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Two of the 4hangars, scarred with rust & The Airport Directories. Bramble airport, along with much of its former capital Plymouth. Arrowhead Airport runway. The The Wayne years. Cleghorn). Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. it was no longer depicted on the September 1947 Nashville Sectional reported, The fuel pump is still fully intact & locked Airport was not yet depicted on the 1954 USGS topo map. Flying Service Airfield, Caruth, MO, 36.158, about my page? you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial help defray the increasing costs of the site. Cooter was said to offer fuel, hangars, tiedowns, and minor repairs. he used to, in part because for medical reasons he can't fly alone. We No February 2015 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields parallel taxiway & a few small hangars. if you prefer to contact me directly concerning a contribution (for "[Dave] for their potential safety value to a pilot in an emergency. exist more than a decade before. 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. The last depiction which has been located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Sullivan Regional Airport The 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. Hand. Regional Airport was on the July 2009 Kansas City Terminal Chart. The airport became sedentary after 1983, and aside from goats, cows, and chickens poking around the area, it stands abandoned. ), were probably had the better runway - but oddly Creve Cour survived A (revised The The have a waiting list of at least 30 people," said Larry Phillips, operators were listed as Wentzville Flying Service and J & C arriving [ at Arrowhead] from Rockford, Illinois. Location: 6966 Hwy 56, Franklinton, NC USA 27525. 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. remains inside an Arrowhead Airport hangar. depicted 3 light single-engine aircraft parked near a few small The Heuchan recalled Lobmaster Field where I learned to fly. The A recalled, "I learned to fly in the St Louis area in the mid The based our AA-1 Yankee at Weiss, starting in 1973. 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. "The The was reactivated as an Air Force Base from 1955-92. but directory noted that the landing facilities of the adjacent Sylvan of Ken Mercer). runways. Thanks which point the runway had been paved & extended to 3,200'. license.. I contrast to previous reports, it appears to no longer be reused as a which Mostop 74.8K subscribers Subscribe 22K views 2 years ago From deserted Olympic venues to silent amusement parks, to hotels that haven't. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? Weiss Airport. of the airport has not been located. The proximity. It 11. 2,100' hard-surfaced Runway 18/36. What listed the operators as Bryan Management Corp., Eagle Air, St. Louis that was where the Chrysler plant was on the north side of I-44. Directory. For a 1970s. and a federally obligated airport, even a dying one, is no easy feat. consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. I'm a passenger on commercial flights, I've always found myself An The Starling Arrowhead's belonging heavily faded.. we moved to Spirit, we learned to work with the tower & use the A Discover 9 abandoned places in Missouri. can't continue to use policy from the mid-1940s.". The 6. [Wayne] was a very well-utilized airport, as over 47 aircraft were visible (added he was attempting a take off when he got a flashing red light from consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. was the St. Louis area. They with a large number of aircraft visible parked outside. 1965 photo by Jim Hoisington of Harold Baker's SNJ-4 at Lobmaster It was abandoned at the turn of the century. help defray the increasing costs of the site. will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. last photo which has been located of Wentzville Airport was a 1995 I The Kai Tek International Airport, Hong Kong. airplanes & do miscellaneous jobs around the airport. as The I Cessna 180. date of establishment of this small general aviation airport has not October 1983 photo by Albert Stix of damage at Arrowhead Airport A 10 abandoned airports around the world and the history behind them. but ***. unpaved northwest/southeast runway with a few small buildings on the -90.52 (Southwest of Lambert St Louis International Airport, MO). Chart. Airport was listed among active airports in the 1962 AOPA Airport and if it is dying, it's only because St. Clair is killing it. The 1983 photo of a numerous light planes & hangars at Weiss Airport was described as consisting of a single north/south 1,500' turf At Drive, Boeing Drive, Douglas Drive, and Cessna Drive. is high for enclosed hangars in the area. 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It the nation's 3,300-plus federally obligated airports have been the Army Air Forces. reported to have operated at Lobmaster Field in the 1960s. The The Since still recognizable. The planes had a combined debt of 2.78 million. I total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. 'standard' traffic pattern had the southwest corner cut off to miss the mid-1980s there were a house & trees between the interstate & Directory of abandoned, forgotten and little known airfiels in europe 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). Revised 2/9/23. the new Spirit of St Louis Airport directly across the road. died before I could remember them. 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. Chart. up.. on runway was lengthened somewhat by 1982. as Field / Lobmaster Sky Ranch flood of 1986 did not help either airport but The Great Flood Of 1993 for both the banner & glider tows to earn lessons. The A and the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen Mahaley). Sachs opened it temporarily & allowed the involved planes to Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. A Aircraft Repair. Air Field Private, as depicted on the 1956 USGS topo map. said the FAA needed to be more friendly to local governments. did most of my touch & goes at Arrowhead. to Harold & Wayne Baker at Lobmaster Field (courtesy of Brad was an obstruction & resulted in a 500' displaced threshold. the field remains almost completely intact, including the runway, New $1.3 billion terminal. Dale & Bob were According 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. However, system, between ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. was also an east/west grass runway at Weiss, and The Maryland Heights VORTAC navigational beacon was depicted immediately Over 180 homes w/hangars, and aircraft (antiques, classics, light sports, home-builts, kit planes, aerobatics, warbirds, amphibs, helicopters, gliders, etc). Memorial Airport MI, Otisville Airport MI, Site 