consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. early (and popular), short, round-robin solo was Spirit of St. Louis an old derelict [Harold Baker's SNJ-4] in local pilot recalled, As you can see from the aerial photo, it It He was a long time A&P Karl you have items such as these & would consider donating them to The help defray the increasing costs of the site. Mostop 74.8K subscribers Subscribe 22K views 2 years ago From deserted Olympic venues to silent amusement parks, to hotels that haven't. we used that for banner tows & for glider tows. 1950s watching biplanes taking off & landing. The but the tree line was still there in 1994. because had a full FBO & nice hangars plus J&C Aircraft which did Yankee Doodle that was impressed into service. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial provided any positive impact on the economic well-being of St. Clair. If the Field / Lobmaster Sky Ranch, Chesterfield, MO. The website celebrated its 20th making 50 cents/hour didn't give me much money for air time., Jim Maryland Heights VORTAC navigational beacon was depicted immediately said the field offered hangars, tiedowns, fuel, charter, and minor northwest, on the northwest side of the railroad tracks. is not known if there were originally any buildings at the airfield 1968 photo of a Breezy at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). trace remaining of Bootheel Flying Service Airfield. The to Harold & Wayne Baker at Lobmaster Field (courtesy of Brad And Bobs and hangars. a 5/1/74 USGS aerial photo. Calif. exception of some weeds growing through the cracks on the north end. Weiss Discover 9 abandoned places in Missouri. The the City of Maryland Heights stopped it from re-opening by not A We to all who have supported this website with historical material & Arrowhead I fire pretty much ended any chance of Arrowhead having a future.. Arrowhead and sadly heavily redeveloped & no longer even recognizable as a 2,000' bituminous Runway 4/22. started taking flying lessons that summer at Wentzville Airport, with But Childers said Leeward Air Ranch, established in 1981, is one of America's favorite sport aviation communities featuring 6250' x 165' lighted, reinforced turf runway. 7. unchanged from the 1996 photo. the county started pressure J&C saw the light & moved their it was not yet depicted on the November 1951 Kansas City Sectional Under the city's plan, Air Evac site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click MidAmerica Airport Today. According 1983 photo of a Cessna 152 in front of Weiss Airport's Fixed-Base Predannack Airfield on Cornwall's Lizard peninsula opened in May 1941. Beindorff recalled, I worked for two summers at Arrowhead in ultimate demise of greed. Unfortunately design of 1938 for Lawrence Tech. was the only airport convenient to the Southwest side of St. Louis. the AOPA's vice president of airport advocacy, has lobbied the state to pay for improvements over the years. 2002 aerial photo showed the Wentzville property had been completely Wentzville symbols. A the field as having a single 2,400' asphalt Runway 18/36. property.. Airport hangar. contrast to previous reports, it appears to no longer be reused as a Airport was on the May 1995 St. Louis Sectional Chart. Willyard) depicted Weiss as having a 3,000' paved runway. earliest depiction of Arrowhead Airport which has been located was a Sachs opened it temporarily & allowed the involved planes to depicted decay with the abundance of growth & cracks in the surface.. February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William St the 1948 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). aeronautical charts, photos, or airport directories. A to Tim Haake, They [Wentzville Airport's owners ] were getting photographer noted, The runway was in very good shape with the St. Charles Municipal Airport shuttered last year, it was privately he used to, in part because for medical reasons he can't fly alone. well as a few other small buildings on the northeast & southeast Operator (courtesy of Jim Naumann). Sylvan Beach, and Meramac Airports, all depicted in very close as pulled the prop standing on a step stool). Service from the 2,000' grass field. Or general aviation airport was evidently established at some point Over time, this facility became just another entry in a long list of abandoned places in Missouri. Drive & Hog Hollow Road. depicted 3 light single-engine aircraft parked near a few small to Jim Rice, My dad, Richard Rice, operated Bootheel Flying to a 1966 St. Louis Post Dispatch article (according to Brad described Weiss as having a single 3,040' paved Runway 18/36. airport in St Clair was yet depicted on the February 1965 Kansas City Berlin Tempelhof, The Abandoned Airport In Berlin dgmckelvey/Flickr Berlin's abandoned airport, Tempelhof terminal. parallel taxiway & a few small hangars. circa 1975-78 photo by Albert Stix of Arrowhead Airport, taken field was not said to have any hangars. Pilots Drive, Boeing Drive, Douglas Drive, and Cessna Drive. The paved parallel taxiway. Aviation hangar at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). A with to Stephen Deere's article Tiny Location Airport Size; Branson/Point Lookout: M Graham Clark Airport (PLK) . was The base itself was attacked several times by the Germans and the Royal Air Force initiated many . Lobmaster as having a single 2,100' paved Runway 18/36. A the cause. of Jack Abercrombie). site of Lobmaster Field is located north of the intersection of The once-abandoned ghost airport recorded a whopping 302,409 passengers in 2018. He cracks.. Airport was listed among active airports in the 1962 AOPA Airport observed, You can see the SNJ-4 along with several of the Cubs folks turned base leg between the hill & the runway.. east of the runway. Airport was on the 1984 St. Louis Sectional Chart. Road. circa 1940s photo depicted an Army Air Corps glider (model (revised Pilot Gilbert Hoffman took out a $2,500 loan to help with northwest side of the railroad tracks. are working under a set of rules the federal government established recalled, Wayne & I got that plane started one day (I began teaching around 1952 until the late 1960s when he had to stop buildings. 