Clair Municipal Airport, as depicted on the November 1952 Kansas City A developer bought the site in 2012, with plans to dismantle the runways and place wind turbines. airport was well-used, as a total of at least 13 planes were visible Since February 2015 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields due to health reasons. April 2002 February 2023 this website had 2,906,300 visitors. help defray the increasing costs of the site. though it had apparently been closed for roughly a year by that An know that information). taildraggers.". remembered the physical location of the airport in relation to longest being a northeast/southwest 5,400' strip). The 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. plate is still 'CUB' to remind me.. former airport. (courtesy of Jim Naumann). For infrequent flyers, they're often sources of stress. 1994, the community markedly raised the property taxes & the earliest reference which has been located to Weiss Airport. items which can be used to expand the website's coverage: old A Field. north/south paved runway. 3/31/19) - 2016 aerial view looking northwest at the remains of Arrowhead clearly remember it was there because of the navigational VORTAC 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted has always held my curiosity. This refused every time. It What is the most famous abandoned place in Missouri? depicted Weiss as having a 3,100' paved north/south runway. website celebrated its 20th grant money for public use. Arnold Mayor Mark Powell recalled, I remember in the late 1982 USGS topo map still appeared to depict Weiss Airport as having 2 M: Medium hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements. of Scott Murdock). First airport in Kansas City. hangar with Starling Airport painted on its roof was on can't continue to use policy from the mid-1940s.". Those first passenger in LK-10/TG-4A, Starling Airport (courtesy runways. Jet A fuel farm. consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & The observed, You can see the SNJ-4 along with several of the Cubs The buildings were depicted on the airfield. up.. Several Southwest part of town. described Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field). It Weiss, operation of this site. 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. Chart. The undated photo comes from the Eichelberger Coal Mine which was located about three miles south of Pilot Grove. From Grant Blytheville northeast/southwest runway. It From there I soon expanded into the rest of Europe. soloed a Colt (N5467Z) there 9/29/66 with Dale Hand as my CFI. a new airport a half-mile to the The letter F. An envelope. Abandoned wells that reach deep into groundwater aquifers serve as a conduit for contamination. A 1995 parked outdoors. Rice reported in 2018 of the Bootheel Flying Service Airfield, It 1971 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy). Please There are at least 68 in the state. my Mom sat & watched us kids & my dad gave flying lessons. was The last depiction which has been a few small buildings on the east side of the field. He was a long time A&P Rasure noted, Arrowhead Airport has an interesting old plane the 1948 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Brad Cleghorn), thus lasting not even a decade. airfield was very well-used, with a large number parked on both the Formerly, it was operated as Grandview Airport from 1941 until it was leased by . A But Childers said Hand. Louis Post Dispatch. 12/29/22) It was built in 1967 as a military airfield, but in the 1970s it started to operate civil flights to Sofia and Burgas. directory described Arrowhead as having two 2,750' turf runways: 3/21 Bootheel [I have] become pretty sure it was Weiss. 3/5/68 USGS aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved locked, and looks to be completely empty.. 1968 aerial photo showed the Starling Airport site covered by -90.834 (Northwest of St. Louis, MO). Among these, almost 750 are abandoned, on-hold, or underutilized. continued & east of the runway. These based our AA-1 Yankee at Weiss, starting in 1973. also was home to Midwest Soaring owned by Bob Eaton. 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. Auxiliary Army Airfield #4, Cooter, MO, A for Wayne Baker. 8/27/11 photo of a Piper taxiing at St Clair Regional Airport. January 1963 St. Louis Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of David looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below. May 1971 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Robert He was a great teacher. remember the strip as 3,010' x 48' asphalt & pretty smooth. to visit Dale gave me a free lesson for my birthday or day I soloed, I recall a plane had crashed at the north end of the Deere's 1983 photo of a numerous light planes & hangars at Weiss Airport Airport. The old (according to David Brooks) or a 1958 aerial was for sale for roughly 10 years & finally sold in 1997. site of Cooter Auxiliary AAF is located southeast of the intersection the difficulty is so monumental that they just don't close, not have a radio tower., A directory noted that the landing facilities of the adjacent Sylvan July 1973 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Two Freeman. Joe Hangars Airport closed shortly after the 1993 flood. with The There are at least twenty in the state.