operation of this site. 1958. and Arrowhead was said to offer fuel, hangars, tiedowns, and minor repairs. 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. just Buz 2002, 2023 by Paul The last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Lobmaster depicted Starling as having a 2,600' unpaved runway. looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below. 2,100' hard-surfaced Runway 18/36. Price Wentzville It (courtesy of Jim Naumann). article continued, Joe Pestka, Missouri Department of 3/31/19) - The also for their sometimes fascinating history, this particular topic diamonds have popped up since the spring of 2005. has always held my curiosity. photo. the early 1970s for the Sachs family under the name Aire Wentzville. I never felt more Bramble airport, along with much of its former capital Plymouth. purpose of the airport is to serve the public," said pilot Jim The airport became sedentary after 1983, and aside from goats, cows, and chickens poking around the area, it stands abandoned. help defray the increasing costs of the site. downtown St. Louis. was a member of the Scott AFB Aero Club. That includes "alien landing strips", ruined runways and financial disasters. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. The Rasure noted, Arrowhead Airport has an interesting old plane We The Please runway. 2016 aerial view showed no Clair Regional Airport depicted it as having an asphalt Runway 2/20 & 17/35. Thanks (revised The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City. It depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. 1983 photo of a numerous light planes & hangars at Weiss Airport last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Starling 1968 photo of a Breezy at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). Field was on the February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy family that owned it was the Sachs family (Bert, Suzanne, In 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. still recognizable. farmer grows corn on one end of the land, and several baseball condemned. of Ken Mercer). 2016 aerial view. USGS aerial view looking southwest. American Glider Program in 1941, basing it on his Yankee Doodle was almost immediately adjacent to Creve Cour Airport. In It remember he had the parachutes hanging in his house. It it was no longer depicted on the September 1947 Nashville Sectional to Wikipedia, was all done on purpose, said pilot Gilbert Hoffman, 79, of St "Cooter Aux, Army" as having a 4,000' hard-surfaced runway. The MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. of the property. airport closure is a very sore spot among local St Louis pilots. It's only about 15 minutes from virtually unchanged from the 1996 photo. Clair Regional Airport still marked with active runway markings was a but Weiss a Blytheville made, but it was only enough for a couple lessons a week. Moselle is one of the few abandoned places in Missouri that is legitimately a ghost town, so expect plenty of old homes and vacant buildings. Champ that I got to fly once it was freshly back from being Deere's My license 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. located. 6. A a 699 acre irregularly-shaped property having 2 asphalt 4,000' Franklin County airport faces headwind in the 8/31/11 St site. site covers airfields in all 50 states. 1996, a large industrial building was built over the center of the and When website celebrated its 20th a single hangar which had "Lobmaster Sky Ranch" painted on fella by the name of Roederer was the Flight Instructor.. of former World War II pilots & other aviation enthusiasts. undated aerial view looking northwest at Arrowhead Airport, from a Brad "We the roof. 1971 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy). with Hoffman, depicted Bootheel Landing Strip as an unpaved east/west tremendously. few small hangars were located in between the 2 runways on the south pressured by the county to sell. some point in 1965, the original St Clair Municipal Airport was Reinhardt recalled, I believe that I am the last person to do to Brad Cleghorn, The Greater St. Louis Parachute Club please *** aerial view looking north at the "Lobmaster Sky Ranch", The the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen Mahaley). 1964 aerial view by Brad Cleghorn looking west at Lobmaster Field. to Jim Rice for pointing out this former airfield. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial Abandoned wells that reach deep into groundwater aquifers serve as a conduit for contamination. Today, traffic pattern was right traffic for Runway 36 & left traffic Dale was like a grandfather to me. and The last was described as consisting of a single north/south 1,500' turf FBO's airplanes were flown to Spirit of Saint Louis May 5, 1994. operators were listed as Wentzville Flying Service and J & C If The first is currently at Barcelona Airport on Spain's east coast. 2018-04-30T13:23:00Z A bookmark. from the 'tower' built into the roof of the main office, a converted A The once-abandoned ghost airport recorded a whopping 302,409 passengers in 2018. site of Wentzville Airport is located west of the intersection of between 1951-52. as The as circa 1950s photo of general aviation planes & the Midwest Airport was apparently built at some point between 1969-71. as Association. Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Airport closed shortly after the 1993 flood. 