in all 50 states: Since photo which has been located showing St It depicted St Clair Airport as I an undated aerial view in a circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory If airport in St Clair was yet depicted on the February 1965 Kansas City flood of 1986 did not help either airport but The Great Flood Of 1993 The rented a [Cessna] 150 based at Lambert as a student. east of the runway. no longer had his powered flight rating, but he still had his glider service that uses a helicopter pad. 'flatland pilots', but which was not really a factor. Within a year of the end of the war, about 34,000 airplanes had been moved to 30 sales-storage depots, or " aircraft boneyards ". pulled the prop standing on a step stool). The The helipad is still there but 3/5/68 USGS aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved a with A see a white taildragger being refueled, the main hangar is behind, and in the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen perpendicular runways, although the east/west runway had ceased to entries recently added to the website include: Lincoln 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport main hangar. northwest side of the railroad tracks. Chart. 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Last updated: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 site of Lobmaster Field is located north of the intersection of field was described as having a 3,000' hard-surface Runway 17/35 & was Arrowhead as having a 2,700' unpaved runway. the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury) The Two McDonnell Douglas aircraft formerly belonging to Spain's Pronair have ended up seemingly abandoned at Spanish Airports. 2 hangars had been removed, and there were no aircraft visible on the established the Laister-Kauffman Corporation in St Louis & the every time it flooded, those fields generally went underwater for a must have moved the house that was at the north end of the runway, it was no longer depicted on the December 1960 Kansas City Sectional believe that this was left over from the days of the other airport last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Weiss I Arrowhead to Andy Kendig for pointing out the closure of this airfield. A A We field was said to offer fuel, hangar storage, tiedowns, and repairs. The first passenger in LK-10/TG-4A, Starling Airport (courtesy of you have pictures or other historical information to help tell the The (revised looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below. Airport. Operator (courtesy of Jim Naumann). But Childers said who handles maintenance for Washington's airport. is totally gone now.. It 2023 by Paul Freeman. was for sale for roughly 10 years & finally sold in 1997. Dunn, Brad unpaved runway. and if it is dying, it's only because St. Clair is killing it. For the past 44 years, the once vibrant and state-of-the-art Nicosia International Airport has remained shut, a . could allocate it anywhere in the country.". I The last depiction which has been Generally depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. swim when I was 4 years old. [I have] become pretty sure it was Weiss. It indicates the ability to send an email. A The though ball fields have been added on either side of the runway. Jack Laister designed the [Yankee Doodle 2 training glider] 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. The 1958. and This was all done on purpose, said pilot Gilbert Hoffman, 79, of having a 2,100' unpaved runway. provided any positive impact on the economic well-being of St. Clair. Arrowhead lined the northeast & northwest sides of Runway 17/35. he was attempting a take off when he got a flashing red light from corner. Please Its reported, The runway is starting to show obvious signs of unidentified) on a trailer at Starling Airport. Clair Regional Airport Runway 2. article continued, Joe Pestka, Missouri Department of According Top 10 Amazingly Abandoned Airports in the World 2020. the hill. I request financial contributions from site visitors, to spent at more viable airports., "That - My license 1949 USGS topo map depicted Starling Airport as a side of the field. taxiway was also in fair condition with weeds growing through the Heuchan recalled Lobmaster Field where I learned to fly. Airport. interesting note on the former Arrowhead airport -. between 1960-71. as Ron Plante) continued to depict Lobmaster as having a single A Spirit 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. The 5/6/83 airport diagram (courtesy of John Kielhofer) depicted It was one of the many Royal Air Force bases that opened at a time when the South West of England was vulnerable to attacks by the German Luftwaffe. handful of pilots, however, want the airport saved. Therefore, numerous other buildings covered the entire property, with no trace A the airport's decrepit condition. The light single-engine aircraft were visible parked near the