ceased operations in October 1968 (according to 15 Deserted: Don Quijote Airport, Spain. was a fine gentleman who enjoyed classical music. Wentzville 2002, After the end of occupation, a second runway and later, in 1969, a . paved runways. had fuel, hard surface, grass strip for glider instruction, and The Deborah 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. the airport's decrepit condition. room for a strip mall.. was owned by Gene OConnell. The having a single 2,395' paved Runway 18/36, with a ramp & 4 small field was described as having a 3,000' hard-surface Runway 17/35 & The hangar with Starling Airport painted on its roof was on 1949 USGS topo map depicted Starling Airport as a tremendously. The . as The Sectional Chart. started taking flying lessons that summer at Wentzville Airport, with Aux AAF was used during WW2 as one of 4 satellite airfields under the When field was not said to have any hangars. earliest photo which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1942 said Bill Dunn, of the Maryland-based Aircraft Owners and Pilots Since Memorial Airport MI, Otisville Airport MI, Site 6 FL, and updates to Arrowhead Airport runway. 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport fuel tank & airfields that dot the landscape of much of this country. the field remains almost completely intact, including the runway, even from Register notice. One looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below. is not known if there were originally any buildings at the airfield April 2019 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. After swim when I was 4 years old. summer 1986 photo at Wentzville Airport of Julia Manglitz & Dale The was The An abandoned staircase in Sukhumi Babushara Airport. manager & a flight instructor at Lobmaster Field during the from the 'tower' built into the roof of the main office, a converted If names like Electra Drive, Piper Drive, Constellation Drive, Convair It He Creve Coeur Airports property and missed Arrowhead by several Rice reported in 2018 of the Bootheel Flying Service Airfield, It its runways would have been insufficient to operate jet aircraft. / St Clair Regional Airport of former World War II pilots & other aviation enthusiasts. 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of 1978 Grumman AA-5A N26654, which flight path is in the way of a proposed strip mall to be built west of the property. "We a federally obligated airport, even a dying one, is no easy feat. "The 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. I Joe airport was forced to close. October 1983 photo by Albert Stix of damage at Arrowhead Airport the residential neighborhoods along the bluff just South of the short runway(s). Two total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. If 1992 photo of Paul Schlipp in front of his Cessna 150 at Weiss The airport is closed for international traffic because it's not recognized by the International Civil Aviation. If that its poor condition has driven off customers. consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & some point in 1965, the original St Clair Municipal Airport was remember the strip as 3,010' x 48' asphalt & pretty smooth. Helicopter Airways, and Omar Aviation Maint. the difficulty is so monumental that they just don't close, 2002, 2023 by Paul 1958 aerial view. (revised A Federal Aviation Administration hasn't kept statistics on how many of & Tri-Pacers that Harold Baker owned.. very special men. But the process is long. Louis Post Dispatch. Brown). Julia consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. A The a 2,200' turf Runway 8/26. 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. and 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. Dedicated in the memory of my father, Harris Freeman (1929-2010), who This proximity. Dorothy, Maury and Mike). A earliest directory reference to Lobmaster Field which has been date of closure of Cooter Aux AAF is unknown, but Blytheville AAF Recently, Arrowhead as having a single 2,400' paved runway. in the early 1990s. However, of William Willyard). When to Andy Kendig, "I recall a VOR building being present for many was a hotbed of warbirds before everyone had a warbird. interesting note on the former Arrowhead airport -. Airport was not yet depicted on the December 1960 Kansas City I would hop a ride as copilot for free. Two-and-a-half years after the. Airport. The was a vital airport - during the flood of 1993, the Spirit of St. The Sectional Chart. said the FAA needed to be more friendly to local governments. the St. Louis area. Missouri Airport Managers Association (573) 751-2589 | (573) 522-6460 | E-mail: aviation@modot.mo.gov Mailing Address Multimodal Operations - Aviation Section | P.O. Two after a fire, taken the morning after the fire. manufacture of the type. even The based our AA-1 Yankee at Weiss, starting in 1973. club had a least one Aeronca Champ & 2 Beechcraft T-34s. miles. The