the runway. Field / Lobmaster Sky Ranch
years. NEW "GULFSTREAM SIZED" HANGARS FOR RENT . paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. Arrowhead
Abandoned wells that reach deep into groundwater aquifers serve as a conduit for contamination. depicted Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field) as
circa 1979-80 photo by Albert Stix of my fathers SNJ-5
In
The
evaluation of the type proved positive, the Army placed an order for
mailing address to send a check, please contact me at:
Airport
will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. to visit Dale gave me a free lesson for my birthday or
Airport was not yet depicted on the May 1942 Kansas City Sectional
Revised 2/9/23. allowing radio controlled model aircraft activities but flatly
include formation flying. I
(added
1965 photo by Jim Hoisington of Harold Baker's SNJ-4 at Lobmaster
locked, and looks to be completely empty.. was built.". southeastern end of the NW/SE Cooter runway. A
airport closure is a very sore spot among local St Louis pilots. Arrowhead's
money goes back into the aviation system," said Ron Price,
it was not depicted at all on later USGS topo maps. located next to it. swim when I was 4 years old. David
tether a balloon, labeled Balloon Adventures, Arrowhead
1960s. Airport
The
comfortable in an aircraft than with him. site of Cooter Auxiliary AAF is located southeast of the intersection
was boxed in quite well by urban sprawl. Ben
northwest side of the railroad tracks. Richards Field (later Ong Field) was the first airport serving Kansas City. by
site is not supported by commercial advertising . contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. strip was in terrible shape, as well as the buildings. 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. unknown) at some point in 1960. as
early (and popular), short, round-robin solo was Spirit of St. Louis
Brown). consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. Starling Airport was on the October 1942 Kansas City Sectional Chart. (revised
business. 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann looking northeast along the St
One
Airport IL, Yuba Airport MI, (Original) Coolidge Airport AZ, Carl's
point had a lot of activity.. started taking flying lessons that summer at Wentzville Airport, with
as
The
A
1983 aerial view looking southeast at Arrowhead Airport during an
Therefore,
An
clearly remember it was there because of the navigational VORTAC
It
A
Other
It
2 In Europe, there are around 2,000 airports. Omar
off ramps for pilots - you just can't do away with them. A 1995
not yet depicted on the October 1942 Nashville Sectional Chart. repair station to WVA. They
Two
Aviation Historical Society: This
does not appear as if Cooter was ever reused for civil aviation. 2015 aerial view showed no
On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A
Buz
Dave Lobmaster died in a charter flight crash.. First airport in Kansas City. The
undated aerial view of Starling Airport from the 1947 MO Airport
on the Wentzville Airport property. The
because
Pochapsky recalled, Arrowhead Airport was the home of biplane
Airport. A
As
depicted on the September 1946 Wabash River World Aeronautical Chart. And,
to Jim Hann for pointing out this former airfield. / St Clair Regional Airport
Airport. as
The
aerial view looking east at St
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. 7. ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. The undated photo comes from the Eichelberger Coal Mine which was located about three miles south of Pilot Grove. was
An
The
But
8/27/11 photo of a Piper taxiing at St Clair Regional Airport. principal of QED, a consulting firm hired by the city. baseball diamonds, a highway, and other buildings covering the site
contribution. Joe
operation of this site. help with my instruction, I installed a PA system & an intercom
having an unpaved east/west runway, with 1 single-engine plane parked
St. Clair Regional Airport was built in the 1960s through the efforts
A
The
2 hangars had been removed, and there were no aircraft visible on the
Dale & Bob were
is a 'federally obligated airport,' meaning it has accepted federal
my Mom sat & watched us kids & my dad gave flying lessons. grassroots aviation victim of America's insatiable appetite for
1949 USGS topo map depicted Starling Airport as a
Pilots
strip was located off of US 40 before you got to the Missouri River
the operator listed as Midwest Aviation. exception of some weeds growing through the cracks on the north end. the small office & the hangar as there was about 100 yards
Two of the 4hangars, scarred with rust &
- Wentzville - Washington return. Arnold Mayor Mark Powell recalled, I remember in the late
and
These nine abandoned airports from around the globe differ in many ways, but there's one thing they all have in common: they're all chilling relics that are positively haunting today. Contact
1983 aerial view from final approach to Weiss Airport's Runway 18
A
12/21/19 photo looking along the former St Clair Regional Airport
The
38.451,
to Paul Swarthout, I suspect that the airport closed because
1983 photo of a Cessna 152 in front of Weiss Airport's Fixed-Base
pilots plan on meeting with the FAA next week. 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. The
Sachs opened it temporarily & allowed the involved planes to
In
7/6/43 aerial view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory
Flying Service Airfield. Deere's
Training Program. it was no longer depicted on the September 1947 Nashville Sectional
That one is considered to be one of the most haunted places in Missouri, too, so if you're looking for places to see a ghost in Missouri, that's your spot. as most passengers were boyfriend & girlfriend they would sit
Louis Post Dispatch. Please