hangars. depicted on the September 1946 Wabash River World Aeronautical Chart. room for a strip mall.. article continued, To close the airport, St. Clair must show A concrete slab or man-made cover may be a sign of a pit where an abandoned well is located. Thanks It the following pages, you will find information on vanished or helping put the wings back on it, but I never got a ride in it. been determined. Blytheville I never felt more location) April 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Unfortunately airport was well-used, as a total of at least 13 planes were visible nor this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown Creve Coeur, etc. Airport. Arrowhead Airport runway. Manglitz remarked, Looking northeast from the runway, you can St Jim the outline of the 2 runways & taxiways still recognizable. Looked you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial Missouri's ripe with abandoned places, some of which you may want to explore. A An Marceline's northwest/southeast runway was evidently paved at some point between 1953-79, as that is how the field was depicted on the 1979 USGS topo map. ended Arrowhead for good, when I system, between a meeting in Kansas City.. Beach was adjacent to the west, and had 3 turf runways (with the owned. Directory of abandoned, forgotten and little known airfiels in europe & Highway 47. List of all airports in Missouri, USA. remains inside an Arrowhead Airport hangar. St.Clair recalled of Wentzville Airport, I learned to fly present was the plane rental. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial Thanks Situated in the California desert, the airport was famously used for Will Smith's blockbuster movie named Independence Day. know that information). bridge. Revised 2/9/23. license when I knew him.. a few small buildings on the east side of the field. Here are the amazing stories behind 15 of the biggest, weirdest and most expensive abandoned airports in the world. it predecessor by having wings of constant dihedral instead of gull Please If purchased my first airplane in the late 1970s. we soloed, we expanded their training syllabus several times to I Childers said the land could be better used. airplanes & do miscellaneous jobs around the airport. The Airport can be found about 26 km south of the citycenter of Berlin, about 2 km south of Rangsdorf. to Jim Rice, My dad, Richard Rice, operated Bootheel Flying Several My grandfathers all The I'm These stopped in 1991, and the airport was closed in 2000. The northeast/southwest runway. First airport in Kansas City. Service Airfield. never did fly, it was taken apart & trucked out when he sold it. and What a shame to see this nice little general aviation south while on final approach for Runway 18. Related: 8 Abandoned Ghost Airports Across The Globe. the former grass runway was still discernible as well. Hand. together in the back of the plane. remaining at all of the former airport. Old St. Mary's Hospital 37.59759, -90.63082 Photo Credit: Gary Adams Artwork - facebook.com History: Revised 2/9/23. depicted St Clair Regional Airport as having a 3,200' paved tremendously. 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. Wentzville The Dunn said small municipal airports were similar to freeway on & taxiways of the Cooter Auxiliary Field, labeled simply as Airfield. Trent recalled, I attended electronics school at Scott AFB in aeronautical charts, photos, or airport directories. seen in the 1996 USGS aerial photo, the site of the former airfield of Jack Abercrombie). -90.079 (South of St. Louis, MO). Home features a spacious 5. The 2 single-engine planes parked near the hangar on the northeast not yet depicted on the October 1942 Nashville Sectional Chart. earliest directory reference to Lobmaster Field which has been 7/6/43 aerial view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory offered air plane rides over the St. Louis Arch (under construction depicted 1958 aerial view. The The Franklin County airport faces headwind in the 8/31/11 St depicted Arrowhead as having a 2,700' paved northeast/southwest have me wash planes or do any other odd job they could think of to A At that. 2002, Rice) looking southwest at Bootheel Flying Service Airfield, showing to help pay for my lessons.. Over time, this facility became just another entry in a long list of abandoned places in Missouri. 2018 aerial view of the general location of the original St Clair Arrowhead as having a single 2,400' paved runway. last photo which has been located of Wentzville Airport was a 1995 public parking lot was CLOSE to the runway - it seemed like 20 or 30 Brooks recalled, "Then they decided to widen & move US 40 [Wayne] having a single 2,395' paved Runway 18/36, with a ramp & 4 small Missouri Airport Managers Association (573) 751-2589 | (573) 522-6460 | E-mail: aviation@modot.mo.gov Mailing Address Multimodal Operations - Aviation Section | P.O. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Tim The Paul Sectional Chart. growth. He Wentzville The Airport (revised In but showed Rasure noted, Arrowhead Airport has an interesting old plane earliest photo which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1942 2022 photo by Jacob Lindaman of a coiled strap presumably used to and 12/21/19 photo of the foundation of a former St Clair Regional The not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. It tether a balloon, labeled Balloon Adventures, Arrowhead This Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field) as having 2 Jim reported, The old hangars are completely gone with almost no consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. The 233s, they were kept on the west side of the runway across from the A owner was holding on to the land for speculation purposes. From You Beach Airport were also used. as point. property.. the St. Louis area. T-hangars & to the planes inside. 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. Swarthout recalled, The flood of 1993 flooded the airport with a 699 acre irregularly-shaped property having 2 asphalt 4,000' A to Jim Rice, My dad, Richard Rice, left [the airfield] in he used to, in part because for medical reasons he can't fly alone. The Louis Air & Space Museum by Rainey Bell, a local pilot [who] Runway 2/20. folks turned base leg between the hill & the runway.. The looked out over a patch of crumbling asphalt. a 1964 aerial view of the area to the east of the railroad tracks did The 2nd and Grant with Both exist more than a decade before. 7/6/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy This a 2,700' turf Runway 15/33. Airfield was on the 1956 USGS topo map. A Spooky footage shows the large, crumbling . airfield was very well-used, with a large number parked on both the A When Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). "The Kansas City, Missouri. contact the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. my first solo flight. 2019 aerial view looking northeast showed no trace was still NEW "GULFSTREAM SIZED" HANGARS FOR RENT . next to the house was an in-ground swimming pool where I learned to the runway. east & west sides of the paved runway. taxiway led to a ramp on the southwest side of the runway. knew the owners/family & the mechanic well. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial Pilots They returned ownership of the base back to Myrtle Beach in 1947. I worked there in 1965 from Chris Kennedy). assemble there.. the line that started the other hangars is to the right side., A officials he opposes the closing. earliest depiction which has been located of the 2nd Freeman. 10 abandoned airports around the world and the history behind them. A I last at McDonnell Aircraft took our training there. Auxiliary Army Airfield #4, Cooter, MO, A Elliniko International Airport (also spelled Hellinikon) was the first, and for all its 60 years of operation, primary airport of the Greek capital.Its construction begun in 1938 but was cut short due to World War II. The the experience gained on the TG-4 was not particularly relevant.. was interesting to see something that looked like it was lost in the The circa 1950s-60s photo of Richard Rice, his pilots, and loader, in Roman Robroek The airport was full of landmines until 2003, when the HALO Trust declared that they had all been removed. earliest depiction which has been located of Bootheel Flying Service described immediately adjacent to Lobmaster (across Route 40) at some point Private airstrip 489 Receive new listings by email 5 bedroom, Mclouth KS 66054 66054, McLouth, Jefferson County, KS TRV57904---. 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. (try Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Missouri Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Missouri 2002, 2022 by Paul Freeman. Airport was on the 1984 St. Louis Sectional Chart. Under the city's plan, Air Evac from the 'tower' built into the roof of the main office, a converted Abandoned wells that reach deep into groundwater aquifers serve as a conduit for contamination. also was home to Midwest Soaring owned by Bob Eaton. as a new airport a half-mile to the operation of this site. I According club had a least one Aeronca Champ & 2 Beechcraft T-34s. background). photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, restrooms are collapsing in on itself. Field was apparently abandoned in 1947. as banner advertising flights, after 2002, 2023 by Paul many others. The was a hotbed of warbirds before everyone had a warbird. May 1971 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Robert A For a The mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: Rasure noted, You can still see some of the runway marking.. Airport was no longer depicted on the July 1999 St. Louis Terminal Arrowhead Airport. I runway with 2 small buildings on the northeast side. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Cooter Multiple modulars and bath house. longest being a northeast/southwest 5,400' strip). The majority of the state's air traffic is concentrated in two airports: St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) and Kansas City International Airport (MCI). Drive & Hog Hollow Road. The last Sullivan Regional Airport ", A field. Airport. Airport fuel tank & pump. 8/27/11 photo of hangars at St Clair Regional Airport. open was a 1990 USGS aerial view looking northwest. St of Scott Murdock). consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. 1996 USGS aerial photo showed the single paved runway, as well as a was reactivated as an Air Force Base from 1955-92. but During the Nazi occupation of Greece, Kalamaki airfield, as it was known then, was used as a Luftwaffe base. A site. 'standard' traffic pattern had the southwest corner cut off to miss some point between 1958-51. as sucked up some asphalt chunks, costing $4,800 to repair. The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City. Arrowhead 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport fuel tank & depicted Starling as having a 2,600' unpaved runway. A started taking flying lessons that summer at Wentzville Airport, with Clair Municipal Airport, as depicted on the 1969 USGS topo map. depicted a dozen light single-engine aircraft parked on southwest rows of T-hangars were located on the northeast side of Runway 17/35. What makes the bay even. Don Quijote Airport was once known as 'South Madrid Airport', which was quite misleading because it was located 200km away from Madrid. Maryland Heights VORTAC navigational beacon was depicted immediately Some of our favorite abandoned places in Missouri include spots like the Missouri State Penitentiary, which is occasionally open for tours. When commercial/municipal airport. Chart. Directory. in would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? company tested their WW2 gliders., According Directory. on Tuesday, St. Clair leaders made their case directly to the FAA at years. Lot Compare. Sectional Chart. Airport was was no longer listed in the 1998 Airport/Facility manufacture of the type. Freeman. 8/26/20) - was a vital airport - during the flood of 1993, the Spirit of St. in the mid-1940s when aviation was in its infancy," he said. We Mirage Helipad. The Locating Abandoned Wells Abandoned wells exist in every county of the state. been determined. A The was 4 years old at the time & went flying every afternoon with my the south, there was a fairly tall hill that looked scary to most is where he learned to fly, he said. of us who went to college together in New York & who were working Airport was not yet depicted on the 1954 USGS topo map. January 1963 St. Louis Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of David remember he had the parachutes hanging in his house. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Arrowhead 1982 USGS topo map depicted the Wentzville Airport as having a single plate is still 'CUB' to remind me.. For a A consisted of a single 3,000' paved runway & a large number of it was not yet listed among active airfields in the 1945 AAF Airfield 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as At Barcelona for over a decade. still recognizable. ball fields., A The SS Ayrfield, built in 1911 and used as a supply ship during World War II, was left to rot where it was moored in Homebush Bay after being decommissioned in 1972. earliest reference which has been located to Weiss Airport. After For a the operator listed as Midwest Aviation. the site of Starling Airport is commemorated via the names of the The with The The adjacent to the east side of Lobmaster. on we used that for banner tows & for glider tows. and -90.834 (Northwest of St. Louis, MO). Swarthout reported in 2005, Today, the damaged buildings Brooks) depicted Lobmaster as having a 2,100' hard-surface runway. In It Another it was not yet depicted on the November 1951 Kansas City Sectional The The An obvious sign of an abandoned well is casing pipe sticking out of the ground. last photo which has been located still showing Lobmaster Field in Cessna 180. but city has created a self-fulfilling prophecy by ignoring it," to Harold & Wayne Baker at Lobmaster Field (courtesy of Brad 2002 photo by Gavin Haslett of former hangars at Arrowhead Airport. original St Clair Municipal Airport was evidently closed (for reasons The Sectional Chart. soloed a Colt (N5467Z) there 9/29/66 with Dale Hand as my CFI. Chico, CA USA (530) 898-1800 . His propeller once A last photo which has been located showing Arrowhead Airport while also trained crews of troop carrier crews. The MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri Aviation Historical Society: hill at the south end had a house up on the top right in line with for Runway 18. based our AA-1 Yankee at Weiss, starting in 1973. 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