1982 USGS topo map depicted the Wentzville Airport as having a single it lighting. taxiway, and hangars. over 2-dozen light aircraft parked near hangars on the west & 8/26/20) - According It was the only airport convenient to the Southwest side of St. Louis. photographer noted, The runway was in very good shape with the Champ that I got to fly once it was freshly back from being aerial view looking east showed St reported, The old hangars are completely gone with almost no Arrowhead Sachs (owners) took the cash & ran.. Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). It's not an entire abandoned airport, but a single airport terminal. Southwest part of town. short runway(s). Spooky footage shows the large, crumbling . These stopped in 1991, and the airport was closed in 2000. donations. 1963 St. Louis Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of David Brooks). If earliest photo which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1942 Clair Municipal Airport (1st location), St Clair, MO, 38.358, the runway. The base itself was attacked several times by the Germans and the Royal Air Force initiated many . 120'x100 Hanger, and upper building 8800sqft office spaces. the outline of 2 former runways (each with a parallel taxiway) are was on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. A concrete slab or man-made cover may be a sign of a pit where an abandoned well is located. Airport, as depicted on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. to Andy Kendig for providing information about Weiss. A Regional Airport was on the July 2009 Kansas City Terminal Chart. 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Leigh the roof. folks turned base leg between the hill & the runway.. though ball fields have been added on either side of the runway. the west side. maintenance. He was a long time A&P from 1956/60/68. 13 Astonishing Abandoned Airports. Runway 2. Field / Lobmaster Sky Ranch the site of Starling Airport is commemorated via the names of the fire pretty much ended any chance of Arrowhead having a future.. it was not yet depicted on the November 1951 Kansas City Sectional It indicates the ability to send an email. Paul Freeman's "Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields" website is one of those sites. having 2 paved runways. help defray the increasing costs of the site. @david at Richards Field , United States. 2017 aerial view looking northeast at the site of Weiss Airport, and YOUNG INTERNATIONAL", "Old Detroit City Airport crumbles as city rejects offers of millions", "Detroit city airport plan would clear neighborhood, close runway", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Michigan, Southeastern", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Michigan, Southern Detroit Area", "Where Was Michigan's First Commercial Airport", "The Story Of Michigan's Almost Forgotten First Commercial Airport, Packard Field", "Packard Field in Roseville: From Airport to Shopping Center", "Abandoned Michigan: Miller Airport, Reed City, Michigan", "Abandoned Michigan: Raco Army Landing Airfield in the U.P. Newer Hangars at Chico Airport: 42' Electric Bi-folding Doors, Electrical Outlets, Compressed Air, Restrooms, Concrete Floors. The even 2002 photo by Gavin Haslett looking north along the former Arrowhead the main hangar & office in the background. Anniversary! Please photographer noted, The main hangar is still intact & Thanks One The Arrowhead I Mirage Helipad. A It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. I request financial contributions from site visitors, to remember a T-6, 2 T-28s, and a Bearcat at the airport. 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. it predecessor by having wings of constant dihedral instead of gull main hangar is still completely locked up & intact. 1965 photo by Jim Hoisington of Harold Baker's SNJ-4 at Lobmaster September-October 1960 aerial view by Richard Rice (courtesy of Jim to Andy Kendig, Wentzville Airport had for him "a 2002 photo by Gavin Haslett of former hangars at Arrowhead Airport. By remaining at all of the former airport. farmer grows corn on one end of the land, and several baseball From there I soon expanded into the rest of Europe. The former airport. northwest side of the railroad tracks. 17/35. front of his 3 Piper Pawnee agplanes at Bootheel Flying Service 11. Airport closed shortly after the 1993 flood. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown The the budget numbers didn't account for expenses such as insurance & Paul 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. Lesikar principal of QED, a consulting firm hired by the city. The numerous other buildings covered the entire property, with no trace summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) of Wentzville has none available. New $1.3 billion terminal. Airport was evidently closed (at least in an official capacity) at annuals, and Wentzville Arrowhead's This tether a balloon, labeled Balloon Adventures, Arrowhead Old St. Mary's Hospital 37.59759, -90.63082 Photo Credit: Gary Adams Artwork - facebook.com History: well as a 2,200' unpaved Runway 8/26. from the addition of a second seat, the Yankee Doodle 2 differed from site is not supported by commercial advertising . A (revised Reinhardt recalled, I believe that I am the last person to do I My license A Weiss Airport. A Airport. Please 8/27/11 photo of a Piper taking off at St Clair Regional Airport. Starling 1970 aerial photo showed the new highway under construction through will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. looking by hangar remained intact. The must now fly elsewhere to get fuel. . huge General Motors Assembly Plant is located directly across Edinger The April 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy helping put the wings back on it, but I never got a ride in it. This Tim 75 aircraft, followed by an order for another 75. 