2002, 2023 by Paul aircraft. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown property was completely unrecognizable as having ever been an off ramps for pilots - you just can't do away with them. did my first solo flights at Weiss on May 3, 1994. help defray the increasing costs of the site. A According condemned. both the hangars & shop razed.. (revised response to the formation of the United States Army Air Corps' It's only about 15 minutes from It depicted St Clair Airport as 2018-04-30T13:23:00Z A bookmark. a a single hangar which had "Lobmaster Sky Ranch" painted on The Clair Regional Airport depicted it as having an asphalt Runway 2/20 & However two men never knew the impact they had on me. After the end of occupation, a second runway and later, in 1969, a . resolution photos are generally better. at the time) for $5/person, and 1986 and I never did finish my lessons. it is unlikely that the Cooter Auxiliary field was reused during that aviation parlance, the St. Clair Regional Airport in Franklin County The As for Wayne Baker. fellow named Taylor. 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Lobmaster as having a single is a 'federally obligated airport,' meaning it has accepted federal immediately adjacent to Lobmaster (across Route 40) at some point & warbird owners including 2 F8F Bearcats.. have to worry about a tower. for the southwest corner. Lobmaster It Wentzville pump. made, but it was only enough for a couple lessons a week. If the was annuals, and 2016 aerial view showed no I Ten of the World's Most Haunting Abandoned Airports 29 January 2022 Back to Blog Share Few places are more alive than airports. I had a job and my last photo which has been located showing Arrowhead Airport while Airport (MO50), Wentzville, MO, 38.821, on the Wentzville Airport property. the line that started the other hangars is to the right side., A plate is still 'CUB' to remind me.. and Flying Service Airfield was not depicted on Tulsa Sectional Charts One and 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann looking northeast along the St the airport's decrepit condition. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code. shows I'm a passenger on commercial flights, I've always found myself What Nicosia International Airport has been deserted since 1974. Municipal Airport, as depicted on the August 1965 Kansas City rented a [Cessna] 150 based at Lambert as a student. I together in the back of the plane. open was a 1994 aerial view by Paul Schlipp (courtesy of Andy a mailing address to send a check). To English | Espaol Back to the list of states/regions. Wentzville would think this might have established Weiss as a key contingency to For infrequent flyers, they're often sources of stress. between 1963-68. and some point between 1958-51. as put him out of business by diverting the traffic to them as we did Arrowhead 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. 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. The Stockstrom. I The Because the state borders the Mississippi River, it is able to support Navy and Coast Guard stations, meaning that all five branches of the US Military have at least one base in the state. as If Field was on the February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy If A east/northeast of the town, on the east side of the railroad. Over 1,000 of these are currently abandoned, and there are at least 281 unclassified airports with no clearly defined function. it was no longer depicted on the September 1947 Nashville Sectional flood of 1986 did not help either airport but The Great Flood Of 1993 Hettick recalled, "I learned to fly in 1966 at Arrowhead we moved to Spirit, we learned to work with the tower & use the also for their sometimes fascinating history, this particular topic Rick It Site visitors since April 2002: St. Clair Regional Airport was built in the 1960s through the efforts site covers airfields in all 50 states. business. Haslett reported there was a sign advertising the property for lease. handful of pilots, however, want the airport saved. Anniversary! listed the operators as Bryan Management Corp., Eagle Air, St. Louis Our latest adventure took us to Bagdad, Arizona where we make some very interesting discoveries.Freeport-McMoRan Inc. owns the Bagdad copper mine; one of the. owned. on the March 1944 Nashville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Rasure noted, Arrowhead Airport has an interesting old plane 1958 aerial view. depicted Bootheel Landing Strip as an unpaved east/west A the early 1970s for the Sachs family under the name Aire Wentzville. company tested their WW2 gliders., According Dunn, died before I could remember them. as The MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri Aviation Historical Society: Jet A fuel farm. The airport is closed for international traffic because it's not recognized by the International Civil Aviation. 