In April 2019 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website celebrated its 20 th Anniversary! 35.341, -111.6902Photo Credit: Ken Hodge flickr.com. two 6,000' asphalt runways (14/32 & 18/36). However, this place is cool to shoot from above with a drone. of John Voss). Jackson reported, At the outbreak of WW2, general aviation
double runways measuring 6,000' or greater for heavy bombers. A
Benson Intermediate Field/Benson Airport (original) Pinal Airpark has seen a significant increase in demand in recent months, owing to its surrounding dry environment, which is perfect for long-term aircraft storage. Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Arizona: Southeastern Phoenix Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Arizona: Southeastern Phoenix area 2002, Revised 8/28/16. However, the airfield's role is quite different from its original function, . runway's west end. There appears to
depicted Salome
Parkin, enhanced by Bill Grasha). The earliest
6 was depicted on the southwest side of the airfield. Echeverria's abandoned WW2 hangar, still standing after 70 years. operated
condition. We
Kennedy). This field was
2006, this field is listed as an active public-use airport, under the
35.41395, -114.19859Photo Credit: Jimmy Emerson, DVM flickr.com. the September 1941 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris
34.34226, -98.87417Photo Credit: hikearizona.com. portion & I-40 across the southern portion. the remaining hangar, and other building foundations. with the arch supports already showing early signs of collapsing
but historical
34.37, -113.91
the runway between these 2 areas is untouched. Therefore,
Jackson noted that the former Airport Gardens Dinner House at the
[aerial photos] are quite faint in real life now.. A 7/31/16 photo by Bud Stratford of
That's Executive Aviation where I
1943, glider training ended at the Claiborne Flight Academy, and a
Dedicated on 23 September 1927 as Davis-Monthan Field. apparently reused at least for some period as a civil airfield, as Kingman Aux
the running 152 & he launches for PHX. paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. Army Airfield / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield (58AZ), Yucca, AZ, 34.88, -114.12
That portion of
duties during World War 2, such as transporting military aircraft,
The 1935 Phoenix
At the point when individuals were indicted for violations there or in the adjoining town of Morenci, they werent condemned to time in jail. However,
contribution. Gringo Pass Airfield, Lukeville, AZ 31.88, -112.812 (East of Yuma, AZ) A 1992 USGS aerial view looking northwest at Gringo Pass Airfield. Number did
"Kingman #5", as depicted
Yucca
I would be
In February 2015 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website hit TWO MILLION visitors! was depicted as an auxiliary airfield. City, AZ. yearbook. Mike reported, My brother,
built on the field, but it was turned into a restaurant.. 1997 USGS aerial view looking northeast at the Ford Motor Proving
surrounding Echeverria's flagpole, and the foundation of a building
Corinne Spratt moved from Needles to manage Site Six as a fishing
1961 USGS topo map depicted the Salome Emergency Airfield. parallel taxiway. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at:
the longest being a 3,350' northeast/southwest strip. Today, the first Silverbell is totally gone, with every one of the structures and designs having been annihilated, and consumed by the steadily expanding mine site. Conner Field, as depicted on the
"Kingman
Today, at Harshaw there are a couple of buildings left to see. access to the California side had already brought powerboat racing to
town of Wickenburg, and by the looks of the sign on the gate, is
mounted on top of the Airport Gardens Dinner House. property having 3 sand & gravel runways, the longest being a
Stuff
A 1/27/18 photo by Tim Gagnon of
runway level. It
current road maps it is labeled as Quartzsite Rock Alignment. The
(according to Chris Kennedy), The
Bud
Bud reported, The hangar is
caliche runways. This
The
mean, it's as if somebody has been keeping the remains of the runway
former runway. runways. Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures. The facility
(courtesy of Chris Kennedy). a 5,585 acre irregularly-shaped property having 2 asphalt 6,000'
Below are 31 different ghost towns you can explore across the great state of Nevada along with their status and exact GPS coordinates. Yucca AAF / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield
else is gone except the curved drive, barely visible in the old
labeled Airstrip having 2 unpaved runways. Jeff continued,
Opened: 1930-1931 (source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields) being 6,000'. talked about plans for a fabulous city on Lake Havasu, with private
was on the
Airport. Chief's nightmare. At one point, the little airparks 5,000-foot runway saw up to seven arrivals each day. The field itself
When the Soviet forces were finished with the base, it was abandoned and its condition rapidly declined. Built in 1967 by the Funk family, the dog track ran greyhound races until closing in 1982. Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field is an abandoned military airfield located 40 miles east of Yuma, Arizona. The Dateland site originally encompassed a total of 3,255 acres, which were acquired starting in 1943. A 2/2116 photo by Mike Jamison from
Nothing else
According
adjacent
the
Ford continued
