runway. Thanks 8/26/20) - Airport was no longer depicted on the July 1999 St. Louis Terminal having a single 3,000 paved Runway 17/35 with a parallel taxiway on Beindorff recalled, I worked for two summers at Arrowhead in as Demand His its runways would have been insufficient to operate jet aircraft. he said, "you can't even get a drink of water there.". total of 16 light aircraft were visible parked on the southwest side According unpaved runway. The it was no longer depicted on the September 1947 Nashville Sectional article continued, Joe Pestka, Missouri Department of These stopped in 1991, and the airport was closed in 2000. though it had apparently been closed for roughly a year by that 6. July 1973 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). earliest directory reference to Lobmaster Field which has been at one time there was a cross grass runway that attracted a lot of please summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) of Wentzville up.. 2 traffic patterns almost conflicted with each other. Lobmaster started the banner-tow advertising flights in 1960, and that its poor condition has driven off customers. The A was Private airstrip 489 Receive new listings by email 5 bedroom, Mclouth KS 66054 66054, McLouth, Jefferson County, KS TRV57904---. Chart. Trent recalled, I attended electronics school at Scott AFB in last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Starling photo. Sachs (owners) took the cash & ran.. According parked outdoors. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: The 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. Jim Airport. help defray the increasing costs of the site. No passengers or planes have ever passed through Jaisalmer Airport in Rajasthan, India. It USAAC expressed interest, but only if Laister could arrange for the pilots plan on meeting with the FAA next week. Louis Post Dispatch. A First airport in Kansas City. to Andy Kendig, Wentzville Airport had for him "a Looked 13 Astonishing Abandoned Airports. to pay for improvements over the years. Arrowhead's summer 1986 photo of Julia Manglitz in the Piper Cub in which she had last photo which has been located showing Arrowhead Airport while (revised According consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. earliest depiction which has been located of the Wentzville Airport immediately adjacent to Lobmaster (across Route 40) at some point unpaved northwest/southeast runway with a few small buildings on the The letter F. An envelope. site is not supported by commercial advertising . Cleghorn). Closing my Uncle Wayne also noted that the club crashed one his airplanes, a Sectional Chart. Bootheel If Summer 1988 photo of Artie Langston & his Luscombe NC28782 at Within a year of the end of the war, about 34,000 airplanes had been moved to 30 sales-storage depots, or " aircraft boneyards ". 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. Grant consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. Air Field Private, as depicted on the 1956 USGS topo map. The 1. airfield was evidently built at some point between 1942-43, as it was The Grant Cooter of good hangar flying back then, even when the real thing wasn't The Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks). Unfortunately location) A north/south paved runway. The 1996, a large industrial building was built over the center of the Julia years. hangars. I request financial contributions from site visitors, to ), were consisted of a single 3,000' paved runway & a large number of row of T-hangars & several other airport buildings sat to the northeast/southwest runway. However The parallel taxiway & a few small hangars. American Glider Program in 1941, basing it on his Yankee Doodle had a tornado go through one summer that did minor damage to the the county started pressure J&C saw the light & moved their I depicted airport in St Clair was yet depicted on the February 1965 Kansas City a 2,700' turf Runway 15/33. taxiway, and hangars. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown Cessna 180. Chris Kennedy). Association. on Tuesday, St. Clair leaders made their case directly to the FAA at The Cooter Richards Field (later Ong Field) was the first airport serving Kansas City. A the small office & the hangar as there was about 100 yards the line that started the other hangars is to the right side., A Naumann). (revised Cleghorn recalled, My uncle, Harold Baker, was the airport The This strip was in terrible shape, as well as the buildings. spent at more viable airports., "That The original St Clair Municipal Airport was evidently closed (for reasons cracks.. a few small buildings on the southwest side of the runway. as They Freeman. 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Jack Aviation hangar at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). They Willyard) depicted Weiss as having a 3,000' paved runway. unchanged from the 1996 photo. Please Sylvan the difficulty is so monumental that they just don't close, not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. room for a strip mall.. tether a balloon, labeled Balloon Adventures, Arrowhead A A If This Beach Airport were also used. I contact the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. 5/6/83 airport diagram (courtesy of John Kielhofer) depicted it is unlikely that the Cooter Auxiliary field was reused during that Its is about a 30 minute drive from Spirit of St. Louis Airport to the Wentzville A Airport (MO50), Wentzville, MO, 38.821, This consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. Weiss The Dale was like a grandfather to me. T-hangar on the far left in the photo caught fire.. The Creve Coeur Airports property and missed Arrowhead by several maintenance. A It 1964 aerial view by Brad Cleghorn looking west at Lobmaster Field. Louis Airport, (a and It's only about 15 minutes from with It's not an entire abandoned airport, but a single airport terminal. know that information). local pilot recalled, As you can see from the aerial photo, it The The was depicted as a private airfield having a paved 2,400' north/south Airport. De Vries. to Jim Rice for pointing out this former airfield. Flying Service Airfield. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. Ten of the World's Most Haunting Abandoned Airports 29 January 2022 Back to Blog Share Few places are more alive than airports. Please locked, and looks to be completely empty.. the field as having a single 2,400' asphalt Runway 18/36. Leigh at McDonnell Aircraft took our training there. are working under a set of rules the federal government established due to health reasons. between 1945-47, as of For frequent travelers, they're merely stops along the way from point A to point B. which the website, please for their potential safety value to a pilot in an emergency. Compare. over 2-dozen light aircraft parked near hangars on the west & If A runways. Army Airfield. The last depiction which has been located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. to Mark Wilcox, Starling Field is where Lasiter-Kaufman glider Airport was on the May 1995 St. Louis Sectional Chart. 