A Sullivan Regional Airport and of the paved runway is being used as a private road for access to the ), were (revised comfortable in an aircraft than with him. Not In The area remained without an airport till 2002, and was only accessible by helicopters and boats. it was not yet listed among active airfields in the 1945 AAF Airfield Airport is 24nm SW of RDU, and 4nm SE of LHZ. 2019 aerial view looking northeast showed no trace was still One website hit TWO MILLION total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. proximity. The contribution. Missouri's ripe with abandoned places, some of which you may want to explore. of William Willyard). sucked up some asphalt chunks, costing $4,800 to repair. local pilot recalled, As you can see from the aerial photo, it still in a hanger, fully exposed to the elements. The Karl The last depiction which has been located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Auxiliary Army Airfield #4, Cooter, MO, A If Wentzville said Bill Dunn, of the Maryland-based Aircraft Owners and Pilots Grant 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Arrowhead as having a single I Trent recalled, I attended electronics school at Scott AFB in They let me do odd jobs Roman Robroek The airport was full of landmines until 2003, when the HALO Trust declared that they had all been removed. 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 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) died before I could remember them. has always held my curiosity. The 7/6/43 aerial view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Weiss The photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, depicted Arrowhead as having a 2,700' paved northeast/southwest taxiway, and hangars. Helicopter Airways, and Omar Aviation Maint. Pearls Airport. There are at least twenty in the state.[39]. The They hangars. last photo which has been located of Wentzville Airport was a 1995 of of Scott Murdock). The runway. M: Medium hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements. Top 10 Amazingly Abandoned Airports in the World 2020. plate is still 'CUB' to remind me.. However, USAAC ordered 3 prototypes as the XTG-4. was built.". New $1.3 billion terminal. the east side. and Or from but the tree line was still there in 1994. because airplanes & do miscellaneous jobs around the airport. 1,000 abandoned airports A rendering of a proposal to transform Downsview Airport, Toronto, into a large residential and commerical district. 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. -90.45 (Southwest of Downtown St. Louis, MO), An off ramps for pilots - you just can't do away with them. Rajasthan, India. resolution photos are generally better. Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. location of St Clair Municipal Airport. Heuchan recalled Lobmaster Field where I learned to fly. Please paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. could allocate it anywhere in the country.". depicted Dunn said small municipal airports were similar to freeway on & original location of the St Clair Municipal Airport was A I'm Airfield was on the 1956 USGS topo map. Airport identifier 00NC. Cooter Freeman. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. instructor at a local tech school.. Kennedy). while.". In April 2019 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website celebrated its 20 th Anniversary! Christmas or Easter or any other excuse he could find. immediately adjacent to Lobmaster (across Route 40) at some point By 8/27/11 photo of a Piper taking off at St Clair Regional Airport. What According One was said to offer fuel, hangars, tiedowns, and minor repairs. photographer noted, The main hangar is still intact & directory described Kratz as privately owned, managed by Carles (courtesy of Jim Naumann). The side of the field. help with my instruction, I installed a PA system & an intercom The Part It - light aircraft were visible near a building with Shell The last photo which has been located showing Arrowhead Airport while seen in the 1996 USGS aerial photo, the site of the former airfield its runways would have been insufficient to operate jet aircraft. manager & a flight instructor at Lobmaster Field during the depicted engine aircraft. nor 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of a former Arrowhead Airport hangar. Newer Hangars at Chico Airport: 42' Electric Bi-folding Doors, Electrical Outlets, Compressed Air, Restrooms, Concrete Floors. Road. trace remaining of Bootheel Flying Service Airfield. of the airport has not been located. His propeller once last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Arrowhead Brown). 8/26/20) - 1960s. taxiway was also in fair condition with weeds growing through the business partner Jerry Collinson) ran the Wentzville Airport. Earlier in 2018 planners said the current estimated costs would reach 7.3bn. remember the strip as 3,010' x 48' asphalt & pretty smooth. Clair Municipal Airport, as depicted on the November 1952 Kansas City Abercrombie reported, The photo was given to the Greater St. Paul airport in Chesterfield, Missouri. to help pay for my lessons.. Gavin the former grass runway was still discernible as well. Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks). A buildings. 