6/22/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy
of an economically sustainable city in the remote desert was nave,
"Kingman #7", as depicted
airfield was evidently abandoned (again) at some point in 1964. as it was no
was in the 1934
McCulloch
site of Quartzsite Airport was removed at some point between 9/2010
2002, 2023 by Paul
Havasu Auxiliary Army Airfield #6 (LHU) / Havasu Airpark, Lake Havasu
in the 5/47 issue of Arizona Highways (courtesy of George Miller), which described the field as being unattended, and the longest runway as being 3,800'. Then, at that point, in 1890, a couple English organizations had brief activities nearby, before they as well, were no more. A 2008 photo by Rick Tejera looking
it
on the August
earliest photo which has been located of Topock Field was a 10/31/47
Mining activities go on here today, despite the fact that to a lot more modest degree. While relaying the
A 1966 aerial view showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar had been removed at some point between 1958-66. east at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon. total of 3 unpaved runways. Administration. ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. This
It is also the last active American boneyard. Charles
In 1882, they laid their lines across the area, just south of what would later be known as Meteor City. Dennison was 3 miles east of Meteor City, and Sunshine was 4.5 miles west. Cameron
small airfield (located in between the towns of Forepaugh &
An
One is just to
"Topock AAF
The
St. Athan Airfield: eCube Solutions employs over 100 staff at the St. Athan facility and operates six lines of disassembly, processing over 50 aircraft per year. the cantonment/administration area. runway. The Beacon Itself was a survey
though
few areas of asphalt along with a few small areas of concrete slabs
Airport (revised
site for the F-100F which was beyond the east end of the main
The last aeronautical chart
Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. Havasu Aux AAF #6 (revised
The Salome
Today, the crater appears to be a massive circular depression caused 50,000 years ago by the collision of an asteroid fragment flying at 26,000 mph. A 2/2116 photo by Mike Jamison of a
and the operator
located on the southwest corner. Contingent upon the source, the Old Frontier was either offered to Don Lorenzo Hubbell (of the Hubbell Trading Post in Ganado, Arizona, presently a National Historic Site), to Hubbells child Ramon, or directly to Hawaiian band pioneer Ray Meany and his better half Ella Blackwell. & Number 2 discovered the 152 wouldn't start. on the west side of the field. This was once an opulent mansion in the Hualapai Mountains but is now an empty, decaying husk. fades quickly out there - the parking lot markings that pop out on
1969-71, as it was no longer depicted on the June 1971 Phoenix
buildings at the Lake Havasu site are obviously from its days as the
Death Valley National Park now contains the former hamlet. by the Arizona Gliding Academy & the Claiborne Flight Academy. Auxiliary Army Airfield #5 / Topock Field, Topock, AZ. (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). Youre in the right place. The town became official, not long after all cases were offered to the Imperial Copper Company, in 1903. Drilling for a 3,100-foot tunnel to ascend the Mogollon Rim began in August 1883. I am documenting
(according to Rick Jackson) with a 3,800' unpaved runway. practicing in that area find their way back to Conner., On
A 2014 aerial view looking north
an unnamed eroded dirt road. Quartzsite
circa 1965 photo (courtesy of Cameron Shepherd, enhanced by Bill
built closer to town. The Aerodromes
Kluczewo Airfield in Poland was built by the Luftwaffe in 1935 and later taken over by the Red Army. Publishing Airport Directory (according
The
the beacon. A B-26 Marauder, used to tow target
south along the former Salome Intermediate Field north/south runway. emergency landing strip to be used as a satellite field by Kingman
northeast/southwest runway. 5/2/21), Lake
Strip" continued to be depicted on the 1990 USGS topo map. As of
generator. Echeverria
the fencing looks pretty recent.. proving ground surrounding the
As general stores and their method of business turned out to be less important the Babbitts shut down numerous areas, by the 1970s the Cow Springs it was deserted to exchange post. water-collection cistern, due west of the hangar; and the remnants of the main
There are many
This
terminus.. operation of this site. The gate is locked & a sign
#7" was described on the 1949 Prescott Sectional Chart
(FAA) was depicted on the March 1962 Phoenix Sectional Chart
Today, the entrance to the railroad tunnel serves as a reminder of the story. a total of 550,000 acres, and the range had 4 airfields. 2/24/1949 aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control
After some extensive research on theWeb,I have found some images and additional information on previous airfield configurations, including the original runway configuration when the field first opened in 1927. was transferred to the Department of Interior in 1946. No idea what this is for, although
Parking is available at St. Athan for up to 40 aircraft, and the facilities also include three aircraft maintenance hangars. showing
The portion
Yuma Aux #1 was listed in a directory of AZ Airports. (according to Chris Kennedy). National Archives aerial view (courtesy of Brian
(courtesy of Chris Kennedy). A May 11, 2004 photo by John
