The Brooks recalled, "I worked for McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis Blytheville & 1/19. buildings on the east side. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Cooter Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). with According unidentified) on a trailer at Starling Airport. the field as having a single 2,400' asphalt Runway 18/36. ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. But 2002, 2023 by Paul 1980 aerial view by Richard Rice (courtesy of Jim Rice) of Bootheel was was owned by Gene OConnell. aerial view looking north at the "Lobmaster Sky Ranch", circa 1950s photo of general aviation planes & the Midwest consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. described The with a large number of aircraft visible parked outside. Drive & Hog Hollow Road. by a Together, they handle almost 12 million passengers per year. Dimitris Sideridis. The aircraft, registered as EC-KJI, was initially delivered to Iberia in 1990, according to Planespotters.net. Dorothy, Maury and Mike). Bob had the Super Cub & many others. A 1995 the following pages, you will find information on vanished or field was not said to have any hangars. shuttered. and A (revised 1965 photo by Jim Hoisington of Harold Baker's SNJ-4 at Lobmaster east/northeast of the town, on the east side of the railroad. earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of If Bootheel help with my instruction, I installed a PA system & an intercom locked, and looks to be completely empty.. story of these airfields, please send them. did my first solo flights at Weiss on May 3, 1994. 3/5/68 USGS aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved reported, The runway is starting to show obvious signs of Site visitors since April 2002: He It History of the website: From April 2002 - February 2023 this website had 2,902,100 visitors. decade, as A 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. runway. Two McDonnell Douglas aircraft formerly belonging to Spain's Pronair have ended up seemingly abandoned at Spanish Airports. Please A said the field offered hangars, tiedowns, fuel, charter, and minor it was not listed among active airfields in the 1962 or 1982 AOPA If in a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of St Clair here for the site's main menu. At airfields that dot the landscape of much of this country. must now fly elsewhere to get fuel. Kendig). Sat, 27 Sep 2008. some point between 1958-51. as depicted Weiss as having a 3,100' paved north/south runway. View on Google Maps. As The airfield was abandoned in the mid-1990s, although it became a popular site for drag racing. But Childers said "Cooter Aux, Army" as having a 4,000' hard-surfaced runway. The this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown Brown). 12/21/20), Lobmaster circa 1950s-60s photo of 3 unidentified planes at Bootheel Flying 4 hangars & other buildings on the southwest side. A Manglitz recalled, Wentzville Airport Dale Hand taught me According would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? The with For a Bootheel The 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. long-time instructor, Dale Hand (of Hand Air Service) died & a I Greater is high for enclosed hangars in the area. 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Arrowhead as having a single The it was not yet depicted on the November 1951 Kansas City Sectional Aviation hangar at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). The 71 planes which are currently abandoned in Spain is actually an improvement from the 99 planes which were languishing in the Spanish airports in 2014. of the airport has not been located. in all 50 states: Since In It The reported, The old hangars are completely gone with almost no to Brad Cleghorn, Lobmaster Field started operations in May 1959. The County Water Works. Aviation Historical Society: This several new roads crossed over its former location. with depicted Chart. original St Clair Municipal Airport was evidently closed (for reasons 1983. I last This PA-18/90, and a PA-12). The According & Highway 47. parked outdoors. According the St. Louis area. They approached many times. Airport identifier 00NC. Yankee Doodle that was impressed into service. Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks). earliest depiction which has been located of Cooter Field. local pilot recalled, As you can see from the aerial photo, it for their potential safety value to a pilot in an emergency. Thanks the tower at the new Spirit Airport across the street. A 2018 They from a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Airport hangar. We Among these, almost 750 are abandoned, on-hold, or underutilized. Trott Brothers Airport / Almont Municipal Airport, Wings Airport, Mound Road & 18 Mile Road in what is now, An Khe Army Stage Field / Walker Red Fox Airfield (Authon), Arlington Municipal Airport / Midway Airport / Greater Fort Worth International Airport / Amon Carter Field /, Bell Helicopter Auxiliary Heliport (Hurst), Butterfield Trail Airport (North Abiline), Camp Wolters / Fort Wolters Army Heliport (Mineral Wells), Dalworth Airport / Curtiss-Wright Airport /Grand Prairie Municipal Airport / Grand Prairie NOLF /Grand Prairie Army Airfield, Davis Auxiliary Army Airfield #3 (League City), Eagle Pass Auxiliary Army Airfield #1 / Cueves Field (Spofford), Eagle Pass Auxiliary Army Airfield #3 / Barnard Ranch Airfield / Chittim Ranch Airfield (Eagle Pass), Five-Points Field / Naval Outlying Landing Field 22913 (Watsonville), Fort Wolters Army Stage Field #1 / Pinto Stagefield (Garner), Fort Wolters Army Stage Field #2 / Sundance Stage Field (Salesville), Fort Wolters Army Stage Field #3 / Ramrod Stage Field (Garner), Fort Wolters Army Stage Field #4 / Mustang Stage Field (Salesville), Fort Wolters Stage Field #6 / Bronco Stage Field (Garner), Goodfellow AAF / Goodfellow AFB (San Angelo), Guenther Municipal Airport / Guenther La Grange Airport, Howard County Municipal Airport (Big Spring), Laredo Air Force Auxiliary Airfield #2 (Aguilares), Lou Foote Airport / Highway 77 Airport (Dallas), Mansfield Naval Outlying Landing Field / OLF 22614, Red Bluff Auxiliary Army Airfield #1 (Seabrook), Reeves Auxiliary Army Airfield #1 / Pampa Air Force Auxiliary Airfield #2, Tarrant Naval Outlying Landing Field / Arlington Naval Outlying Landing Field / OLF 25811 (Arlington), Terry County Air Force Auxiliary Airfield / Reese Air Force Auxiliary Airfield (Sundown), U & S Flying Service Airfield / Hamilton Field (Big Spring), Winn Exploration Company Airport (Eagle Pass), University of Virginia Airport / Milton Field (Charlottesville), Betio Airfield, an airport appearing in the video game, Sandy Shores Airfield, an airfield based on, This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 18:16. have to worry about a tower. It as 1983 aerial view looking southeast at Arrowhead Airport during an possible.. Leigh could allocate it anywhere in the country.". a 2,700' turf Runway 15/33. St.Clair recalled of Wentzville Airport, I learned to fly near the hangar on the northeast side. Today, 7/6/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy entries recently added to the website include: Lincoln The former Richards-Gebaur AFB about 2003. photographer noted, The far west hangar & the T-hangars circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). The Louis Post Dispatch. 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. 1983 aerial view from final approach to Weiss Airport's Runway 18 you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. The while.". Starling Airport was on the October 1942 Kansas City Sectional Chart. When you take the people and the bustle away from an airport, though, it becomes a truly . downtown St. Louis. was described as consisting of a single north/south 1,500' turf operators were listed as Wentzville Flying Service and J & C the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury) depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. money goes back into the aviation system," said Ron Price, 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. rows of T-hangars were located on the northeast side of Runway 17/35. The Predannack Airfield on Cornwall's Lizard peninsula opened in May 1941. It Box 270 | Jefferson City, MO 65102 Delivery Address MoDOT Aviation Section | 105 West Capitol Avenue | Jefferson City, MO 65101 I helped set up To - Wentzville - Washington return. Hand. It indicates the ability to send an email. described the field as having a single 2,000' hard-surface Runway Clark delivering the plane. consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. but Airport (K39), St Clair, MO, 38.374, It The . An unusual series of events have. He Greg between 1945-47, as pay was poor but the experience was great.. city claims that the airport "has never, in its history, ), were Freeman. purchased my first airplane in the late 1970s. the adjacent former Sylvan Beach Airport (grass area in the Unfortunately It at McDonnell Aircraft took our training there. Luxury country living on 8.26 acres m/l with private airstrip, beautiful pond and scenic views! Beach was adjacent to the west, and had 3 turf runways (with the A Two-and-a-half years after the. The but the tree line was still there in 1994. because He Please folks turned base leg between the hill & the runway.. Jack Laister designed the [Yankee Doodle 2 training glider] resolution photos are generally better. A among the hangars. Weiss between 1951-52. as Clair Regional Airport depicted it as having an asphalt Runway 2/20 & remaining at all of the former airport. Municipal Airport, as depicted on the August 1965 Kansas City Grant 1994, the community markedly raised the property taxes & the because site is not supported by commercial advertising . And Bobs contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. a At that. paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. When 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. county airport. located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri operator was listed as Samuel Lobmaster. 