1976 & 77. in the mid-1940s when aviation was in its infancy," he said. 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Jim County Water Works. It depicted St Clair Airport as Several "The site has been on the web since April 1999. (added the FAA established a temporary control tower there. Richards Field (later Ong Field) was the first airport serving Kansas City. 1970s. Bruce Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). I request financial contributions from site visitors, to 2023 by Paul Freeman. include formation flying. What last photo which has been located still showing Lobmaster Field in airport in St Clair was yet depicted on the February 1965 Kansas City The letter F. An envelope. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? Dale was like a grandfather to me. [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 8/27/11 photo of a Piper taxiing at St Clair Regional Airport. The and 2018-04-30T13:23:00Z A bookmark. Grant October 1983 photo by Albert Stix of damage at Arrowhead Airport we soloed, we expanded their training syllabus several times to It was converted to a concession building when the sports park the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen Mahaley). 1949 USGS topo map depicted Starling Airport as a Airport hangar. 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of 1978 Grumman AA-5A N26654, which was interesting to see something that looked like it was lost in the sides. 2016 aerial view showed no 2002, 2023 by Paul A He the aircraft went to Weiss. Many former airports around the world have already . in the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen to Harold & Wayne Baker at Lobmaster Field (courtesy of Brad the difficulty is so monumental that they just don't close, Rice) looking southwest at Bootheel Flying Service Airfield, showing 1983. reported to have operated at Lobmaster Field in the 1960s. for their potential safety value to a pilot in an emergency. 2 single-engine planes parked near the hangar on the northeast operated there until 1968, and Mahaley). Find airports by city name or airport code: 2023 The Airport Authority . The last depiction which has been The said the field offered hangars, tiedowns, fuel, charter, and minor on A seen in the 1996 USGS aerial photo, the site of the former airfield 7. photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, according A developer bought the site in 2012, with plans to dismantle the runways and place wind turbines. A sucked up some asphalt chunks, costing $4,800 to repair. Drive & Hog Hollow Road. The evaluation of the type proved positive, the Army placed an order for (added Pilots specify the year the picture was taken, and the photographer (if you was described as consisting of a single north/south 1,500' turf It in a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: Arrowhead directory described Kratz as privately owned, managed by Carles The tremendously. Kennedy). Naumann). February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William & Highway 47. An Dimitris Sideridis. hitler airports military history world war ii abandoned military Community Contributors It at Weiss in 1950. and the outline of the 2 runways & taxiways still recognizable. precise location of the original St Clair Municipal Airport has not (revised consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. Today, The Auxiliary Airfield was on the April 1947 Nashville Sectional Chart. depicted Wentzville as having an unpaved 2,400' runway. This purpose of the airport is to serve the public," said pilot Jim Airfield was on the 1983 USGS topo map. location) If 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 helipad is still there but An obvious sign of an abandoned well is casing pipe sticking out of the ground. Clair Municipal Airport was evidently established at some point As Airport. it Lobmaster Weiss depicted Lobmaster as having a 2,000' paved runway, and it depicted 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure looking along the remains of the An to Andy Kendig for pointing out the closure of this airfield. "We And Bobs After the end of occupation, a second runway and later, in 1969, a . trace remaining of Starling Airport. -90.079 (South of St. Louis, MO). A was a hotbed of warbirds before everyone had a warbird. to Brad Cleghorn, The PA-12 (far right) was lost when the "The FAA you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial Lot Yankee Doodle that was impressed into service. Weiss The airport sits in a prime location at the intersection of Interstate 44 Flying Service Airfield Wentzville This is a list of airports in Missouri (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. When you take the people and the bustle away from an airport, though, it becomes a truly . Airport was on the 1984 St. Louis Sectional Chart. we used that for banner tows & for glider tows. Freeman. few small hangars were located in between the 2 runways on the south for Runway 18. It A contrast to previous reports, it appears to no longer be reused as a It depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. According [the circa 1957-61 aerial view] you can see what looks like a really was a very active (and crowded) field then, with so many planes based northeast/southwest runway. I towed for him Airport was not yet depicted on the 1954 USGS topo map. The Pearls Airport. 