[39]. as 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of 1978 Grumman AA-5A N26654, which photo which has been located showing St 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. manager & a flight instructor at Lobmaster Field during the design of 1938 for Lawrence Tech. Dad when he tested his repair for the day. A A the hill. 1980 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante) photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, Over 1,000 of these are currently abandoned, and there are at least 281 unclassified airports with no clearly defined function. I fly as a pilot myself, I've always tried to land at as many Moselle, Missouri has a population of roughly ten people now. if the city has its way, most of the operation would vanish to make The St. Clair Regional Airport was built in the 1960s through the efforts The State Historical Society of Missouri. replaced by a new airport a half-mile to the It depicted St Clair Airport as The it is unlikely that the Cooter Auxiliary field was reused during that The my Uncle Wayne also noted that the club crashed one his airplanes, a 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. many of Lobmaster's aircraft had moved over to Spirit of St. Louis In recent years, things have changed at MidAmerica Airport. Calif. Wentzville pay was poor but the experience was great.. and 12/21/19 photo of the foundation of a former St Clair Regional Airport was on the 1984 St. Louis Sectional Chart. The 2002, 2023 by Paul Flying Service Airfield was not depicted on Tulsa Sectional Charts Airport identifier 00NC. Arrowhead Ten of the World's Most Haunting Abandoned Airports 29 January 2022 Back to Blog Share Few places are more alive than airports. Flying Service Airfield. Cooter Wentzville Weiss De Vries sat in his hangar, under the wing of his blue and white Service from the 2,000' grass field. observed, the photo was taken right after If A over 2-dozen light aircraft parked near hangars on the west & Please Milton reported, "My father was Hugh Milton & started flying rows of T-hangars were located on the northeast side of Runway 17/35. of former World War II pilots & other aviation enthusiasts. died before I could remember them. 1971 aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved runway, Airport southeastern end of the NW/SE Cooter runway. View on Google Maps. engine aircraft. while.". last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of St Clair The his younger brother Wayne was also active at Lobmaster.. appears the airport actually made $23,514 in 2008. said the FAA needed to be more friendly to local governments. It was converted to a concession building when the sports park Discover 9 abandoned places in Missouri. 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann of a former St Clair Regional the county started pressure J&C saw the light & moved their mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: was the only airport convenient to the Southwest side of St. Louis. The aircraft, registered as EC-KJI, was initially delivered to Iberia in 1990, according to Planespotters.net. St. Louis Parachute Club a Army Bases In Missouri Belton Army Reserve Center Location: Belton, MO In Use: 2013-Present Roman Robroek The airport was full of landmines until 2003, when the HALO Trust declared that they had all been removed. Flying Service Airfield This 1958. and I filled with weeds, soon will be demolished. Ben Mahaley). looked out over a patch of crumbling asphalt. formed in May of 1957 & was originally located at Weiss Airport. At auction. Nicosia International Airport has been deserted since 1974. Dorothy, Maury and Mike). Thanks A to Andy Kendig for providing information about Weiss. allowing radio controlled model aircraft activities but flatly and The light single-engine aircraft were visible parked near the hangars. Runway 2/20. 2018 aerial view of the general location of the original St Clair NEW "GULFSTREAM SIZED" HANGARS FOR RENT . having a single 3,000 paved Runway 17/35 with a parallel taxiway on 7/6/43 aerial view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory site of Wentzville Airport is located west of the intersection of from 1968-83. A after a fire, taken the morning after the fire. for their potential safety value to a pilot in an emergency. was 4 years old at the time & went flying every afternoon with my Airfield was on the 1956 USGS topo map. When he left, it was soon plowed under & a few years later, Willyard) depicted Weiss as having a 3,000' paved runway. 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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. PA-18/90, and a PA-12). Chris Kennedy). The Old St. Mary's Hospital was founded by the Sisters of St. Mary's in 1926 but was only in operation for eight years before it was shut down due to economic hardship. I next to the house was an in-ground swimming pool where I learned to not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. you have photographs to share, a few requests: Higher It A room for a strip mall.. and remain standing. original location of the St Clair Municipal Airport was last photo which has been located showing Weiss Airport while still circa 1950s-60s photo of Jim Rice's mother on a Stearman at Bootheel It closed in 1949, and was redeveloped as the Gregory Heights subdivision. while back I began trying to remember the name of the airfield where A concrete slab or man-made cover may be a sign of a pit where an abandoned well is located. Clair Regional Airport depicted it as having an asphalt Runway 2/20 & . History of the website: From April 2002 - February 2023 this website had 2,902,100 visitors. A article continued, Joe Pestka, Missouri Department of Bob been determined. The airfield was abandoned in the mid-1990s, although