A
For many years, Pinal Airpark has acted as a boneyard, where aircraft are kept and dismantled. left over from the old AAF., Lake
Stratford reported, Wikipedia states that the base used
earliest photo which has been located of the Tonopah Intermediate
I got it resolved & both graduated. Both runways of
1940s aerial view looking south from a Buck Conner Christmas card
Chrysler planned
Dinner House is all that remains at the site of Quartzsite Airport. It seems that
open. aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control District). "The 1994 aerial photo also shows two rectangular compounds
lathe & shingle 'X' is probably a reference point from USGS or
apparently closed again by 1956. as no airfield
It was now that Indian Agent Jeffords advised him to move his cows. the west of the end of the runway, roughly square & unlevel. The collapsing structure to the right of the tunnel entrance is the powder house, where workers stored explosives while blasting through the mountain. 6/2012. A 1966 aerial view showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar had been removed at some point between 1958-66. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'urbexunderground_com-banner-1','ezslot_12',188,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-banner-1-0');Whats left? The 1949 Gila River World
my wife & I flew out there for the morning. finish the cross-country flight but turns out did cover the distance
It was listed as
It
like the barracks & most other buildings were already
Havasu Airport. Photo of the airfield while in use
This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception. depicted Ford Motor as having 2 paved runways, with the longest being
Kennedy). US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of Ken
Two
incredibly hard, and anyone who has ever had to. I'm not sure, but I'm assuming that there were originally 2 runways
The original
table on the 1964 LA Sectional Chart (courtesy of John
listed in a directory of AZ Airports. Chart (according
2023 Atlas Obscura. airfield was depicted on the 1949 Los Angeles Sectional Chart
paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. They also have a
Airport. the runways for automobile testing in 1955. and eventually
Most notably, it opens up archaeology and the study of ancient peoples to the general population. The Yucca
Supercobras & P-63 Kingcobras at Yucca AAF. million for the 3,840 acre site, including 50 miles of test roads &
This airfield
will be prosecuted.'. that a large portion of the untouched runway is visible from I-40 &
were Vultee BT-13 Valiants not C-47s.. 7/30/22) -
H.C. Mitchell & Associates used the Golden Turkey Mine in 1933. field. single clay runway. You can also see the buildings in
A 2008 photo by Rick Tejera at the
The
saw Its just a fenced in area about 20 square with a
A
The community was founded in 1905, after the Bullfrog, Nevada, gold finding drew residents to the area. earliest photo which has been located of the Salome Intermediate
a 6/21/43 aerial view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield
The walls look like walls I saw in Iraq and Afghanistan
It is
control tower, runways, taxiways, parking aprons. Jackson) continued to depict Conner Field as an auxiliary
depicted Conner Field as having 3 unpaved runways. (according to Chris Kennedy). Intermediate Field. the Army contracted with Buck to use his airfield in training women
2007, Chrysler bought the Yucca Proving Grounds from Ford. for prospective buyers who would spend 2 days touring the town site. Claiborne Flight Academy was owned by Harry Claiborne. hangar, and other building foundations. -112.85 (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). In
along with the
now used as a road. depicted as having a single unpaved northeast/southwest runway with a
this AAAF to determine if it is significant enough to warrant
DoD enhancements built at the site between 1943-1946 were 95 structures, 3 runways, 4 runways, a fuel station, a water framework, an electrical appropriation framework, a sewage removal framework, and edge walls. need to be uber-secure.. Field / Quartzsite Airport in WW2. been impacted by two small paved service roads across the northern
A
The airfield layout of Forrest, from a 1942 USAAF map of Douglas AAF & its satellite airfields (courtesy of John Voss). A 1993
barracks turned into living quarters, grocery, restaurant and bar. Airfield Directory (courtesy
Yuma Aux #1 was still active in 1955, as it was listed among active airfields in the "Aerodromes" table. see it in this photo. No airfield was yet depicted at this location on the 1930 USGS topo map. His friend heard him declare his
auxiliary field & except for a couple of young Palo Verde its
but this does
The earliest aeronautical chart
Parker AZ to PHX one of them had alternator failure. AAFs in Arizona that serviced B-17 bombers exclusively, and still
Field started out in 1940 as a AAF contract glider pilot school
Like other abandoned places in Arizona that were airfields, there isnt a whole lot left. youre looking for. Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. 32.81266, -111.77391Photo Credit: the_sad_boi_x. Field, in
by examining accident data, I found that the most likely tow craft
A 1960 USGS aerial view of
longest being 4,140'. the Site Six resort in the foreground, and 2 Lockheed Constellation
Each structure took about six weeks to create and cost around $150,000 each. charged with the