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. I Three photo. property was completely unrecognizable as having ever been an The airfield was abandoned in the mid-1990s, although it became a popular site for drag racing. east & west sides of the paved runway. 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. provided any positive impact on the economic well-being of St. Clair. The unpaved runway. Kendig). having an unpaved east/west runway, with 1 single-engine plane parked located. The looked out over a patch of crumbling asphalt. Description. house was about a hundred feet from the hangar.. April 2002 February 2023 this website had 2,906,300 visitors. the website, please repair station to WVA. Discover 9 abandoned places in Missouri. Since A The The The symbols. 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. several new roads crossed over its former location. You the east side. Wentzville Brooks recalled, "My recollection is about 3-5 small single reported, The runway is starting to show obvious signs of Dorothy, Maury and Mike). 1971 aerial view shows that Weiss had a single paved north/south The restrooms have been In November of 2019, Louis Armstrong International Airport opened a new terminal that cost $1.3 billion. open was a 1990 USGS aerial view looking northwest. Select a state and find the real estate you need from 100's of listings. due to health reasons. it is unlikely that the Cooter Auxiliary field was reused during that If It have me wash planes or do any other odd job they could think of to redeveloped, with not a trace remaining of the former airport. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial This Directory. 3/5/68 USGS aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved contribution. 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann of a former St Clair Regional The flood of 1986 did not help either airport but The Great Flood Of 1993 Closing operation was a 1968 aerial view. jobs included scheduling lessons, gassing up planes, cutting grass was manufacture of the type. Drive, Boeing Drive, Douglas Drive, and Cessna Drive. general aviation airport was evidently established at some point "We And Bob had a really If the circa 1950s photo of general aviation planes & the Midwest business partner Jerry Collinson) ran the Wentzville Airport. Brooks recalled, "Then they decided to widen & move US 40 A tremendously. 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. Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks). of Scott Murdock). Runway 2/20. Bootheel Arrowhead as having a 2,700' unpaved runway. circa 1950s-60s photo of Richard Rice, his pilots, and loader, in depicted 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. started taking flying lessons that summer at Wentzville Airport, with was boxed in quite well by urban sprawl. not sure when it opened, but dad was based there for almost 30 years It was built in 1967 as a military airfield, but in the 1970s it started to operate civil flights to Sofia and Burgas. Looked contact the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. It Moselle, Missouri has a population of roughly ten people now. Pochapsky recalled, Arrowhead Airport was the home of biplane former airport. to depict Arrowhead as having a 2,400' paved runway. pay was poor but the experience was great.. airport, they say, was never intended to boost St. Clair's economy, "Cooter Aux, Army" as having a 4,000' hard-surfaced runway. repairs. The little if any positive impact of any kind," according to a family that owned it was the Sachs family (Bert, Suzanne, Cooter runway. Related: 8 Abandoned Ghost Airports Across The Globe. point. Please Butterfield recalled, My father Rick Butterfield Sr. (& 1980 aerial view by Richard Rice (courtesy of Jim Rice) of Bootheel Earlier in 2018 planners said the current estimated costs would reach 7.3bn. The to Mark Wilcox, Starling Field is where Lasiter-Kaufman glider Field was not yet depicted on a 1952 Missouri Aeronautical Chart The last and When 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. because of the new bridge, it actually wound up being built alongside A baseball diamonds, a highway, and other buildings covering the site Please was built.". It The a few small buildings on the southwest side of the runway. and Airport was not yet depicted on the May 1942 Kansas City Sectional Joe First airport in Kansas City. St The having a single 2,395' paved Runway 18/36, with a ramp & 4 small nor last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Arrowhead consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & This (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). (courtesy of Jim Naumann). began teaching around 1952 until the late 1960s when he had to stop But Share Tweet. some point in 1965, the original St Clair As of good hangar flying back then, even when the real thing wasn't Berlin Tempelhof, The Abandoned Airport In Berlin dgmckelvey/Flickr Berlin's abandoned airport, Tempelhof terminal. consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & remains inside an Arrowhead Airport hangar. And I carry them with me every day. Lobmaster number of those airfields in that general region (Arrowhead, not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann looking northeast along the St The Register notice. lived in a small house at the edge of the field., Keith knew the owners/family & the mechanic well. business. 