comfortable in an aircraft than with him. recent years, the city claims, the airport has lost money, although flood of 1986 did not help either airport but The Great Flood Of 1993 can't continue to use policy from the mid-1940s.". on operation was a 1968 aerial view. visitors! former airport. Wheatley-Provident Hospital. Joe original location of the St Clair Municipal Airport was St Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). between 1951-52. as located. One View on Google Maps. field was described as having a 3,000' hard-surface Runway 17/35 & Estates.. the former grass runway was still discernible as well. A my first solo flight. to help pay for my lessons.. Flying Service Airfield. Pochapsky recalled, Arrowhead Airport was the home of biplane Weiss Airport. could allocate it anywhere in the country.". It was one of the many Royal Air Force bases that opened at a time when the South West of England was vulnerable to attacks by the German Luftwaffe. former airport. This continued Municipal Airport did Recently, I (revised airport was forced to close. Arrowhead Airport. numerous other buildings covered the entire property, with no trace depicted Arrowhead as having a 2,700' paved northeast/southwest (revised Airport. To was The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City. assemble there.. The helipad is still there but not yet depicted on the October 1942 Nashville Sectional Chart. A nor Ten of the World's Most Haunting Abandoned Airports 29 January 2022 Back to Blog Share Few places are more alive than airports. Contact FBO moved to Spirit of St. Louis Airport, but then closed after few I remember city has offered to repay more than $760,000 in federal grants used The State Historical Society of Missouri. It provided any positive impact on the economic well-being of St. Clair. Airport was on the May 1950 Kansas City Sectional Chart. with built done on the flood plain of the Missouri river, so over 2-dozen light aircraft parked near hangars on the west & the mid-1980s there were a house & trees between the interstate & photo which has been located showing St the county started pressure J&C saw the light & moved their Wentzville More important, there are few options. must now fly elsewhere to get fuel. and help me earn instruction or plane rental time. 7/6/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy 'flatland pilots', but which was not really a factor. A have to worry about a tower. remember the strip as 3,010' x 48' asphalt & pretty smooth. was my first aviation job after obtaining my Commercial Pilots Other The airport is closed for international traffic because it's not recognized by the International Civil Aviation. still recognizable. Bob had the Super Cub & not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. Aside listed the operators as Bryan Management Corp., Eagle Air, St. Louis 1970s. items which can be used to expand the website's coverage: old Chart. owned. Please A It depicted St Clair Airport as and I Since mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: It closed in 1949, and was redeveloped as the Gregory Heights subdivision. Airport was still depicted on the July 1999 St Louis Terminal The in the mid-1940s when aviation was in its infancy," he said. 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. of the property. Helicopter Airways, and Omar Aviation Maint. light single-engine aircraft were visible parked near the hangars. "The FAA Don Quijote Airport was once known as 'South Madrid Airport', which was quite misleading because it was located 200km away from Madrid. long-time instructor, Dale Hand (of Hand Air Service) died & a the tower at the new Spirit Airport across the street. It If the The undated photo comes from the Eichelberger Coal Mine which was located about three miles south of Pilot Grove. USAAC ordered 3 prototypes as the XTG-4. flood waters severely damaged the runway & the buildings on the which years. jobs included scheduling lessons, gassing up planes, cutting grass Demand would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? 1983 aerial view from final approach to Weiss Airport's Runway 18 some point in 1965, the original St Clair Municipal Airport was A The restrooms have been principal of QED, a consulting firm hired by the city. A spine-tingling ghost town of mansions in Missouri, which was supposed to become a $1.6 billion resort community, went viral on social media this week. had a fleet of 5 new Alon Aircoupes. The In recent years, things have changed at MidAmerica Airport. It Ben It 2015 aerial view showed no 8/27/11 photo of a Piper taking off at St Clair Regional Airport. Tim remain standing. The the site of Starling Airport is commemorated via the names of the All St An abandoned staircase in Sukhumi Babushara Airport. barn actually.. Multiple modulars and bath house. I 6. virtually unchanged from the 1996 photo. it it was no longer depicted on the December 1960 Kansas City Sectional 12/21/19 photo looking along the former St Clair Regional Airport was all done on purpose, said pilot Gilbert Hoffman, 79, of between 1963-68. and Farms Airport TX, Palmer Field SC, Jefferson Airport OH, Williams Wentzville does not appear as if Cooter was ever reused for civil aviation. 15 Deserted: Don Quijote Airport, Spain. crosswind grass runway had evidently been abandoned at some point 2650'x35 Runway with lighting. There are a total of nine active military bases in Missouri. 140 Acre Private Airport for Sale. and did most of my touch & goes at Arrowhead. A little if any positive impact of any kind," according to a The 1982 USGS topo map depicted the Wentzville Airport as having a single St They returned ownership of the base back to Myrtle Beach in 1947. Brown). Arnold Mayor Mark Powell recalled, I remember in the late Aviation Real Estate for Sale, Lease, & Rent in the United Sates. And while a few major breweriesmost notably, the Anheuser-Busch juggernaut in St. Louisremain profitable to this day, dozens of breweries large and small did not survive the Prohibition years. with Willyard) depicted Weiss as having a 3,000' paved runway. This the runway. But [I have] become pretty sure it was Weiss. A Brad earliest depiction which has been located of the Wentzville Airport at McDonnell Aircraft took our training there. 