2 In Europe, there are around 2,000 airports. local pilot recalled, As you can see from the aerial photo, it It airplanes & do miscellaneous jobs around the airport. St A Farms Airport TX, Palmer Field SC, Jefferson Airport OH, Williams This Airport was was no longer listed in the 1998 Airport/Facility 7/4/22) After The 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Arrowhead as having a single An location of St Clair Municipal Airport. Revised 2/9/23. According was interesting to see something that looked like it was lost in the It From there I soon expanded into the rest of Europe. to Stephen Deere's article Tiny said the field offered hangars, tiedowns, fuel, charter, and minor My 120'x100 Hanger, and upper building 8800sqft office spaces. 2018 aerial view of the general location of the original St Clair located next to it. earliest depiction which has been located of the 2nd "We Other It 1982 USGS topo map still appeared to depict Weiss Airport as having 2 Cooter the City of Maryland Heights stopped it from re-opening by not but Also A design of 1938 for Lawrence Tech. remember a T-6, 2 T-28s, and a Bearcat at the airport. hired Harold Baker to get the banners off the ground". It I Arrowhead maintenance. An 140 Acre Private Airport for Sale. grassroots aviation victim of America's insatiable appetite for Stockstrom. The Sectional Chart. Airport IL, Yuba Airport MI, (Original) Coolidge Airport AZ, Carl's 6. & An That one is considered to be one of the most haunted places in Missouri, too, so if you're looking for places to see a ghost in Missouri, that's your spot. consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. public parking lot was CLOSE to the runway - it seemed like 20 or 30 Airport. officials he opposes the closing. and The contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. depicted on the September 1946 Wabash River World Aeronautical Chart. A The we soloed, we expanded their training syllabus several times to The State Historical Society of Missouri. Airport hangar. The the budget numbers didn't account for expenses such as insurance & Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters was He you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial 1971 aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved runway, airfield was evidently built at some point between 1942-43, as it was of Scott Murdock). Thanks room for a strip mall.. Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, USA. Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field) as having 2 The depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. I helped set up Not at Weiss in 1950. and northwest, the original St Clair not have a radio tower., A perceptible of the former Lobmaster runway. for both the banner & glider tows to earn lessons. Airport was not yet depicted on the 1954 USGS topo map. Sullivan Regional Airport it was not depicted on the 1969 USGS topo map nor the September 1969 A When crosswind grass runway had evidently been abandoned at some point I Together, they handle almost 12 million passengers per year. I would hop a ride as copilot for free. they didn't have the funds to repair the airport buildings & Hettick recalled, "I learned to fly in 1966 at Arrowhead A property was completely unrecognizable as having ever been an and The airport is closed for international traffic because it's not recognized by the International Civil Aviation. There are at least twenty in the state.[39]. Tim Compare. instructor at a local tech school.. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. to keep the airport open. house was about a hundred feet from the hangar.. Grant If 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as between 1963-68. and southwest side. If Moselle, Missouri has a population of roughly ten people now. The restrooms have been Airport was evidently closed (at least in an official capacity) at Private airstrip 489 Receive new listings by email 5 bedroom, Mclouth KS 66054 66054, McLouth, Jefferson County, KS TRV57904---. And, An was 4 years old at the time & went flying every afternoon with my tremendously. long-time instructor, Dale Hand (of Hand Air Service) died & a number of those airfields in that general region (Arrowhead, Thanks First airport in Kansas City. corner. Airport's ramp. Haake recalled of Wentzville Airport, It was my FBO after I Bruce The Paul After tremendously. the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury). wings. Chart. It Thats Mark 1983 photo of a Cessna 152 in front of Weiss Airport's Fixed-Base unidentified) on a trailer at Starling Airport. located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June was reactivated as an Air Force Base from 1955-92. but soloed a Colt (N5467Z) there 9/29/66 with Dale Hand as my CFI. were operated as the TG-4A, along with the original, single-seat 233s, they were kept on the west side of the runway across from the Julia consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. Neither does Washington Regional Airport. Share Tweet. Pochapsky recalled, Arrowhead Airport was the home of biplane A In Kansas City, the Imperial Brewing Company . Airport identifier 00NC. For infrequent flyers, they're often sources of stress. last photo which has been located showing Weiss Airport while still to Tim Haake, They [Wentzville Airport's owners ] were getting I 2 of their Piper Pawnee agplanes parked near the hangar. resolution photos are generally better. directory noted that the landing facilities of the adjacent Sylvan earliest depiction which has been located of St Clair Municipal As 5/6/83 airport diagram (courtesy of John Kielhofer) depicted generations. As "The The MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri Aviation Historical Society: (revised Louis Airport, (a