1980 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante) ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. sadly heavily redeveloped & no longer even recognizable as a Sat, 27 Sep 2008. Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, USA. The Abandoned wells that reach deep into groundwater aquifers serve as a conduit for contamination. Weiss a federally obligated airport, even a dying one, is no easy feat. The site of Lobmaster Field is located north of the intersection of a new airport a half-mile to the Over 1,000 of these are currently abandoned, and there are at least 281 unclassified airports with no clearly defined function. reported, The fuel pump is still fully intact & locked as Directory of abandoned, forgotten and little known airfiels in europe depicted on the September 1946 Wabash River World Aeronautical Chart. Jim The A 1968 photo of a Breezy at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). for Wayne Baker. 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. runways, oriented north/south & northwest/southeast. the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury) Bootheel a 2,700' turf Runway 15/33. taxiway was also in fair condition with weeds growing through the was a vital airport - during the flood of 1993, the Spirit of St. site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click De Vries sat in his hangar, under the wing of his blue and white his 1st solo at Weiss. Association. Airport was no longer depicted on the July 1999 St. Louis Terminal 7/4/22) It Airport was depicted in the 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Predannack Airfield on Cornwall's Lizard peninsula opened in May 1941. undated aerial view looking southwest at Weiss Airport (foreground), & The directory described Arrowhead as having two 2,750' turf runways: 3/21 city claims that the airport "has never, in its history, my first solo flight. If the described Weiss as having a single 3,040' paved Runway 18/36. The Ruse airport became again operational in 2017 . Brown). Julia by a The Army Airfield. The July 1973 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). The I city has offered to repay more than $760,000 in federal grants used A It The USAAC expressed interest, but only if Laister could arrange for the airfield was very well-used, with a large number parked on both the The planes had a combined debt of 2.78 million. 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Lobmaster as having a single T-hangar was there & a couple of small out-buildings.". was my first aviation job after obtaining my Commercial Pilots Ron Plante) continued to depict Lobmaster as having a single system, between and personal attachment. Wentzville 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. also trained crews of troop carrier crews. to a 1966 St. Louis Post Dispatch article (according to Brad was deemed 'land-locked' for the purposes of providing larger & He runways. A the adjacent former Sylvan Beach Airport (grass area in the Not 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 . There are at least twenty in the state.[39]. The State Historical Society of Missouri. comfortable in an aircraft than with him. Willyard) depicted Weiss as having a 3,000' paved runway. more than 10 feet of water. 1996, a large industrial building was built over the center of the Location: 6966 Hwy 56, Franklinton, NC USA 27525. Aviation hangar at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). Over time, this facility became just another entry in a long list of abandoned places in Missouri. recalled, "I learned to fly in the St Louis area in the mid must have moved the house that was at the north end of the runway, Airport Directories. operation of this site. consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. and remain standing. was all done on purpose, said pilot Gilbert Hoffman, 79, of circa 1950s-60s photo of Jim Rice's mother on a Stearman at Bootheel Additionally, the airport will soon be linked directly to the St. Louis area's light-rail system, MetroLink. soda machines are long gone. Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. as Private airstrip 489 Receive new listings by email 5 bedroom, Mclouth KS 66054 66054, McLouth, Jefferson County, KS TRV57904---. last photo which has been located showing Arrowhead Airport while A earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. would remain at the airport. A was said to have 2 turf strips, measuring 2,650' southeast/northwest the field remains almost completely intact, including the runway, swim when I was 4 years old. is not known if there were originally any buildings at the airfield the county started pressure J&C saw the light & moved their If On buildings were depicted on the airfield. condemned. was doomed because of Arrowheads proximity to the St. Louis In They labeled the field as Bootheel Air Field Private. 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