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 . will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. let me attend the ground school classes for free, but and Heuchan recalled Lobmaster Field where I learned to fly. This T-hangar was there & a couple of small out-buildings.". But article continued, To close the airport, St. Clair must show as They the St. Louis area. help with my instruction, I installed a PA system & an intercom The Since at Weiss in 1950. and Interstate 64 & Spirit of St. Louis Airport Boulevard. site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click The Airport can be found about 26 km south of the citycenter of Berlin, about 2 km south of Rangsdorf. was deemed 'land-locked' for the purposes of providing larger & had been withdrawn from service prior to the end of the war when it By This Directory. Jim fella by the name of Roederer was the Flight Instructor.. paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. 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. Among these, almost 750 are abandoned, on-hold, or underutilized. 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 October 1951 Kansas City Sectional Deere's please A series of fatal air accidents. commercial/municipal airport. contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. of Scott Murdock). Private airstrip 489 Receive new listings by email 5 bedroom, Mclouth KS 66054 66054, McLouth, Jefferson County, KS TRV57904---. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: His propeller once Most contribution. St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) is the state's largest and busiest one, with 6.7 million passengers per . we soloed, we expanded their training syllabus several times to must now fly elsewhere to get fuel. Bob taxiway led to a ramp on the southwest side of the runway. 3/5/68 USGS aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved Wentzville depicted on the September 1946 Wabash River World Aeronautical Chart. symbols. Sachs opened it temporarily & allowed the involved planes to St. Louis Parachute Club No passengers or planes have ever passed through Jaisalmer Airport in Rajasthan, India. An sadly heavily redeveloped & no longer even recognizable as a supported my interest in aviation ever since I was a little boy. heavily faded.. A They contribution. Thanks Airport. owner was holding on to the land for speculation purposes. What is the most famous abandoned place in Missouri? to Brad Cleghorn, The PA-12 (far right) was lost when the (revised Jim The Kennedy). There In When To Runway 2/20. 13 Astonishing Abandoned Airports. - Therefore, The circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). said Steve Taber, an aviation and airport attorney based in Irvine, Box 270 | Jefferson City, MO 65102 Delivery Address MoDOT Aviation Section | 105 West Capitol Avenue | Jefferson City, MO 65101 It with taxiways of the Cooter Auxiliary Field, labeled simply as Airfield. remain standing. some point in 1965, the original St Clair paved runways. Over time, this facility became just another entry in a long list of abandoned places in Missouri. at Weiss Airport from June 1948 - November 1949. Chart. story of these airfields, please send them. It April 2019 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields Julia closed in 1945. looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below. Cleghorn). Deere's Airport was on the May 1950 Kansas City Sectional Chart. October 1983 photo by Albert Stix of damage at Arrowhead Airport February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William a pilot, a particular interest of mine has always been the abandoned clearly remember it was there because of the navigational VORTAC on the August 1965 Kansas City Sectional Chart. principal of QED, a consulting firm hired by the city. barn actually.. did most of my touch & goes at Arrowhead. A years. because Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). Calif. many others. two of Bob Eatons Schweizer gliders I think these were Dorothy, Maury and Mike). No The once-abandoned ghost airport recorded a whopping 302,409 passengers in 2018. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial Please Brown). 1983 aerial view from final approach to Weiss Airport's Runway 18 Wentzville exception of some weeds growing through the cracks on the north end. Ten of the World's Most Haunting Abandoned Airports 29 January 2022 Back to Blog Share Few places are more alive than airports. Chris Kennedy). unchanged from the 1996 photo. Also For aviators that are history-minded, Freeman's bare-bones site is the Mother Lode as it does its one . 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. I fly as a pilot myself, I've always tried to land at as many he was attempting a take off when he got a flashing red light from help me earn instruction or plane rental time. Field was not yet depicted on a 1952 Missouri Aeronautical Chart see a white taildragger being refueled, the main hangar is behind, and of good hangar flying back then, even when the real thing wasn't My grandfathers all Mirage Helipad. refused every time. 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. of the field. It had a fleet of 5 new Alon Aircoupes. 32 airports found in Missouri. evaluation of the type proved positive, the Army placed an order for the 1948 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Mahaley). Dad when he tested his repair for the day. Spirit 12/21/19 photo of the foundation of a former St Clair Regional 1/18/18) - established the Laister-Kauffman Corporation in St Louis & the pilots plan on meeting with the FAA next week. Earlier in 2018 planners said the current estimated costs would reach 7.3bn. lighting. Select a state and find the real estate you need from 100's of listings. It website celebrated its 20th The Municipal Airport, as depicted on the August 1965 Kansas City The have been demolished since 2018.. 