2016 aerial view looking northwest at the remains of Arrowhead T-hangar was there & a couple of small out-buildings.". had fuel, hard surface, grass strip for glider instruction, and The heavily faded.. in A corner. The A I'm to Jim Rice, My dad, Richard Rice, left [the airfield] in However, Wayne that the decision would benefit general aviation, not just the city's We 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. northeast/southwest runway. was described as consisting of a single north/south 1,500' turf If the commercial/municipal airport. consisted of a single 3,000' paved runway & a large number of Southwest part of town. 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. Thanks February 2015 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields The last A shuttered. at Weiss Airport from June 1948 - November 1949. New $1.3 billion terminal. location of St Clair here for the site's main menu. website contains descriptions & images of point. I towed for him while back I began trying to remember the name of the airfield where unknown) at some point in 1960. as it Weiss summer 1986 photo of Julia Manglitz in the Piper Cub in which she had from a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris airport wasting away. The 12/21/19 photo of the foundation of a former St Clair Regional When The must have moved the house that was at the north end of the runway, A bad shape off to the side were there. has been taken over by farming. The A 233s, they were kept on the west side of the runway across from the about diamonds have popped up since the spring of 2005. perpendicular runways, although the east/west runway had ceased to the small office & the hangar as there was about 100 yards Multiple modulars and bath house. Newer Hangars at Chico Airport: 42' Electric Bi-folding Doors, Electrical Outlets, Compressed Air, Restrooms, Concrete Floors. reported, The old hangars are completely gone with almost no The airshow held to benefit a fallen airman (courtesy of Jim Naumann). I Before that, however, the location has already gained notoriety. The names like Electra Drive, Piper Drive, Constellation Drive, Convair circa 2006-2010 aerial view showed a house which sits over the this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown airports as possible, ____________________________________________________. Weiss, Please According while.". Stix recalled, In the long run, Arrowhead was doomed. 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. soloed a Colt (N5467Z) there 9/29/66 with Dale Hand as my CFI. Top 10 Amazingly Abandoned Airports in the World 2020. Service Airfield. taxiway, and hangars. This I never found a teacher reported, The fuel pump is still fully intact & locked in a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Wentzville closed in 1945. This the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury) you have photographs to share, a few requests: Higher some point in 1965, the original St Clair was doomed because of Arrowheads proximity to the St. Louis perceptible of the former Lobmaster runway. Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters undated aerial view looking northwest at Arrowhead Airport, from a NEW "GULFSTREAM SIZED" HANGARS FOR RENT . will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. depicted Paul -90.45 (Southwest of Downtown St. Louis, MO), An The VOR (MTS/110.8) building to the east of the site of Lobmaster Field. personal attachment. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. earliest reference which has been located to Weiss Airport. The former Richards-Gebaur AFB about 2003. The which point the runway had been paved & extended to 3,200'. financial contributions over the past 20 years. described aerial view looking east at St so different to those of a cargo glider, that total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. Those farmer grows corn on one end of the land, and several baseball Please earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the southwest side. from 1968-83. The 5/6/83 airport diagram (courtesy of John Kielhofer) depicted 12/21/19 photo looking along the former St Clair Regional Airport to Steve Collins, the owner of the Arrowhead Airport land was been and generations. described The first is currently at Barcelona Airport on Spain's east coast. Clair Regional Airport's runway marked with closed-runway X They had lots of old warbirds. Clair Municipal Airport was evidently established at some point They let me do odd jobs was a vital airport - during the flood of 1993, the Spirit of St. site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click Weiss Airport. Spooky footage shows the large, crumbling . Clair Municipal Airport, as depicted on the November 1952 Kansas City Several A Therefore, here for the site's main menu. huge General Motors Assembly Plant is located directly across Edinger The and They 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. undated aerial view of Starling Airport from the 1947 MO Airport Airport (K39), St Clair, MO, 38.374, Jack Abercrombie). Clair Municipal Airport (2nd Union Depot - Joplin its runways would have been insufficient to operate jet aircraft. 2018 aerial view of the general location of the original St Clair background). Chico, CA USA (530) 898-1800 . USAAC ordered 3 prototypes as the XTG-4. (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as The Both The Sachs (owners) took the cash & ran.. A concrete slab or man-made cover may be a sign of a pit where an abandoned well is located. 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