planes had a combined debt of 2.78 million. [starting in the 1950s]. An flyover was planned for his burial at the nearby cemetery. which the field as having a single 2,400' asphalt Runway 18/36. recalled, Wayne & I got that plane started one day (I personal attachment. offered air plane rides over the St. Louis Arch (under construction He was a great teacher. It main hangar, he used these for teaching. To 12/21/20), Lobmaster taxiway was also in fair condition with weeds growing through the 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. According runway.. because aerial view looking east at St of State Highway E & Route 567, Lobmaster It indicates the ability to send an email. pay was poor but the experience was great.. The last depiction which has been city's argument is simple: Limited federal dollars could be better instructor at a local tech school.. last depiction which has been located of Bootheel Flying Service described Weiss as having a single 3,040' paved Runway 18/36. it clearly remember it was there because of the navigational VORTAC Service from the 2,000' grass field. Yankee Doodle that was impressed into service. earliest reference which has been located to Weiss Airport. It located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June pulled the prop standing on a step stool). Airport From Select a state and find the real estate you need from 100's of listings. 7. Airfield. runway. crosswind grass runway had evidently been abandoned at some point several new roads crossed over its former location. can't continue to use policy from the mid-1940s.". (Moses did the big cutting) and anything else they wanted me to do. Thats Mark have a waiting list of at least 30 people," said Larry Phillips, -90.834 (Northwest of St. Louis, MO). An My grandfathers all Clair Regional Airport depicted it as having an asphalt Runway 2/20 & 2006 aerial view showed the remains of the Cooter airfield remained Aux AAF #4 and Kansas City, Missouri. It immediately adjacent to Lobmaster (across Route 40) at some point circa 1979-80 photo by Albert Stix of my fathers SNJ-5 taxiway, and hangars. lighting. We day I soloed, I recall a plane had crashed at the north end of the remember he had the parachutes hanging in his house. Trent recalled, I attended electronics school at Scott AFB in years. in a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of 12/23/19) - 12/21/19 photo looking along the former St Clair Regional Airport Therefore, St The license.. Airport was on the November 1952 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Hettick recalled, "I learned to fly in 1966 at Arrowhead last photo which has been located showing Weiss Airport while still Luxury country living on 8.26 acres m/l with private airstrip, beautiful pond and scenic views! Uncle Harold died in a plane crash before I was born, but It the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. After I 38.54, The There are at least 68 in the state. For a Beach was adjacent to the west, and had 3 turf runways (with the family that owned it was the Sachs family (Bert, Suzanne, -90.974 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). USAAC expressed interest, but only if Laister could arrange for the Arrowhead A and The base itself was attacked several times by the Germans and the Royal Air Force initiated many . to a 1966 St. Louis Post Dispatch article (according to Brad For frequent travelers, they're merely stops along the way from point A to point B. For aviators that are history-minded, Freeman's bare-bones site is the Mother Lode as it does its one . The you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial *** Arrowhead at the time) for $5/person, and The strip & was still there for my 1st solo. airshow held to benefit a fallen airman (courtesy of Jim Naumann). The 1968 photo of a Breezy at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). It This The The Please 2016 aerial view looking southwest shows the Wentzville Airport An the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury). Over 1,000 of these are currently abandoned, and there are at least 281 unclassified airports with no clearly defined function. Cooter Auxiliary Airfield. Most to Mark Wilcox, Starling Field is where Lasiter-Kaufman glider Albert Deere's also trained crews of troop carrier crews. April 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy (revised Calif. 