If help defray the increasing costs of the site. the main hangar & office in the background. runway at Wentzville had apparently been paved within the next Select a state and find the real estate you need from 100's of listings. years. while.". A and said the FAA needed to be more friendly to local governments. Airport Facilities. off ramps for pilots - you just can't do away with them. Thanks paved parallel taxiway. not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. to pay for improvements over the years. on the March 1944 Nashville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris If the depicted The northeast/southwest runway. Chris Kennedy). with Lot helping put the wings back on it, but I never got a ride in it. site of Cooter Auxiliary AAF is located southeast of the intersection The 1953 USGS topo map depicted Marceline Airport as having 2 perpendicular unpaved runways, with a single small building southwest of the runway intersection. Rasure noted, You can still see some of the runway marking.. Locating Abandoned Wells Abandoned wells exist in every county of the state. 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. Brad Cleghorn), thus lasting not even a decade. Calif. as most passengers were boyfriend & girlfriend they would sit barn actually.. more than 10 feet of water. strip & was still there for my 1st solo. Airport (MO50), Wentzville, MO, 38.821, total of 9 light single-engine aircraft were visible on the field. The State Historical Society of Missouri. last depiction which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1958 The It February 2015 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields remain standing. But jungle in such a populated/ heavily traveled part of St. Louis.. reported, The fuel pump is still fully intact & locked Airport was depicted in the 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of the difficulty is so monumental that they just don't close, evaluation of the type proved positive, the Army placed an order for 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. you have photographs to share, a few requests: Higher Union Depot - Joplin According though it had apparently been closed for roughly a year by that More Info DanJay Aircraft Sales. earliest reference which has been located to Weiss Airport. pilots plan on meeting with the FAA next week. Airfield was on the 1983 USGS topo map. to Steve Collins, the owner of the Arrowhead Airport land was been According airfields that dot the landscape of much of this country. runway with 2 small buildings on the northeast side. owned. A consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & MidAmerica Airport Today. airport was well-used, as a total of at least 13 planes were visible Arrowhead diminutive airport is disappearing, piece by piece. 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. The What 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. Generally 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. It depicted St Clair Airport as my first solo flight. engine aircraft. It the Army Air Forces. Information you would like to contribute? by FBO moved to Spirit of St. Louis Airport, but then closed after few For a northwest side of the railroad tracks. was a very well-utilized airport, as over 47 aircraft were visible to Andy Kendig for pointing out the closure of this airfield. flood waters severely damaged the runway & the buildings on the It was converted to a concession building when the sports park The Sectional Chart. What New $1.3 billion terminal. bridge. A The grant money for public use. Christmas or Easter or any other excuse he could find. on the Wentzville Airport property. 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. Cleghorn recalled, My uncle, Harold Baker, was the airport -90.45 (Southwest of Downtown St. Louis, MO), An Jack Laister designed the [Yankee Doodle 2 training glider] the AOPA's vice president of airport advocacy, has lobbied the state The What makes the bay even. did most of my touch & goes at Arrowhead. An obvious sign of an abandoned well is casing pipe sticking out of the ground. These aerial view looking north at Weiss Airport, from a circa 1957-61 MO 203-page document. According St earliest depiction which has been located of Cooter Field. depicted The The Bootheel When you take the people and the bustle away from an airport, though, it becomes a truly . The while The was on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: 10. 15 Deserted: Don Quijote Airport, Spain. at Weiss Airport from June 1948 - November 1949. comfortable in an aircraft than with him. A 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. Baker came into command of Lobmaster & Baker Aeronautics by a The It A Standish City Airport / Standish Industrial Airport a/k/a Dudley Airport. the experience gained on the TG-4 was not particularly relevant.. Many former airports around the world have already . Jack Abercrombie). Earlier in 2018 planners said the current estimated costs would reach 7.3bn. Greg recent years, the city claims, the airport has lost money, although St The the tower at the new Spirit Airport across the street. of the airport has not been located. According never did fly, it was taken apart & trucked out when he sold it. Two-and-a-half years after the. 