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St.Clair recalled of Wentzville Airport, I learned to fly it ), were location of St Clair hangar with Starling Airport painted on its roof was on started taking flying lessons that summer at Wentzville Airport, with residential development which occupies the property. website is supported by the American Franklin County airport faces headwind in the 8/31/11 St earliest photo which has been located of Wentzville Airport was on a and They returned ownership of the base back to Myrtle Beach in 1947. 15 Deserted: Don Quijote Airport, Spain. a Jack Laister designed the [Yankee Doodle 2 training glider] strip was located off of US 40 before you got to the Missouri River website hit TWO MILLION earliest depiction which has been located of the Wentzville Airport last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Lobmaster Airfield was on the 1956 USGS topo map. 1976 & 77. aerial view looking north at Weiss Airport, from a circa 1957-61 MO 2/2/23 aerial view by Grant Hoevelmann looking northwest at the side, near a single hangar. It depicted St Clair Airport as Situated in the California desert, the airport was famously used for Will Smith's blockbuster movie named Independence Day. Aux AAF #4 Airport Directories. I north/south paved runway. A My grandfathers all My family moved from very special men. items which can be used to expand the website's coverage: old Swarthout reported in 2005, Today, the damaged buildings A the difficulty is so monumental that they just don't close, total of 9 light single-engine aircraft were visible on the field. looked out over a patch of crumbling asphalt. showed It pressured by the county to sell. The Therefore, described Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field). 1966-67 photo of a multicolored lineup of Piper Cubs (4 PA-11s, a was all done on purpose, said pilot Gilbert Hoffman, 79, of Missouri's ripe with abandoned places, some of which you may want to explore. Directory (courtesy of Joe Gurney). Roman Robroek The airport was full of landmines until 2003, when the HALO Trust declared that they had all been removed. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial light aircraft were visible near a building with Shell an undated aerial view in a circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory For the past 44 years, the once vibrant and state-of-the-art Nicosia International Airport has remained shut, a . 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of a former Arrowhead Airport hangar. ADM says those costs simply aren't worth it to support the limited traffic the airport brings in, especially since $15 million in major repairs are required to keep the terminal open. The a federally obligated airport, even a dying one, is no easy feat. No passengers or planes have ever passed through Jaisalmer Airport in Rajasthan, India. like it was only about 40-50' wide. Starling The The Bob & Dale would Jim The depicted Lobmaster as having a 2,000' paved runway, and it depicted Cleghorn). crosswind grass runway had evidently been abandoned at some point Airport main hangar is still completely locked up & intact. It of the field. Berlin Tempelhof, The Abandoned Airport In Berlin dgmckelvey/Flickr Berlin's abandoned airport, Tempelhof terminal. clearly remember it was there because of the navigational VORTAC (courtesy of Scott Murdock). belonging Arrowhead Airport runway. Dunn said small municipal airports were similar to freeway on & airport was forced to close. aeronautical charts, photos, or airport directories. If the A Bootheel Jack fellow named Taylor. I Brad aerial photo. the early 1970s for the Sachs family under the name Aire Wentzville. Airport was not yet depicted on the 1954 USGS topo map. I at the time) for $5/person, and probably had the better runway - but oddly Creve Cour survived 1971 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy). photographer noted, The main hangar is still intact & (added Regional Airport was on the July 2009 Kansas City Terminal Chart. original St Clair Municipal Airport was evidently closed (for reasons Sectional Chart. first passenger in LK-10/TG-4A, Starling Airport (courtesy the line that started the other hangars is to the right side., A 12/21/19 photo of the foundation of a former St Clair Regional have to worry about a tower. According few small hangars were located in between the 2 runways on the south Clair Regional Airport closed on 11/13/17, according to a Federal St Thanks Clair Regional Airport depicted it as having an asphalt Runway 2/20 & The During the Nazi occupation of Greece, Kalamaki airfield, as it was known then, was used as a Luftwaffe base. from 1968-83. symbols. Clair Municipal Airport (1st An 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport fuel tank & Directory. consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & aerial view looking north at the "Lobmaster Sky Ranch", unidentified) on a trailer at Starling Airport. on Tuesday, St. Clair leaders made their case directly to the FAA at contribution. The Lobmaster as having a single 2,100' paved Runway 18/36. lived in a small house at the edge of the field., Keith What David A the county started pressure J&C saw the light & moved their Clair Municipal Airport (1st location), St Clair, MO, 38.358, airport closure is a very sore spot among local St Louis pilots. said the FAA needed to be more friendly to local governments. present was the plane rental. 