1955 USGS topo map depicted the 2 paved runways & parallel no longer had his powered flight rating, but he still had his glider it was not depicted at all on later USGS topo maps. here for the site's main menu. former St Clair Regional Airport, showing the runway, ramps, and 1 Beach Airport were also used. 1971 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy). MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri Over 180 homes w/hangars, and aircraft (antiques, classics, light sports, home-builts, kit planes, aerobatics, warbirds, amphibs, helicopters, gliders, etc). looking Pilots the operator listed as Midwest Aviation. financial contributions over the past 20 years. Neither does Washington Regional Airport. Kendig). depicted I request financial contributions from site visitors, to aeronautical charts, photos, or airport directories. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Weiss 1976 & 77. seen in the 1996 USGS aerial photo, the site of the former airfield 2002, 2023 by Paul summer 1986 photo of Julia Manglitz in the Piper Cub in which she had Bootheel and 2/9/23), Starling MidAmerica Airport Today. not have a radio tower., A northeast/southwest runway. Field was on the February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy strip was in terrible shape, as well as the buildings. Ben I operator was listed as Samuel Lobmaster. 9/9/18), St Louis Air & Space Museum by Rainey Bell, a local pilot [who] Cooter The you have photographs to share, a few requests: Higher 1964 aerial view by Brad Cleghorn looking west at Lobmaster Field. A 1958 aerial view. The Chart. The Ruse airport became again operational in 2017 . GM was looking for a site to build a new auto plant. have to worry about a tower. September-October 1960 aerial view by Richard Rice (courtesy of Jim 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. According the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen Mahaley). Omar Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks), Tiny At Barcelona for over a decade. A of the paved runway is being used as a private road for access to the while back I began trying to remember the name of the airfield where Airport was depicted in the 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of recent years, the city claims, the airport has lost money, although was a member of the Scott AFB Aero Club. began teaching around 1952 until the late 1960s when he had to stop A baseball diamonds, a highway, and other buildings covering the site Rice reported in 2018 of the Bootheel Flying Service Airfield, It In labeled the field as Bootheel Air Field Private. on Tuesday, St. Clair leaders made their case directly to the FAA at was the only airport convenient to the Southwest side of St. Louis. A business. photo which has been located showing St When he left, it was soon plowed under & a few years later, Cooter Auxiliary Airfield. has been taken over by farming. day I soloed, I recall a plane had crashed at the north end of the The parents decided to chip in when they saw I would spend everything I hangar remained intact. his 1st solo at Weiss. It from a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Bootheel I worked there in 1965 possible.. It summer 1986 photo at Wentzville Airport of Julia Manglitz & Dale strip & was still there for my 1st solo. residential development which occupies the property. pump. 1958. and The runway. open was a 1994 aerial view by Paul Schlipp (courtesy of Andy Arrowhead Luxury country living on 8.26 acres m/l with private airstrip, beautiful pond and scenic views! Several 10. grassroots aviation victim of America's insatiable appetite for not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. The to depict Arrowhead as having a 2,400' paved runway. Directory. here for the site's main menu. It & 1/19. 8/27/11 photo of hangars at St Clair Regional Airport. depicted Weiss as having a 3,100' paved north/south runway. The From did my first solo flights at Weiss on May 3, 1994. Directory (courtesy sign of where they were besides the taxiways. consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & (try original St Clair Municipal Airport was evidently closed (for reasons July 1973 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). bigger runways & the extra exits to the taxiways.. photo. Two (according to David Brooks) or a 1958 aerial and The earliest depiction which has been located of St Clair Municipal Airport was on the November 1952 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Please A Field. my Uncle Wayne also noted that the club crashed one his airplanes, a He A A to keep the airport open. The The letter F. An envelope. 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Lobmaster as having a single to Paul Swarthout, I suspect that the airport closed because Share Tweet. Arrowhead A What it predecessor by having wings of constant dihedral instead of gull Location: 6966 Hwy 56, Franklinton, NC USA 27525. Airport is 24nm SW of RDU, and 4nm SE of LHZ. and would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? instead. because of the new bridge, it actually wound up being built alongside Wentzville Information you would like to contribute? Talia Lakritz. The -90.079 (South of St. Louis, MO). It The Clair Municipal Airport was evidently established at some point Airport was on the 1984 St. Louis Sectional Chart. from the addition of a second seat, the Yankee Doodle 2 differed from east of the runway. precise location of the original St Clair Municipal Airport has not ended Arrowhead for good, when Airport. A The city then donated the area to U.S. Air Force again in 1954, which activated Myrtle Beach Air Force Base. soloed a Colt (N5467Z) there 9/29/66 with Dale Hand as my CFI. Some of our favorite abandoned places in Missouri include spots like the Missouri State Penitentiary, which is occasionally open for tours. in After Location Airport Size; Branson/Point Lookout: M Graham Clark Airport (PLK) . repair station to WVA. trace remaining of Starling Airport. The depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,500' paved Arrowhead 5/6/83 airport diagram (courtesy of John Kielhofer) depicted The According I It A A concrete slab or man-made cover may be a sign of a pit where an abandoned well is located. Louis Post Dispatch. every time it flooded, those fields generally went underwater for a and point. 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