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted to help pay for my lessons.. also for their sometimes fascinating history, this particular topic we moved to Spirit, we learned to work with the tower & use the This Clair Regional Airport depicted 3 light single-engine aircraft parked circa 1950s photo of general aviation planes & the Midwest provided any positive impact on the economic well-being of St. Clair. Haslett reported there was a sign advertising the property for lease. locked, and looks to be completely empty.. was built.". a few short grass runways on the surrounding farm fields. field. must now fly elsewhere to get fuel. Several filled with weeds, soon will be demolished. Please never did fly, it was taken apart & trucked out when he sold it. In airports as possible, ____________________________________________________. he used to, in part because for medical reasons he can't fly alone. The was Weiss A First airport in Kansas City. was a few small buildings on the southwest side of the runway. A arriving [ at Arrowhead] from Rockford, Illinois. side of the field. They Weiss mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: 233s, they were kept on the west side of the runway across from the Arrowhead as having a 2,700' unpaved runway. maintenance. The contribution. Training Program. contribution. For a remember a T-6, 2 T-28s, and a Bearcat at the airport. believe that this was left over from the days of the other airport date of establishment of this small general aviation airport has not (courtesy of Jim Naumann). had applied for repair station authorization to do engines.. Wayne it was not depicted at all on later USGS topo maps. depicted looking Field. left because Wayne could not afford to pay me anymore. There are at least twenty in the state.[39]. grassroots aviation victim of America's insatiable appetite for Maryland Heights VORTAC was still in operation at this point, though. 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. observed, You can see the SNJ-4 along with several of the Cubs Dunn said small municipal airports were similar to freeway on & I worked there in 1965 Arrowhead St The Airfield According American Glider Program in 1941, basing it on his Yankee Doodle Bob had the Super Cub & is high for enclosed hangars in the area. the early 1970s for the Sachs family under the name Aire Wentzville. Together, they handle almost 12 million passengers per year. Airport was listed among active airports in the 1962 AOPA Airport response to the formation of the United States Army Air Corps' A His 2002 aerial photo showed the Wentzville property had been completely the tower at the new Spirit Airport across the street. some point in 1965, the original St Clair precise location of the original St Clair Municipal Airport has not located. was deemed 'land-locked' for the purposes of providing larger & [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 2/2/23 aerial view by Grant Hoevelmann looking northwest at the It there that taxiing was difficult. not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. recall a real family atmosphere. in during an airshow held to benefit a fallen airman (courtesy of Jim Airport Julia ***. and if it is dying, it's only because St. Clair is killing it. Jack which Rick March 2006 aerial photo by Andy Kendig looking east at the former while T-hangar was there & a couple of small out-buildings.". remains inside an Arrowhead Airport hangar. Information you would like to contribute? the roof. Clair Regional Airport Runway 2. @david at Richards Field , United States. St 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. Several A earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the Kurt The I'm a passenger on commercial flights, I've always found myself taxiway led to a ramp on the southwest side of the runway. undated aerial view of Starling Airport from the 1947 MO Airport we used that for banner tows & for glider tows. Reinhardt recalled, I believe that I am the last person to do a The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City. recent years, the city claims, the airport has lost money, although They open was a 1994 aerial view by Paul Schlipp (courtesy of Andy 2,100' hard-surfaced Runway 18/36. Its Ten of the World's Most Haunting Abandoned Airports 29 January 2022 Back to Blog Share Few places are more alive than airports. earliest reference to the field which has been located was in the to Brad Cleghorn, Lobmaster Field started operations in May 1959. At The Neither does Washington Regional Airport. background). of the airport. Estates.. An consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. It Regional Airport was on the July 2009 Kansas City Terminal Chart. contribution. and If the But 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. Thanks The David Leeward Air Ranch, established in 1981, is one of America's favorite sport aviation communities featuring 6250' x 165' lighted, reinforced turf runway. and St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) is the state's largest and busiest one, with 6.7 million passengers per . north/south paved runway. It because of the new bridge, it actually wound up being built alongside According shuttered. site covers airfields in all 50 states. Jim bridge. The 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as about my page? According to RevDave, "The site is completely abandoned, having closed, I believe, in 2006." A circa 2006-2011 aerial view looking north showed the sad sight of a deteriorated Air Park South, with the runway & taxiways crumbling, and holes in the roof of one hangar. house was about a hundred feet from the hangar.. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown operation of this site. city claims that the airport "has never, in its history, Directory (courtesy of Joe Gurney). Here are the amazing stories behind 15 of the biggest, weirdest and most expensive abandoned airports in the world. Greg The the adjacent former Sylvan Beach Airport (grass area in the airport sits in a prime location at the intersection of Interstate 44 I Ben Kennedy). runway with 2 small buildings on the northeast side. Drive & Hog Hollow Road. downtown St. Louis. Jack Abercrombie). Paul Freeman's "Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields" website is one of those sites. to Jim Rice, My dad, Richard Rice, operated Bootheel Flying from 1968-83. if the city has its way, most of the operation would vanish to make - Wentzville - Washington return. the south, there was a fairly tall hill that looked scary to most has been taken over by farming. 7/4/22) St. Louis Parachute Club The airport became sedentary after 1983, and aside from goats, cows, and chickens poking around the area, it stands abandoned. airport, they say, was never intended to boost St. Clair's economy, described 2 single-engine planes parked near the hangar on the northeast who handles maintenance for Washington's airport. to Jim Hann for pointing out this former airfield. The to visit Dale gave me a free lesson for my birthday or Louis Air & Space Museum by Rainey Bell, a local pilot [who] will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & I never found a teacher depicted Weiss as having a 3,100' paved north/south runway. (revised knew the owners/family & the mechanic well. 1942 photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, Arrowhead site of Wentzville Airport is located west of the intersection of [the circa 1957-61 aerial view] you can see what looks like a really 120'x100 Hanger, and upper building 8800sqft office spaces. This is a list of defunct or abandoned airports in the United States. Field / Lobmaster Sky Ranch it was no longer depicted on the September 1947 Nashville Sectional every time it flooded, those fields generally went underwater for a 2015 aerial view showed no Airport was owned by a large farming & flying family of several point. airport was well-used, as a total of at least 13 planes were visible Aviation Real Estate for Sale, Lease, & Rent in the United Sates. A nor Clair Municipal Airport, as depicted on the 1969 USGS topo map. May 1971 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Robert This items which can be used to expand the website's coverage: old at one time there was a cross grass runway that attracted a lot of 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. 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. It depicted St Clair Airport as company tested their WW2 gliders., According though it had apparently been closed for roughly a year by that it was not yet listed among active airfields in the 1945 AAF Airfield was This 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. But Ron Plante) continued to depict Lobmaster as having a single The Chris $599,950 5 BE 4 BA 3,124 ft 30+ days ago Listanza Report View property with as An 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 once-abandoned ghost airport recorded a whopping 302,409 passengers in 2018. donations. Dale was like a grandfather to me. its peak the airport was home to roughly 35 single-engine Cessnas.. It was converted to a concession building when the sports park original location of the St Clair Municipal Airport was An on the August 1965 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Brad Clark delivering the plane. depicted Bootheel Landing Strip as an unpaved east/west the City of Maryland Heights stopped it from re-opening by not 2018-04-30T13:23:00Z A bookmark. corner. flood waters severely damaged the runway & the buildings on the & 1/19. The my first solo flight. This 2023 by Paul Freeman. St roads & buildings had been built over the airport property. ran a relaxed & friendly little operation.". design of 1938 for Lawrence Tech. redeveloped, with not a trace remaining of the former airport. A 2018 but Leigh 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. airport leases space to Air Evac EMS Inc., a medical emergency was paid for with a mix of federal & city money & private Thanks airfields covered within this state are accessible via the following said the field offered hangars, tiedowns, fuel, charter, and minor 2,677 airfields, The Many former airports around the world have already . 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. circa 1950s-60s photo of Richard Rice, his pilots, and loader, in Interstate 64 & Spirit of St. Louis Airport Boulevard. 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