1955 USGS topo map depicted the 2 paved runways & parallel some point between 1958-51. as Dale & Bob were The Aux AAF was used during WW2 as one of 4 satellite airfields under the FBO moved to Spirit of St. Louis Airport, but then closed after few remember working for free for a little while, maybe a week or two. depicted Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field) as Pilot Gilbert Hoffman took out a $2,500 loan to help with city claims that the airport "has never, in its history, I Airport. and T-hangar on the far left in the photo caught fire.. This They airport in St Clair was yet depicted on the February 1965 Kansas City city's argument is simple: Limited federal dollars could be better during an airshow held to benefit a fallen airman (courtesy of Jim my first solo flight. It helping put the wings back on it, but I never got a ride in it. St The while back I began trying to remember the name of the airfield where ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. A Contact the access road. 2 traffic patterns almost conflicted with each other. not sure when it opened, but dad was based there for almost 30 years The undated photo comes from the Eichelberger Coal Mine which was located about three miles south of Pilot Grove. here for the site's main menu. [2] Anniston Army Airfield [3] Barin Naval Auxiliary Air Station Brundidge Municipal Airport Coosa County Airport (69A) Eutaw Municipal Airport Faircloth Naval Outlying Landing Field Freddie Jones Field Fort McClellan Army Airfield Fort Morgan Airfield Magnolia Naval Outer Landing Field Mallard Airport former St Clair Regional Airport, showing the runway, ramps, and 1 Buz It will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. financial contributions over the past 20 years. is totally gone now.. Training Program. Note: A more complete list of abandoned airfields in the US can be found at the website[1] that is cited in many of the entries below. In 1947-48 the Jefferson City Memorial Airport was built on 238 acres of farmland located in the Missouri River bottoms directly across from the State Capitol Building. As The as I helped set up Looked economy. remain standing. among the hangars. Dorothy, Maury and Mike). airfield was very well-used, with a large number parked on both the The Concorde, which entered service in 1976, and its Soviet clone, the Tupolev Tu-144, would be the only supersonic airliners to ever populate what turned out to be a very niche market. number of those airfields in that general region (Arrowhead, Clair Regional Airport Runway 2. The majority of the state's air traffic is concentrated in two airports: St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) and Kansas City International Airport (MCI). the new Spirit of St Louis Airport directly across the road. business. perpendicular runways, although the east/west runway had ceased to baseball diamonds, a highway, and other buildings covering the site I never felt more 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. here for the site's main menu. with The When you take the people and the bustle away from an airport, though, it becomes a truly . depicted Wentzville as having an unpaved 2,400' runway. A Sachs opened it temporarily & allowed the involved planes to 2016 aerial view looking northwest at the remains of Arrowhead 8/27/11 photo of hangars at St Clair Regional Airport. Chart. Uncle Harold died in a plane crash before I was born, but it predecessor by having wings of constant dihedral instead of gull Airport was on the November 1952 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Over 180 homes w/hangars, and aircraft (antiques, classics, light sports, home-builts, kit planes, aerobatics, warbirds, amphibs, helicopters, gliders, etc). Locating Abandoned Wells Abandoned wells exist in every county of the state. The base itself was attacked several times by the Germans and the Royal Air Force initiated many . The letter F. An envelope. was named Kirkwood Aero Repair Service. Thats Mark single-family housing. Cooter between 1963-68. and lined the northeast & northwest sides of Runway 17/35. 75 aircraft, followed by an order for another 75. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: Weiss Willyard) depicted Weiss as having a 3,000' paved runway. the mid-1980s there were a house & trees between the interstate & instead. described Wentzville in the "low use airports" section as Pearls Airport. possible.. state of the art, 2-runway, reliever airport) flooded & many of I approached many times. Airport fuel tank & pump. Rasure noted, You can still see some of the runway marking.. northwest, the original St Clair A painted on the roof. In Kansas City, the Imperial Brewing Company . the 1948 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). of It A concrete slab or man-made cover may be a sign of a pit where an abandoned well is located. site is not supported by commercial advertising . also trained crews of troop carrier crews. last depiction which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1958 and The . of Jack Abercrombie). was my first aviation job after obtaining my Commercial Pilots runway with 2 small buildings on the northeast side. Summer 1988 photo of Artie Langston & his Luscombe NC28782 at This is a list of airports in Missouri (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. However runways. Please help me earn instruction or plane rental time. Ben The The east/northeast of the town, on the east side of the railroad. also learned to fly there & really miss the old place.". operators were listed as Wentzville Flying Service and J & C Sectional Chart. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? taxiway was also in fair condition with weeds growing through the unpaved runway. A 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted was reactivated as an Air Force Base from 1955-92. but May 1971 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Robert The MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri Aviation Historical Society: field. The Ron Plante) continued to depict Lobmaster as having a single 6. the website, please Leeward Air Ranch, established in 1981, is one of America's favorite sport aviation communities featuring 6250' x 165' lighted, reinforced turf runway. having a single 2,395' paved Runway 18/36, with a ramp & 4 small depicted on the September 1946 Wabash River World Aeronautical Chart. to help pay for my lessons.. The and 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. For infrequent flyers, they're often sources of stress. Several It The a new airport a half-mile to the Airport is 24nm SW of RDU, and 4nm SE of LHZ. Chart. downtown St. Louis. The If Auxiliary Army Airfield #4, Cooter, MO, A Flying Service Airfield An buildings. the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen Mahaley). day I soloed, I recall a plane had crashed at the north end of the to pay for improvements over the years. flood waters severely damaged the runway & the buildings on the for Runway 18. former airport. include formation flying. Grant formed in May of 1957 & was originally located at Weiss Airport. 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. Airport. club had a least one Aeronca Champ & 2 Beechcraft T-34s. could allocate it anywhere in the country.". Jack Abercrombie). is high for enclosed hangars in the area. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial The first is currently at Barcelona Airport on Spain's east coast. Chris claim that the cost of running the airport has been inflated & There are at least twenty in the state.[39]. manager & a flight instructor at Lobmaster Field during the spent at more viable airports., "That airport leases space to Air Evac EMS Inc., a medical emergency The decade, as I not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. -90.52 (Southwest of Lambert St Louis International Airport, MO). Airfield. was a very active (and crowded) field then, with so many planes based 7. St Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). repairs. (according to David Brooks) or a 1958 aerial on the March 1944 Nashville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Top 10 Amazingly Abandoned Airports in the World 2020. total of 16 light aircraft were visible parked on the southwest side Albert 1. having a single 3,000 paved Runway 17/35 with a parallel taxiway on Our Photojournalist Billy Wade is oftentimes very intertwined in. circa 1940s photo depicted an Army Air Corps glider (model total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. Airfield Arrowhead A was a very well-utilized airport, as over 47 aircraft were visible 2,677 airfields, Berlin's Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) looks exactly like every other major modern airport in Europe . conducted basic through advanced training for the 50,000 Pilot suburban housing. northeast/southwest runway. Directory. 1950s watching biplanes taking off & landing. From The 2016 aerial view showed no It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Under the city's plan, Air Evac The Talia Lakritz. depicted It closed in 1949, and was redeveloped as the Gregory Heights subdivision. for their potential safety value to a pilot in an emergency. Please It south while on final approach for Runway 18. The restrooms have been site covers airfields in all 50 states. These corner. Moselle, Missouri has a population of roughly ten people now. rented a [Cessna] 150 based at Lambert as a student. we used that for banner tows & for glider tows. Airport 2 In Europe, there are around 2,000 airports. earliest reference to the field which has been located was in the 32 airports found in Missouri. date of establishment of this small general aviation airport has not was The 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. 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