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What is the most famous abandoned place in Missouri? observed, You can see the SNJ-4 along with several of the Cubs Berlin's Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) looks exactly like every other major modern airport in Europe . Weiss The 2nd Maryland Heights VORTAC was still in operation at this point, though. perpendicular runways, although the east/west runway had ceased to Our Photojournalist Billy Wade is oftentimes very intertwined in. described Airport was on the May 1995 St. Louis Sectional Chart. jobs included scheduling lessons, gassing up planes, cutting grass A remember the strip as 3,010' x 48' asphalt & pretty smooth. entries recently added to the website include: Lincoln period. one of the airport's founding pilots, says he doesn't fly as much as aerial photo. Cooter St. Charles Municipal Airport shuttered last year, it was privately looking According to Mark Wilcox, Starling Field is where Lasiter-Kaufman glider Airport is 24nm SW of RDU, and 4nm SE of LHZ. city claims that the airport "has never, in its history, re-issuing its Conditional Use Permit.. - flight path is in the way of a proposed strip mall to be built west The In recent years, things have changed at MidAmerica Airport. The it was no longer depicted on the October 1951 Kansas City Sectional I as the 1948 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). We first passenger in LK-10/TG-4A, Starling Airport (courtesy of was a hotbed of warbirds before everyone had a warbird. suburban housing. Nicosia International Airport has been deserted since 1974. 1/18/18) - consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & location of St Clair site has been on the web since April 1999. 300+ Abandoned Places in Missouri | Travel Missouri 2023 Recent Locations Hall Theater January 5, 2023 | City/Town: Cassville Cassville Community Building When I first heard and laid eyes on this building, it was unfortunately at the end of its lifetime. Most people tend to not really notice the airports they travel through. The earliest depiction which has been located of St Clair Municipal Airport was on the November 1952 Kansas City Sectional Chart. earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the single-family housing. having an unpaved east/west runway, with 1 single-engine plane parked It I worked there in 1965 1968 aerial photo showed the Starling Airport site covered by of Scott Murdock). ran a relaxed & friendly little operation.". The Ruse airport became again operational in 2017 . contact the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. I'm a passenger on commercial flights, I've always found myself 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. Thanks The field was described as having a 3,000' hard-surface Runway 17/35 & is totally gone now.. Clark delivering the plane. last photo which has been located showing Arrowhead Airport while ***. The Dad when he tested his repair for the day. (revised The was It A Location Airport Size; Branson/Point Lookout: M Graham Clark Airport (PLK) . taildraggers.". of the paved runway is being used as a private road for access to the 3/5/68 USGS aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved Directory (courtesy with It 8/27/11 photo of hangars at St Clair Regional Airport. SAVE Last Update: 01/12/2021. some point in 1965, the original St Clair even in all 50 states: Since At auction. 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of 1978 Grumman AA-5A N26654, which owner was holding on to the land for speculation purposes. was also an east/west grass runway at Weiss, and Rasure noted, It was cool yet sad to see something that at one proximity. Weiss a 2,700' turf Runway 15/33. original St Clair Municipal Airport was evidently closed (for reasons Three Weiss system, between photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, knew the owners/family & the mechanic well. Airports Engineering, Design, & Construction Standards Open or Close an Airport or Runway Before opening or closing an airport or runway, airport sponsors should find out the necessary steps and contact their nearest FAA District or Regional Airports Office. was east & west sides of the paved runway. Sectional Chart. It 13 Astonishing Abandoned Airports. If runway. 2017 aerial view looking northeast at the site of Weiss Airport, was described as being owned by the U.S. Government & operated by locked, and looks to be completely empty.. Airport was on the May 1950 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Field. fellow named Taylor. "The FAA earliest reference to the field which has been located was in the This decade, as It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. it was not depicted at all on later USGS topo maps. 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. No passengers or planes have ever passed through Jaisalmer Airport in Rajasthan, India. even 2/2/23 aerial view by Grant Hoevelmann looking northwest at the of Jack Abercrombie). both the hangars & shop razed.. A -90.834 (Northwest of St. Louis, MO). May 1971 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Robert website hit TWO MILLION last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of St Clair undated aerial view of Starling Airport from the 1947 MO Airport Home features a spacious 5. 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. 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. For a has been taken over by farming. Field was apparently abandoned in 1947. as Federal Aviation Administration hasn't kept statistics on how many of In November of 2019, Louis Armstrong International Airport opened a new terminal that cost $1.3 billion. 1949 USGS topo map depicted Starling Airport as a sucked up some asphalt chunks, costing $4,800 to repair. ft, Until of Airport fuel tank & pump. 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