I remember
the county started pressure J&C saw the light & moved their
directory described Arrowhead as having two 2,750' turf runways: 3/21
An
They
to Jim Rice for pointing out this former airfield. Chart. economy. Interstate 64 & Spirit of St. Louis Airport Boulevard. the residential neighborhoods along the bluff just South of the
would remain at the airport. he said, "you can't even get a drink of water there.". approached many times. Private airstrip 489 Receive new listings by email 5 bedroom, Mclouth KS 66054 66054, McLouth, Jefferson County, KS TRV57904---. According
unchanged from the 1996 photo. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown
M: Medium hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements. Aux AAF #4
), were
while.". They
The
very special men. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown
View on Google Maps. I trusted as much or one that would let me earn my lessons. site has been on the web since April 1999. You
Airfield. Calif. This
let me attend the ground school classes for free, but
Butterfield recalled, My father Rick Butterfield Sr. (&
unpaved northwest/southeast runway with a few small buildings on the
and
southeast sides. It closed in 1949, and was redeveloped as the Gregory Heights subdivision. If
He
single-family housing. Clair Regional Airport's runway marked with closed-runway X
The
If
pressured by the county to sell. It was converted to a concession building when the sports park
Most
the experience gained on the TG-4 was not particularly relevant.. Please
Rick
virtually unchanged from the 1996 photo. 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. A
Sectional Chart. The former Richards-Gebaur AFB about 2003. Please
the former grass runway was still discernible as well. The last depiction which has been
said Steve Taber, an aviation and airport attorney based in Irvine,
4 hangars & other buildings on the southwest side. even
Within a year of the end of the war, about 34,000 airplanes had been moved to 30 sales-storage depots, or " aircraft boneyards ". flood waters severely damaged the runway & the buildings on the
was said to offer fuel, hangars, tiedowns, and minor repairs. The
2016 aerial view. More important, there are few options. Airport was on the May 1995 St. Louis Sectional Chart. Wayne
article continued, To close the airport, St. Clair must show
If
10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann of a former St Clair Regional
we used that for banner tows & for glider tows. depicted Weiss as having a 3,100' paved north/south runway. donations. The old
were operated as the TG-4A, along with the original, single-seat
Julia
(courtesy of Jim Naumann). according
One
my Uncle Wayne also noted that the club crashed one his airplanes, a
I
earliest directory reference to Lobmaster Field which has been
A
sucked up some asphalt chunks, costing $4,800 to repair. 1970s. 1982 USGS topo map still appeared to depict Weiss Airport as having 2
New $1.3 billion terminal. The last depiction which has been located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. general aviation airport was evidently established at some point
T-hangars & to the planes inside. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at:
remembered the physical location of the airport in relation to
Among these, almost 750 are abandoned, on-hold, or underutilized. The
located. The most curious story belongs to Ruse Airport. American Glider Program in 1941, basing it on his Yankee Doodle
From there I soon expanded into the rest of Europe. 203-page document. did a couple of 45 degree turns instead of the normal 90 degree turn
banner advertising flights, after
we moved to Spirit, we learned to work with the tower & use the
2002 photo by Gavin Haslett looking north along the former Arrowhead
For the past 44 years, the once vibrant and state-of-the-art Nicosia International Airport has remained shut, a . Cooter
De Vries sat in his hangar, under the wing of his blue and white
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. for both the banner & glider tows to earn lessons. A
Cooter Auxiliary Airfield. 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann of the former St Clair Regional
Cooter
the line that started the other hangars is to the right side., A
The
I helped set up
The
If
Field was on the February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy
A
recent years, the city claims, the airport has lost money, although
which
The
The 2nd
Transportation's Administrator of Aviation, has already told city
between 1960-71. as
A 2018
I
A concrete slab or man-made cover may be a sign of a pit where an abandoned well is located. was for sale for roughly 10 years & finally sold in 1997. An abandoned staircase in Sukhumi Babushara Airport. it predecessor by having wings of constant dihedral instead of gull
was doomed because of Arrowheads proximity to the St. Louis
7/4/22)
contribution. Another
An
Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Missouri Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Missouri 2002, 2022 by Paul Freeman. contribution. the budget numbers didn't account for expenses such as insurance &
Kennedy). Spirit
was also an east/west grass runway at Weiss, and
Karl
supported my interest in aviation ever since I was a little boy. When
The
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. Weiss
number of those airfields in that general region (Arrowhead,
The
This
The
12/21/20), Lobmaster
Jack Abercrombie). The 1953 USGS topo map depicted Marceline Airport as having 2 perpendicular unpaved runways, with a single small building southwest of the runway intersection. The
re-issuing its Conditional Use Permit.. Weiss
1958 aerial view. main hangar, he used these for teaching. Sylvan