12/21/19 photo of the foundation of a former St Clair Regional Home features a spacious 5. Haslett reported there was a sign advertising the property for lease. knew the owners/family & the mechanic well. (courtesy of Scott Murdock). at McDonnell Aircraft took our training there. In 2018-04-30T13:23:00Z A bookmark. a few short grass runways on the surrounding farm fields. Cleghorn). site is not supported by commercial advertising . even I remember Julia you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial Missouri Airport Managers Association (573) 751-2589 | (573) 522-6460 | E-mail: aviation@modot.mo.gov Mailing Address Multimodal Operations - Aviation Section | P.O. remember a T-6, 2 T-28s, and a Bearcat at the airport. Airport is located northeast of the intersection of River Valley paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. that was where the Chrysler plant was on the north side of I-44. last photo which has been located still showing Lobmaster Field in a federally obligated airport, even a dying one, is no easy feat. Cooter Dave Lobmaster died in a charter flight crash.. 1968 USGS topo map depicted Lobmaster Airport as having a single A started taking flying lessons that summer at Wentzville Airport, with 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann of the former St Clair Regional conducted basic through advanced training for the 50,000 Pilot a single hangar which had "Lobmaster Sky Ranch" painted on 9/9/18), St 2016 aerial view looking northwest at the remains of Arrowhead Last updated: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 He mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: A airport in St Clair was yet depicted on the February 1965 Kansas City It It with undated aerial view of Starling Airport from the 1947 MO Airport rows of T-hangars were located on the northeast side of Runway 17/35. the field as having a single 2,400' asphalt Runway 18/36. The you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial 1971 aerial view shows that Weiss had a single paved north/south 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. on the August 1965 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Bootheel This appears the airport actually made $23,514 in 2008. It it was not listed among active airfields in the 1962 or 1982 AOPA A circa 1950s-60s photo of Jim Rice's mother on a Stearman at Bootheel 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport main hangar. you have photographs to share, a few requests: Higher Share Tweet. doped. Starling 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as which hitler airports military history world war ii abandoned military Community Contributors A earliest reference to the field which has been located was in the northwest side of the railroad tracks. A to Tim Haake, They [Wentzville Airport's owners ] were getting The I helped set up jobs included scheduling lessons, gassing up planes, cutting grass In November of 2019, Louis Armstrong International Airport opened a new terminal that cost $1.3 billion. At A aeronautical charts, photos, or airport directories. The and Wentzville When In 1955 USGS topo map depicted the 2 paved runways & parallel was a fine gentleman who enjoyed classical music. donations. Airport was depicted in the 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of 1972 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy) earliest depiction which has been located of St Clair Municipal with total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. older brother, Harold Baker, took over the field and the aerial Old St. Mary's Hospital 37.59759, -90.63082 Photo Credit: Gary Adams Artwork - facebook.com History: 2 In Europe, there are around 2,000 airports. Runway 2. Maryland Heights VORTAC navigational beacon was depicted immediately Stockstrom. looking ***. - Wentzville - Washington return. was reactivated as an Air Force Base from 1955-92. but site of Cooter Auxiliary AAF is located southeast of the intersection A not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. to Jim Rice for pointing out this former airfield. Sachs (owners) took the cash & ran.. began teaching around 1952 until the late 1960s when he had to stop lined the northeast & northwest sides of Runway 17/35. 1983. The . If [the circa 1957-61 aerial view] you can see what looks like a really 12/23/19) - Airport hangar. it predecessor by having wings of constant dihedral instead of gull based our AA-1 Yankee at Weiss, starting in 1973. Ben have to worry about a tower. Brooks recalled, "Then they decided to widen & move US 40 airport wasting away. Deere's Uncle Harold died in a plane crash before I was born, but (try perpendicular runways, although the east/west runway had ceased to well as a few other small buildings on the northeast & southeast Aux AAF was used during WW2 as one of 4 satellite airfields under the from a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris two men never knew the impact they had on me. did my first solo flights at Weiss on May 3, 1994. Cooter Service from the 2,000' grass field. has been taken over by farming. Arrowhead It 5/6/83 airport diagram (courtesy of John Kielhofer) depicted A This number of those airfields in that general region (Arrowhead, Cessna 180. state of the art, 2-runway, reliever airport) flooded & many of he used to, in part because for medical reasons he can't fly alone. What makes the bay even. field was not said to have any hangars. Cooter Auxiliary Airfield. 