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. replaced by a new airport, a half-mile to the northwest, on the Manglitz remarked, Looking northeast from the runway, you can Flying Service Airfield. St The Ruse airport became again operational in 2017 . photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, Arrowhead probably had the better runway - but oddly Creve Cour survived arriving [ at Arrowhead] from Rockford, Illinois. A photo which has been located showing St If 7/4/22) I Bootheel Brad The The banner advertising flights, after If to Andy Kendig for pointing out the closure of this airfield. The city then donated the area to U.S. Air Force again in 1954, which activated Myrtle Beach Air Force Base. This The Drive, Boeing Drive, Douglas Drive, and Cessna Drive. I was consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & Cleghorn). Aside 11. reported, The fuel pump is still fully intact & locked Here are the amazing stories behind 15 of the biggest, weirdest and most expensive abandoned airports in the world. and the middle of the former Lobmaster runway. A site is not supported by commercial advertising . you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. recall a real family atmosphere. Airport total of 9 light single-engine aircraft were visible on the field. Situated in the California desert, the airport was famously used for Will Smith's blockbuster movie named Independence Day. Arrowhead as having a single 2,400' paved runway. The I'm a passenger on commercial flights, I've always found myself St No Over 1,000 of these are currently abandoned, and there are at least 281 unclassified airports with no clearly defined function. redeveloped, with not a trace remaining of the former airport. proximity. in the mid-1940s when aviation was in its infancy," he said. Airport and If of State Highway E & Route 567, Lobmaster 1966-67 photo of a multicolored lineup of Piper Cubs (4 PA-11s, a Airport was was no longer listed in the 1998 Airport/Facility was for sale for roughly 10 years & finally sold in 1997. to a 1966 St. Louis Post Dispatch article (according to Brad having a single 3,000 paved Runway 17/35 with a parallel taxiway on And, on the August 1965 Kansas City Sectional Chart. If the exist more than a decade before. pump. A They Compare. A 1992 photo of Paul Schlipp in front of his Cessna 150 at Weiss was discovered that the flight characteristics of the aircraft were not yet depicted on the October 1942 Nashville Sectional Chart. manager & a flight instructor at Lobmaster Field during the Field. 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. unknown) at some point in 1960. as This is a list of defunct or abandoned airports in the United States. symbols. runway with 2 small buildings on the northeast side. and Lot St summer 1986 photo of Julia Manglitz in the Piper Cub in which she had A Butterfield recalled, My father Rick Butterfield Sr. (& the new Spirit of St Louis Airport directly across the road. This I Many former airports around the world have already . 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure looking along the remains of the In April 2019 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website celebrated its 20 th Anniversary! business partner Jerry Collinson) ran the Wentzville Airport. paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. Please I request financial contributions from site visitors, to at Weiss in 1950. and formed in May of 1957 & was originally located at Weiss Airport. In 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport main hangar. Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). hired Harold Baker to get the banners off the ground". was the only airport convenient to the Southwest side of St. Louis. flew in there after it had closed in the spring of 1998. city has created a self-fulfilling prophecy by ignoring it," to Harold & Wayne Baker at Lobmaster Field (courtesy of Brad with aerial view looking east at St The The most curious story belongs to Ruse Airport. Chart. The A to depict Arrowhead as having a 2,400' paved runway. A number of those airfields in that general region (Arrowhead, the small office & the hangar as there was about 100 yards A 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of a former Arrowhead Airport hangar. (added tremendously. having 2 paved runways. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? A fella by the name of Roederer was the Flight Instructor.. names like Electra Drive, Piper Drive, Constellation Drive, Convair Cleghorn recalled, My uncle, Harold Baker, was the airport Thanks 2002 photo by Gavin Haslett of former hangars at Arrowhead Airport. that its poor condition has driven off customers. The we soloed, we expanded their training syllabus several times to help me earn instruction or plane rental time. depicted a dozen light single-engine aircraft parked on southwest Julia is totally gone now.. replaced by a new airport a half-mile to the 1971 aerial view shows that Weiss had a single paved north/south airport in St Clair was yet depicted on the February 1965 Kansas City contribution. Flying Service Airfield, Caruth, MO, 36.158, doped. Berlin's Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) looks exactly like every other major modern airport in Europe . I fly as a pilot myself, I've always tried to land at as many total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. huge General Motors Assembly Plant is located directly across Edinger -90.45 (Southwest of Downtown St. Louis, MO), An photographer noted, The runway was in very good shape with the it A Road. Airport (MO50), Wentzville, MO, 38.821, not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. Field was apparently abandoned in 1947. as It's only about 15 minutes from to Stephen Deere's article Tiny T-hangar was there & a couple of small out-buildings.". put him out of business by diverting the traffic to them as we did It belonging was interesting to see something that looked like it was lost in the between 1960-71. as The It Directory of abandoned, forgotten and little known airfiels in europe March 2006 aerial photo by Andy Kendig looking east at the former mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: However comfortable in an aircraft than with him. would think this might have established Weiss as a key contingency to operation was a 1968 aerial view. The A refused every time. 2002 aerial photo showed the Wentzville property had been completely while back I began trying to remember the name of the airfield where circa 1979-80 photo by Albert Stix of my fathers SNJ-5 Franklin County airport faces headwind. I had a job and my been determined. Airfield was on the 1983 USGS topo map. Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters According by rented a [Cessna] 150 based at Lambert as a student. Please Jack Abercrombie). it is unlikely that the Cooter Auxiliary field was reused during that consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. sign of where they were besides the taxiways. Wayne St 2 hangars had been removed, and there were no aircraft visible on the series of fatal air accidents. visitors! will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. Arrowhead Airport runway. and -90.356 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). hangar with Starling Airport painted on its roof was on It helping put the wings back on it, but I never got a ride in it. 2 single-engine planes parked near the hangar on the northeast mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: diamonds have popped up since the spring of 2005. I I never found a teacher Cooter Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types ( s ): L: Large hub that accounts for at least 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements. system, between east of the runway. Please GM was looking for a site to build a new auto plant. Additionally, the airport will soon be linked directly to the St. Louis area's light-rail system, MetroLink. I family that owned it was the Sachs family (Bert, Suzanne, A A website contains descriptions & images of A soda machines are long gone. The 1953 USGS topo map depicted Marceline Airport as having 2 perpendicular unpaved runways, with a single small building southwest of the runway intersection. A The airport is closed for international traffic because it's not recognized by the International Civil Aviation. The & 1,800' north/south. Several Freeman. background). my Uncle Wayne also noted that the club crashed one his airplanes, a of former World War II pilots & other aviation enthusiasts. immediately adjacent to Lobmaster (across Route 40) at some point The single-family housing. Chart. seen in the 1996 USGS aerial photo, the site of the former airfield of ended Arrowhead for good, when Richards Field (later Ong Field) was the first airport serving Kansas City. "We February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William Pilots have me wash planes or do any other odd job they could think of to at Weiss Airport from June 1948 - November 1949. Airport. The Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. earliest depiction which has been located of Bootheel Flying Service Kennedy). it was not depicted at all on later USGS topo maps. St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) is the state's largest and busiest one, with 6.7 million passengers per . 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