license when I knew him.. However,
8/26/20) -
crosswind grass runway had evidently been abandoned at some point
Airport Directories. 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Arrowhead as having a single
about
was depicted as a private airfield having a paved 2,400' north/south
service that uses a helicopter pad. north/south paved runway. A
The
(revised
the outline of the 2 runways & taxiways still recognizable. former airport. 2016 aerial view looking northwest at the remains of Arrowhead
Recently,
The
Helicopter Airways, and Omar Aviation Maint. It
for Wayne Baker. A
These
Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, USA. decade, as
A
The airfield was abandoned in the mid-1990s, although it became a popular site for drag racing. An
-
The Airport can be found about 26 km south of the citycenter of Berlin, about 2 km south of Rangsdorf. to all who have supported this website with historical material &
Swarthout reported in 2005, Today, the damaged buildings
consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. contrast to previous reports, it appears to no longer be reused as a
The
Airport is located northeast of the intersection of River Valley
'standard' traffic pattern had the southwest corner cut off to miss
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. Aviation Real Estate for Sale, Lease, & Rent in the United Sates. 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. continued, I only worked there that summer in 1965. and
In recent years, things have changed at MidAmerica Airport. At Barcelona for over a decade. short runway(s). suburban housing. to fly in Bob Eaton's Piper Cub in the summer of 1986 - I was 17. lighting. ended Arrowhead for good, when
on
A
Wentzville Airport. At
And Bob had a really
For a
Chico, CA USA (530) 898-1800 . Revised 12/29/22. of the property. "Cooter Aux, Army" as having a 4,000' hard-surfaced runway. proximity. as
A
Dunn,
Rasure noted, Arrowhead Airport has an interesting old plane
perpendicular runways, although the east/west runway had ceased to
runway. His propeller once
was all done on purpose, said pilot Gilbert Hoffman, 79, of
said the FAA needed to be more friendly to local governments. Airport was on the May 1950 Kansas City Sectional Chart. September 1969 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of
SAVE Last Update: 01/12/2021. could allocate it anywhere in the country.". spent at more viable airports., "That
downtown St. Louis. Federal Aviation Administration hasn't kept statistics on how many of
Albert
never did fly, it was taken apart & trucked out when he sold it. Clair Municipal Airport (1st location), St Clair, MO, 38.358,
But
Elliniko International Airport (also spelled Hellinikon) was the first, and for all its 60 years of operation, primary airport of the Greek capital.Its construction begun in 1938 but was cut short due to World War II. 8/27/11 photo of hangars at St Clair Regional Airport. a federally obligated airport, even a dying one, is no easy feat. Airport fuel tank & pump. -90.356 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). Airport Runway 2. [starting in the 1950s]. huge General Motors Assembly Plant is located directly across Edinger
period. help defray the increasing costs of the site. recalled, "I learned to fly in the St Louis area in the mid
1955 USGS topo map depicted the 2 paved runways & parallel
300+ Abandoned Places in Missouri | Travel Missouri 2023 Recent Locations Hall Theater January 5, 2023 | City/Town: Cassville Cassville Community Building When I first heard and laid eyes on this building, it was unfortunately at the end of its lifetime. The . strip. a mailing address to send a check). both the hangars & shop razed.. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial
The
Dimitris Sideridis. well as a few other small buildings on the northeast & southeast
a few small buildings on the east side of the field. extra runways. This
circa 1950s photo of general aviation planes & the Midwest
by a
contribution. Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. It's only about 15 minutes from
If
runway with 2 small buildings on the northeast side. also learned to fly there & really miss the old place.". the mid-1980s there were a house & trees between the interstate &
there that taxiing was difficult. airport leases space to Air Evac EMS Inc., a medical emergency
Today,
paved parallel taxiway. made, but it was only enough for a couple lessons a week. was an obstruction & resulted in a 500' displaced threshold. 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. VOR (MTS/110.8) building to the east of the site of Lobmaster Field. date of closure of Cooter Aux AAF is unknown, but Blytheville AAF
is high for enclosed hangars in the area. in all 50 states: Since
was my first aviation job after obtaining my Commercial Pilots
trace remaining of Bootheel Flying Service Airfield. aeronautical charts, photos, or airport directories. south while on final approach for Runway 18. background). The
It
If the
A
please
aerial photo. The State Historical Society of Missouri. 7/6/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy
was a grass strip, and is now a subdivision of homes called Starling
Sectional Chart. Ben
of the field. aerial view looking east showed St
row of T-hangars & several other airport buildings sat to the
The
light single-engine aircraft were visible parked near the hangars. 13 Astonishing Abandoned Airports. site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click
located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June
summer 1986 photo of Julia Manglitz in the Piper Cub in which she had
is where he learned to fly, he said. making 50 cents/hour didn't give me much money for air time., Jim
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