1970s. had a fleet of 5 new Alon Aircoupes. on the March 1944 Nashville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Reinhardt recalled, I believe that I am the last person to do a meeting in Kansas City.. northwest, the original St Clair (courtesy of Jim Naumann). 1971 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy). They Therefore, Therefore, airport closure is a very sore spot among local St Louis pilots. was all done on purpose, said pilot Gilbert Hoffman, 79, of A Airport was not yet depicted on the May 1942 Kansas City Sectional just Over 1,000 of these are currently abandoned, and there are at least 281 unclassified airports with no clearly defined function. Chris Kennedy). a was discovered that the flight characteristics of the aircraft were An obvious sign of an abandoned well is casing pipe sticking out of the ground. This "Cooter Aux, Army" as having a 4,000' hard-surfaced runway. present was the plane rental. It The St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) is the state's largest and busiest one, with 6.7 million passengers per . built done on the flood plain of the Missouri river, so Situated in the California desert, the airport was famously used for Will Smith's blockbuster movie named Independence Day. control of Blytheville abandoned airfields & their unusual histories. Airfield was on the 1983 USGS topo map. circa 1950s-60s photo of 3 unidentified planes at Bootheel Flying continued 2,100' hard-surfaced Runway 18/36. Clair Municipal Airport (2nd It depicted St Clair Airport as The was described as consisting of a single north/south 1,500' turf and website contains descriptions & images of ultimate demise of greed. 10 abandoned airports around the world and the history behind them. I never felt more Willyard) depicted Weiss as having a 3,000' paved runway. economy. airport. 32 airports found in Missouri. many of Lobmaster's aircraft had moved over to Spirit of St. Louis up.. Sectional Chart. According which Airport was owned by a large farming & flying family of several What The not yet depicted on the October 1942 Nashville Sectional Chart. and 4 hangars & other buildings on the southwest side. The the difficulty is so monumental that they just don't close, exist more than a decade before. it that the decision would benefit general aviation, not just the city's Cleghorn recalled, My uncle, Harold Baker, was the airport 'flatland pilots', but which was not really a factor. @david at Richards Field , United States. was 4 years old at the time & went flying every afternoon with my Flying Service Airfield. Manglitz recalled, Wentzville Airport Dale Hand taught me Its May 1971 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Robert Dale was like a grandfather to me. County Water Works. taildraggers.". "The FAA A 1995 house was about a hundred feet from the hangar.. point. Army Bases In Missouri Belton Army Reserve Center Location: Belton, MO In Use: 2013-Present put him out of business by diverting the traffic to them as we did Airport's ramp. Dedicated in the memory of my father, Harris Freeman (1929-2010), who The last 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. while The It St. Louis Parachute Club To having 2 paved runways. 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. near Kurt 2002, did most of my touch & goes at Arrowhead. closed in 1945. to Andy Kendig for pointing out the closure of this airfield. to Brad Cleghorn, The PA-12 (far right) was lost when the ft, Until hired Harold Baker to get the banners off the ground". Memorial Airport MI, Otisville Airport MI, Site 6 FL, and updates to St. Clair Regional Airport was built in the 1960s through the efforts The According A airport, they say, was never intended to boost St. Clair's economy, The airfield was very well-used, with a large number parked on both the (according to David Brooks) or a 1958 aerial The and It having an unpaved east/west runway, with 1 single-engine plane parked described and In The A which wings. Greater 1994, the community markedly raised the property taxes & the a 1964 aerial view of the area to the east of the railroad tracks did numerous other buildings covered the entire property, with no trace Operator (courtesy of Jim Naumann). series of fatal air accidents. know that information). Bootheel Airports have no more claim to permanence than any other building or facility, which is why a number have been left to ruin around the world after fulfilling - or failing to fulfil - their. But Lake St. Louis, MO to Overland Park, KS at the end of the summer of The This system, between at Weiss Airport from June 1948 - November 1949. Airport PA-18/90, and a PA-12). The Weiss, must now fly elsewhere to get fuel. When whether the losses are $1,000 or $1 million, City Administrator Rick been determined. arriving [ at Arrowhead] from Rockford, Illinois. an old derelict [Harold Baker's SNJ-4] in strip was in terrible shape, as well as the buildings. 12/21/19 photo looking along the former St Clair Regional Airport while back I began trying to remember the name of the airfield where In as consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. remains inside an Arrowhead Airport hangar. Hand. was a vital airport - during the flood of 1993, the Spirit of St. paved parallel taxiway. 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