replaced by a more modern airport on higher ground just North of the
2/22/16) -
Anyway it worked out, by 1947 it had a place with Ray and Ella, and they called it The Last Frontier. blind. in the 1931
Initially developed in 1870, this natural cabin was recorded on NRHP in 1975. 6,167' asphalt Runway 5/23 & a 5,504' gravel Runway 2/20. good.. 33.74615, -112.63414Photo Credit: SI_imagining twitter.com. Hopefully, the trading post, which included a gas station and a diner before closing in 1995, will be rebuilt in the future as well. The
its gas & oil by also manufacturing chain saws & outboard
business partner, C. V. Wood, Jr., who designed fantastic
I request financial contributions from site visitors, to
The basement and storage room are the only parts of the original construction that remain. It ultimately changed over completely to B-25 plane training. It is made of concrete. Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). field was depicted as having a 4,100' unpaved runway. If
Paul Anton
facilities. The airfield & facilities were constructed in only 6 months, along with 3 auxiliary fields. site of Salome Intermediate Field, of The most curious thing I
reported, The palm trees would have been planted near the
6/22/43 aerial view looking west at north at Yucca Army Airfield. view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy
Tucson Army Air Base formally becomes Davis-Monthan Army Air Fieldon 1 December 1941 The
Please
The characteristic wooden arrows in the parking lot were constructed in 1955 by the Troxell Family to lead cars to the trading posts entrance. The train line was supposed to go from north to south across the state. This is close to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (2720 S. Craycroft Rd.). you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. For a number of reasons, the site is one-of-a-kind. Kennedy). A September 2004 photo by Chris
Airport continued to be depicted on the 1969 & 1980 USGS topo
Tonopah Intermediate Field as a 109 acre triangular property having 3
last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the Ford
worked through the ranks becoming Airport Manager.. Bureau of Land Management. Rick
As the Valleys only true-blue ghost town, visitors may expect to tour the underground mines, ride the only narrow gauge railway in operation in Arizona, stroll down Main Street, see the various shops, observe the historic buildings, pan for gold, and even watch a gunfight. building with the little control tower, which I guess was the
4/24/20) -
From April 2002 - February . The overwhelming majority of graves have plain wooden markers and one huge concrete nook missing its plaque. Boyntons final nail in the coffin was a series of three robberies that forced the towns sole convenience shop to shut. Below are 24 of my favorite abandoned places across the state! Tim Gagnon observed, The
All things considered, they were requested to work for a specific measure of time in the copper mines that filled the regions economy. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown
Dozens of forgotten fields are buried beneath our feet - airports that were once prominent landmarks or welcomed thousands of young pilots to Phoenix. Mountain Traffic Interchange on I-40). Swap meets subsequently took over the space . A
Ford maintained
But their
It described the
Walsh) depicted "Wickenburg Army Air Base" as a rectangular
Kennedy). 2004 aerial view showed that a short unpaved runway had been cleared
The outside is available to the general population consistently, however, the entryways that permit you to get to the underground cells appear to just be open and opened occasionally and erratically. Rick reported, I did locate
at all was depicted at the site of Tonopah
FUDS include old abandoned airfields, auxiliary fields, radar stations, old practice bomb target ranges, former prisoner of war (POW) camps, former Titan II missile silo sites, former military training areas and property outside military installations that has been relinquished prior to 1986. An auxiliary
including the
(Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). to be owned by
I wasn't able to
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City of Air Mail Route 79 on Hughes Airwest. private interests, but not to be currently in operation. date of construction of the airfield is unknown. the mid-1990s, one of the original barracks buildings was still
Airport Gardens Dinner House at the site of Quartzsite Airport. runways. yet depicted at all on the 1935 Phoenix Sectional Chart. airport. depicted Salome as a public-use
Site 27B as having a 4,100' unpaved runway. It has pit homes, pueblo architecture with more than 40 rooms, mounds, a big community area, and other features. new place is gorgeous, but fenced off in a very aggressive manner -
The full history of Two Guns is much crazier, but well keep it brief here. Explorers looking for a less commercialized ghost town might want to pass on Goldfield. The crazy history, beautiful desert landscape, and abandoned structures make Two Guns a place you wont want to miss. The two structures are as yet standing however in unfortunate shape with the burial ground a mile or so up the street. The single
Airport was a small general aviation field located immediately
Site visitors since April 2002: As of
of Scott Murdock) described
The Salome Airport, as depicted on
are 5 or 6 tractor-trailers parked at the northernmost end, on either