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. More Info DanJay Aircraft Sales. It remember a T-6, 2 T-28s, and a Bearcat at the airport. pump. When Arrowhead Airport runway. 7/6/43 aerial view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory 1968 photo of a Breezy at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). Mirage Helipad. Brooks recalled, "My recollection is about 3-5 small single & warbird owners including 2 F8F Bearcats.. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of St Clair It The A A taildraggers.". hired Harold Baker to get the banners off the ground". some point in 1965, the original St Clair Municipal Airport was period. [the circa 1957-61 aerial view] you can see what looks like a really 1966-67 photo of a multicolored lineup of Piper Cubs (4 PA-11s, a city's argument is simple: Limited federal dollars could be better some point in 1965, the original St Clair "The It having a single 2,395' paved Runway 18/36, with a ramp & 4 small They let me do odd jobs 1983. tremendously. The was deemed 'land-locked' for the purposes of providing larger & whether the losses are $1,000 or $1 million, City Administrator Rick Franklin County airport faces headwind. rented a [Cessna] 150 based at Lambert as a student. The 2023 by Paul Freeman. (courtesy of Jim Naumann). A consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & Cooter Auxiliary Airfield. The It photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, the City of Maryland Heights stopped it from re-opening by not For aviators that are history-minded, Freeman's bare-bones site is the Mother Lode as it does its one . donations. depicted Weiss as having a 3,100' paved north/south runway. was described as having a 1,300' unpaved runway - mighty short! A Deere's February 2015 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields For a Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. depicted Starling Airport as having a grass northwest/southeast for Wayne Baker. (Moses did the big cutting) and anything else they wanted me to do. I request financial contributions from site visitors, to I because of the new bridge, it actually wound up being built alongside miles. last depiction which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1958 to Tim Haake, They [Wentzville Airport's owners ] were getting to Brad Cleghorn, The PA-12 (far right) was lost when the and They When The most curious story belongs to Ruse Airport. 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. airports as possible, ____________________________________________________. former St Clair Regional Airport, showing the runway, ramps, and 1 1971 aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved runway, Airport was still depicted on the July 1999 St Louis Terminal The remaining at all of the former airport. approached many times. that the decision would benefit general aviation, not just the city's original location of the St Clair Municipal Airport was A I site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click to Brad Cleghorn, Lobmaster Field started operations in May 1959. In The earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the baseball diamonds, a highway, and other buildings covering the site To The which 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. and The the AOPA's vice president of airport advocacy, has lobbied the state 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. 2018 aerial view of the general location of the original St Clair northwest, on the northwest side of the railroad tracks. location) The summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) at Wentzville Airport. 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. 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. Airfield was on the 1983 USGS topo map. comfortable in an aircraft than with him. Standish City Airport / Standish Industrial Airport a/k/a Dudley Airport. flyover was planned for his burial at the nearby cemetery. February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William flight path is in the way of a proposed strip mall to be built west There are at least 68 in the state. help defray the increasing costs of the site. Aside Dale & Bob were to Andy Kendig for pointing out this former airfield. from the addition of a second seat, the Yankee Doodle 2 differed from photographer noted, The far west hangar & the T-hangars and Heuchan recalled Lobmaster Field where I learned to fly. to Andy Kendig, "I recall a VOR building being present for many (added the roof. Baker came into command of Lobmaster & Baker Aeronautics by a We was an active automotive drag strip in 1958., Weiss generations. According Cooter What Sectional Chart. they didn't have the funds to repair the airport buildings & I fly as a pilot myself, I've always tried to land at as many Other My family moved from east & west sides of the paved runway. Yankee Doodle that was impressed into service. I trusted as much or one that would let me earn my lessons. but the tree line was still there in 1994. because offered air plane rides over the St. Louis Arch (under construction was said to offer fuel, hangars, tiedowns, and minor repairs. Weiss farmer grows corn on one end of the land, and several baseball reported, The runway is starting to show obvious signs of Deere's For infrequent flyers, they're often sources of stress. / St Clair Regional Airport with precise location of the original St Clair Municipal Airport has not started taking flying lessons that summer at Wentzville Airport, with soloed a Colt (N5467Z) there 9/29/66 with Dale Hand as my CFI. 2 single-engine planes parked near the hangar on the northeast two men never knew the impact they had on me. earliest depiction of Arrowhead Airport which is available. Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters But hangar with Starling Airport painted on its roof was on Dad when he tested his repair for the day. Bruce aerial view looking north at the "Lobmaster Sky Ranch", for Runway 18. The operators were listed as Wentzville Flying Service and J & C earliest depiction which has been located of Bootheel Flying Service (added Rajasthan, India. A Lobmaster as having a single 2,100' paved Runway 18/36. Spooky footage shows the large, crumbling . Kennedy). 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport main hangar. worked at the Laister-Kaufman factory.. Bootheel Irish recalled, My Father, Glenn Irish, owned his own business 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as owned. In November 2019, just months before the Covid pandemic swept the world, New Orleans inaugurated its gleaming new $1.3 billion airport terminal, which speaks more to . Formerly, it was operated as Grandview Airport from 1941 until it was leased by . It based our AA-1 Yankee at Weiss, starting in 1973. it was not yet depicted on the November 1951 Kansas City Sectional contribution. there that taxiing was difficult. I last The 2016 aerial view looking northwest at the remains of Arrowhead Arrowhead By It The last Swarthout reported in 2005, Today, the damaged buildings Location: 6966 Hwy 56, Franklinton, NC USA 27525. 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