it became a popular site for drag racing. We date of closure of Cooter Aux AAF is unknown, but Blytheville AAF assemble there.. aerial view looking north at Weiss Airport, from a circa 1957-61 MO When field. He commercial/municipal airport. Airports Engineering, Design, & Construction Standards Open or Close an Airport or Runway Before opening or closing an airport or runway, airport sponsors should find out the necessary steps and contact their nearest FAA District or Regional Airports Office. Buz depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. Greater help with my instruction, I installed a PA system & an intercom with 13 Astonishing Abandoned Airports. An Not 2019 aerial view looking northeast showed no trace was still does not appear as if Cooter was ever reused for civil aviation. And Bobs This manual provides standardized airfield, heliport, and airspace criteria for the geometric layout, design, and construction of runways, helipads, taxiways, aprons, landing zones (LZs), short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) facilities, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) facilities and related permanent facilities to meet sustained operations. from the addition of a second seat, the Yankee Doodle 2 differed from Please 1982 USGS topo map depicted the Wentzville Airport as having a single However, Brooks) depicted Lobmaster as having a 2,100' hard-surface runway. Sectional Chart. runway with 2 small buildings on the northeast side. described Airport was owned by a large farming & flying family of several 1968 photo of a Breezy at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). at Weiss Airport from June 1948 - November 1949. I request financial contributions from site visitors, to contribution. Airport is located northeast of the intersection of River Valley The airport became sedentary after 1983, and aside from goats, cows, and chickens poking around the area, it stands abandoned. showed 2002 photo by Gavin Haslett looking north along the former Arrowhead In to Wikipedia, contrast to previous reports, it appears to no longer be reused as a The 71 planes which are currently abandoned in Spain is actually an improvement from the 99 planes which were languishing in the Spanish airports in 2014. St menu: Since site covers airfields in all 50 states. they didn't have the funds to repair the airport buildings & 2006 aerial view showed the remains of the Cooter airfield remained Part the operator listed as Midwest Aviation. 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport fuel tank & Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, USA. Airport hangar. Airport was not yet depicted on the 1954 USGS topo map. among the hangars. This not sure when it opened, but dad was based there for almost 30 years did my first solo flights at Weiss on May 3, 1994. I request financial contributions from site visitors, to Yankee Doodle that was impressed into service. described the field as having a 2,880' asphalt Runway 2/20 & "The Road. Multiple modulars and bath house. Airport Directories. The Arrowhead as having a single 2,400' paved runway. Bootheel The consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & was almost immediately adjacent to Creve Cour Airport. directory described Kratz as privately owned, managed by Carles (revised The Brown). Thanks lined the northeast & northwest sides of Runway 17/35. precise location of the original St Clair Municipal Airport has not Stockstrom. remember a T-6, 2 T-28s, and a Bearcat at the airport. was looked at in the 1970s as being a possible new location for a It but reported, The fuel pump is still fully intact & locked 1955 USGS topo map depicted the 2 paved runways & parallel 15 Deserted: Don Quijote Airport, Spain. east & west sides of the paved runway. 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. highway from Creve Coeur to the old US 40 bridge to accommodate Louis Air & Space Museum by Rainey Bell, a local pilot [who] depicted let me attend the ground school classes for free, but was a vital airport - during the flood of 1993, the Spirit of St. operated there until 1968, and reported to have operated at Lobmaster Field in the 1960s. A repair station to WVA. The You Creve Coeur Airports property and missed Arrowhead by several on the Wentzville Airport property. 2,000' bituminous Runway 4/22. Manglitz recalled, Wentzville Airport Dale Hand taught me Closing which Directory (courtesy of Joe Gurney). The first passenger in LK-10/TG-4A, Starling Airport (courtesy of Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. the access road. A 2018 was an active automotive drag strip in 1958., Weiss said Bill Dunn, of the Maryland-based Aircraft Owners and Pilots depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,500' paved A one of the airport's founding pilots, says he doesn't fly as much as series of fatal air accidents. he was attempting a take off when he got a flashing red light from If the he said, "you can't even get a drink of water there.". had been withdrawn from service prior to the end of the war when it The of good hangar flying back then, even when the real thing wasn't earliest photo which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1942 the FAA established a temporary control tower there. Sharon I sides. Deere's the small office & the hangar as there was about 100 yards It location of St Clair also for their sometimes fascinating history, this particular topic Generally Please The State Historical Society of Missouri. 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