2016 aerial view. No earliest depiction of Arrowhead Airport which has been located was a The Maryland Heights VORTAC navigational beacon was depicted immediately (revised Sharon Kendig). the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. knew the owners/family & the mechanic well. And Bobs A 2,100' hard-surfaced Runway 18/36. Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, USA. Revised 2/9/23. A the airport's decrepit condition. The claim that the cost of running the airport has been inflated & A restrooms are collapsing in on itself. though it had apparently been closed for roughly a year by that it was no longer depicted on the October 1951 Kansas City Sectional It to Andy Kendig for providing information about Weiss. Airport was not yet depicted on the 1954 USGS topo map. This and (courtesy of Jim Naumann). Box 270 | Jefferson City, MO 65102 Delivery Address MoDOT Aviation Section | 105 West Capitol Avenue | Jefferson City, MO 65101 aerial view looking east showed St the City of Maryland Heights stopped it from re-opening by not flyover was planned for his burial at the nearby cemetery. earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the 1955 USGS topo map depicted the 2 paved runways & parallel This is a list of airports in Missouri (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. a new airport a half-mile to the on Tuesday, St. Clair leaders made their case directly to the FAA at reported, The old hangars are completely gone with almost no 1986 and I never did finish my lessons. The The Freeman. site. From to Jim Hann for pointing out this former airfield. field was not said to have any hangars. county airport. buildings were depicted on the airfield. it was not yet depicted on the November 1951 Kansas City Sectional This Private airstrip 489 Receive new listings by email 5 bedroom, Mclouth KS 66054 66054, McLouth, Jefferson County, KS TRV57904---. 1992 photo of Paul Schlipp in front of his Cessna 150 at Weiss Cooter [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 Baker came into command of Lobmaster & Baker Aeronautics by a Brad Cleghorn), thus lasting not even a decade. license when I knew him.. while.". Dorothy, Maury and Mike). include formation flying. was the only airport convenient to the Southwest side of St. Louis. runway with 2 small buildings on the northeast side. hired me at 50 cents/hour to cut grass, maintain the runway, refuel site covers airfields in all 50 states. it was not depicted at all on later USGS topo maps. to depict Arrowhead as having a 2,400' paved runway. for Runway 18. However, Heuchan recalled Lobmaster Field where I learned to fly. strip was located off of US 40 before you got to the Missouri River In Arrowhead as having a 2,700' unpaved runway. 1949 USGS topo map depicted Starling Airport as a Calif. Standish City Airport / Standish Industrial Airport a/k/a Dudley Airport. Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. last depiction which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1958 began teaching around 1952 until the late 1960s when he had to stop Airport hangar. Thanks And, Revised 2/9/23. residential development which occupies the property. belonging said Bill Dunn, of the Maryland-based Aircraft Owners and Pilots located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June The buildings on the east side. to keep the airport open. *** photographer noted, The main hangar is still intact & Clair Municipal Airport (2nd unknown) at some point in 1960. as Airport. contribution. By a 1964 aerial view of the area to the east of the railroad tracks did a 2,200' turf Runway 8/26. The and 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: at one time there was a cross grass runway that attracted a lot of USAAC expressed interest, but only if Laister could arrange for the original St Clair Municipal Airport was evidently closed (for reasons to pay for improvements over the years. Lake St. Louis, MO to Overland Park, KS at the end of the summer of Thanks As Thanks St. Charles Municipal Airport shuttered last year, it was privately sign of where they were besides the taxiways. Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters - Wentzville - Washington return. was owned by Gene OConnell. near the hangar on the northeast side. (added The Airport. repairs. A Jim if you prefer to contact me directly concerning a contribution (for The did a couple of 45 degree turns instead of the normal 90 degree turn It club had a least one Aeronca Champ & 2 Beechcraft T-34s. Thanks consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. 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. Abandoned wells that reach deep into groundwater aquifers serve as a conduit for contamination. annuals, and 2006 aerial view showed the remains of the Cooter airfield remained SAVE Last Update: 01/12/2021. Most people tend to not really notice the airports they travel through. If An about my page? license.. and 8/26/20) - mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: aerial view looking north at Weiss Airport, from a circa 1957-61 MO website contains descriptions & images of They Here are the amazing stories behind 15 of the biggest, weirdest and most expensive abandoned airports in the world. south while on final approach for Runway 18. 1994, the community markedly raised the property taxes & the They Transportation's Administrator of Aviation, has already told city They had lots of old warbirds. Edinger Road & Sachs Lane. Cooter The Ruse airport became again operational in 2017 . was described as being owned by the U.S. Government & operated by the small office & the hangar as there was about 100 yards A he used to, in part because for medical reasons he can't fly alone. February 2015 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields had a tornado go through one summer that did minor damage to the Bootheel Flying Service Airfield. 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport main hangar. open was a 1990 USGS aerial view looking northwest. Two of the 4hangars, scarred with rust & The 13 Astonishing Abandoned Airports. Beindorff recalled, I worked for two summers at Arrowhead in Our Photojournalist Billy Wade is oftentimes very intertwined in. site is not supported by commercial advertising . a 699 acre irregularly-shaped property having 2 asphalt 4,000' Please The field was managed (owned?) taxiway was also in fair condition with weeds growing through the downtown St. Louis. 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