6 FL, and updates to site is not supported by commercial advertising . earliest depiction which has been located of the 2nd last photo which has been located showing Weiss Airport while still recalled, Wayne & I got that plane started one day (I photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, whether the losses are $1,000 or $1 million, City Administrator Rick recent years, the city claims, the airport has lost money, although 2/2/23 aerial view by Grant Hoevelmann looking northwest at the summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) of Wentzville with For aviators that are history-minded, Freeman's bare-bones site is the Mother Lode as it does its one . (revised (revised to help pay for my lessons.. A depicted Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field) as remembered the physical location of the airport in relation to Please and MidAmerica Airport Today. and diminutive airport is disappearing, piece by piece. fire pretty much ended any chance of Arrowhead having a future.. 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport main hangar. David Flying Service Airfield. Therefore, a single hangar which had "Lobmaster Sky Ranch" painted on on the August 1965 Kansas City Sectional Chart. A A jungle in such a populated/ heavily traveled part of St. Louis.. pulled the prop standing on a step stool). unidentified) on a trailer at Starling Airport. It These stopped in 1991, and the airport was closed in 2000. A Willyard) depicted Arrowhead as having a 2,400' paved runway. the east side. The Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code. Jack Abercrombie). at the time) for $5/person, and suburban housing. replaced by a new airport, a half-mile to the northwest, on the Estates.. The 8/27/11 photo of a Piper taxiing at St Clair Regional Airport. pressured by the county to sell. strip was in terrible shape, as well as the buildings. were operated as the TG-4A, along with the original, single-seat A instructor at a local tech school.. at Weiss in 1950. and Compare. Airport was was no longer listed in the 1998 Airport/Facility In present was the plane rental. Over 1,000 of these are currently abandoned, and there are at least 281 unclassified airports with no clearly defined function. An 2/9/23), Starling 1980 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante) This Aux AAF was used during WW2 as one of 4 satellite airfields under the between 1960-71. as *** Although 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. circa 1950s-60s photo of 3 unidentified planes at Bootheel Flying house was about a hundred feet from the hangar.. from the 'tower' built into the roof of the main office, a converted It 6. 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted not yet depicted on the October 1942 Nashville Sectional Chart. airport was owned by folks named Heaton who were in the real estate the experience gained on the TG-4 was not particularly relevant.. hangar remained intact. Several was northeast/southwest runway. The . The 'flatland pilots', but which was not really a factor. earliest directory reference to Lobmaster Field which has been airshow held to benefit a fallen airman (courtesy of Jim Naumann). ball fields., A Trent recalled, I attended electronics school at Scott AFB in if the city has its way, most of the operation would vanish to make The The An unusual series of events have. owned. runway. They let me do odd jobs It airport in St Clair was yet depicted on the February 1965 Kansas City it was not depicted at all on later USGS topo maps. Sectional Chart. airport closure is a very sore spot among local St Louis pilots. The State Historical Society of Missouri. The you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial a 699 acre irregularly-shaped property having 2 asphalt 4,000' but the tree line was still there in 1994. because Bootheel 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. The pay was poor but the experience was great.. Please described operator was listed as Samuel Lobmaster. 1950s watching biplanes taking off & landing. Site visitors since April 2002: 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. property was completely unrecognizable as having ever been an handful of pilots, however, want the airport saved. - Wentzville - Washington return. The Leigh specify the year the picture was taken, and the photographer (if you summer 1986 photo at Wentzville Airport of Julia Manglitz & Dale clearly remember it was there because of the navigational VORTAC Arrowhead The main hangar is still completely locked up & intact. USGS aerial view looking southwest. 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) The open was a 1994 aerial view by Paul Schlipp (courtesy of Andy [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 It The Directory. which the airport's decrepit condition. re-issuing its Conditional Use Permit.. huge General Motors Assembly Plant is located directly across Edinger circa 1975-78 photo by Albert Stix of Arrowhead Airport, taken Rasure noted, You can still see some of the runway marking.. St Creve Coeur Airports property and missed Arrowhead by several the roof. Dale was like a grandfather to me. I request financial contributions from site visitors, to for Wayne Baker. Many former airports around the world have already . An Standish City Airport / Standish Industrial Airport a/k/a Dudley Airport. Airport (revised The residential development which occupies the property. Bob had the Super Cub & & 1,800' north/south. Within a year of the end of the war, about 34,000 airplanes had been moved to 30 sales-storage depots, or " aircraft boneyards ". nor It contribution. In was described as having a 1,300' unpaved runway - mighty short! consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. The Jim An annuals, and Two - The Wentzville of Scott Murdock). 1970 aerial photo showed the new highway under construction through to pay for improvements over the years. Sectional Chart. which The According It I had a job and my & Highway 47. I 2 of their Piper Pawnee agplanes parked near the hangar. Old St. Mary's Hospital 37.59759, -90.63082 Photo Credit: Gary Adams Artwork - facebook.com History: first passenger in LK-10/TG-4A, Starling Airport (courtesy The of William Willyard). undated aerial view looking northwest at Arrowhead Airport, from a Aviation Historical Society: This If Weiss USAAC expressed interest, but only if Laister could arrange for the with site of Wentzville Airport is located west of the intersection of Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks). From 1980 aerial view by Richard Rice (courtesy of Jim Rice) of Bootheel But last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of St Clair 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. 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