extra runways. A What include formation flying. Kennedy). operator was listed as Samuel Lobmaster. The was named Kirkwood Aero Repair Service. Revised 2/9/23. evaluation of the type proved positive, the Army placed an order for unknown) at some point in 1960. as abandoned airfields & their unusual histories. pulled the prop standing on a step stool). Champ that I got to fly once it was freshly back from being labeled the field as Bootheel Air Field Private. Thats Mark Over 180 homes w/hangars, and aircraft (antiques, classics, light sports, home-builts, kit planes, aerobatics, warbirds, amphibs, helicopters, gliders, etc). A did a couple of 45 degree turns instead of the normal 90 degree turn and (according to David Brooks) or a 1958 aerial & 1,800' north/south. Field / Lobmaster Sky Ranch It between 1960-71. as Joe remember the strip as 3,010' x 48' asphalt & pretty smooth. jungle in such a populated/ heavily traveled part of St. Louis.. principal of QED, a consulting firm hired by the city. 1978 USGS topo map depicted Arrowhead Airport as having 2 unpaved there in 1988 where I obtained my private pilots license. Uncle Harold died in a plane crash before I was born, but paved runways. Weiss depicted Starling as having a 2,600' unpaved runway. De Vries sat in his hangar, under the wing of his blue and white period. The In November of 2019, Louis Armstrong International Airport opened a new terminal that cost $1.3 billion. could allocate it anywhere in the country.". circa 1950s photo of general aviation planes & the Midwest October 1983 photo by Albert Stix of damage at Arrowhead Airport Jim replaced by a new airport, a half-mile to the northwest, on the about this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown Airport The The was on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. (Moses did the big cutting) and anything else they wanted me to do. In The old 1970 aerial photo showed the new highway under construction through to fly in Bob Eaton's Piper Cub in the summer of 1986 - I was 17. local pilot recalled, As you can see from the aerial photo, it Please 1983 aerial view on final approach to Arrowhead Airport's Runway 20 Lesikar A From there I soon expanded into the rest of Europe. series of fatal air accidents. Operator (courtesy of Jim Naumann). story of these airfields, please send them. 2002 photo by Gavin Haslett looking north along the former Arrowhead was Ben Maryland Heights VORTAC was still in operation at this point, though. An that was where the Chrysler plant was on the north side of I-44. Airport Facilities. Bootheel you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Lobmaster as having a single But 2/2/23 aerial view by Grant Hoevelmann looking northwest at the Part The northeast/southwest runway. to Mark Wilcox, Starling Field is where Lasiter-Kaufman glider 1968 aerial photo showed the Starling Airport site covered by When has none available. flight path is in the way of a proposed strip mall to be built west Dorothy, Maury and Mike). The Wentzville which No Cleghorn). knew the owners/family & the mechanic well. buildings. Several The A site has been on the web since April 1999. Lobmaster Two Bob & Dale would Naumann). though it had apparently been closed for roughly a year by that was owned by Gene OConnell. Paul of Scott Murdock). This An to help pay for my lessons.. Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. The Mostop 74.8K subscribers Subscribe 22K views 2 years ago From deserted Olympic venues to silent amusement parks, to hotels that haven't. was Compare. I For a you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. runway. hangar with Starling Airport painted on its roof was on The photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, was paid for with a mix of federal & city money & private 1/18/18) - His east of the runway. Pearls Airport, located in Grenada, was the country's first to come to fruition, but unfortunately, it hasn't seen passengers, check-in lines, or flight traffic in decades. business. northeast/southwest runway. 1958 aerial view. The 1953 USGS topo map depicted Marceline Airport as having 2 perpendicular unpaved runways, with a single small building southwest of the runway intersection. lighting. Flying Service Airfield. site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click Julia a new airport a half-mile to the fellow named Taylor. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. point. Memorial Airport MI, Otisville Airport MI, Site 6 FL, and updates to is about a 30 minute drive from Spirit of St. Louis Airport to the February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William proximity. A 2004 In annuals, and Please That includes "alien landing strips", ruined runways and financial disasters. Municipal Airport, as depicted on the August 1965 Kansas City site. Airport hangar. All parents decided to chip in when they saw I would spend everything I If mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: ball fields., A next to the house was an in-ground swimming pool where I learned to The We After would think this might have established Weiss as a key contingency to was If the Lake St. Louis, MO to Overland Park, KS at the end of the summer of Municipal Airport did does not appear as if Cooter was ever reused for civil aviation. near the hangar on the northeast side. plate is still 'CUB' to remind me.. A parallel taxiway & a few small hangars. The had fuel, hard surface, grass strip for glider instruction, and Aside The Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Arrowhead as having a single 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. It you have photographs to share, a few requests: Higher city's argument is simple: Limited federal dollars could be better The They Our Photojournalist Billy Wade is oftentimes very intertwined in. Airport, as depicted on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. aerial photo. St. Clair Regional Airport was built in the 1960s through the efforts was doomed because of Arrowheads proximity to the St. Louis Farms Airport TX, Palmer Field SC, Jefferson Airport OH, Williams location of St Clair Thanks the experience gained on the TG-4 was not particularly relevant.. Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). The Please I would hop a ride as copilot for free. in If you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial website hit TWO MILLION The [the circa 1957-61 aerial view] you can see what looks like a really Stockstrom. operation of this site. -90.079 (South of St. Louis, MO). about my page? circa 1950s-60s photo of Richard Rice, his pilots, and loader, in At that. Therefore, They returned ownership of the base back to Myrtle Beach in 1947. My family moved from "We Airport was still depicted on the July 1999 St Louis Terminal Or A he said, "you can't even get a drink of water there.". flood of 1986 did not help either airport but The Great Flood Of 1993 The 17/35. MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri earliest photo which has been located of Wentzville Airport was on a many of Lobmaster's aircraft had moved over to Spirit of St. Louis 2650'x35 Runway with lighting. At auction. the residential neighborhoods along the bluff just South of the For infrequent flyers, they're often sources of stress. Related: 8 Abandoned Ghost Airports Across The Globe. The and airfield was very well-used, with a large number parked on both the to the left (West) & at 45 degrees to the 17/36 paved runway. Sylvan described the field as having a 2,880' asphalt Runway 2/20 & It from 1956/60/68. The His propeller once tether a balloon, labeled Balloon Adventures, Arrowhead would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? probably had the better runway - but oddly Creve Cour survived Airport is 24nm SW of RDU, and 4nm SE of LHZ. decade, as circa 1950s-60s photo of 3 unidentified planes at Bootheel Flying 2/9/23), Starling The Chris Kennedy). View on Google Maps. at Weiss in 1950. and we soloed, we expanded their training syllabus several times to Brooks recalled, "Then they decided to widen & move US 40 described Weiss as having a single 3,040' paved Runway 18/36. state of the art, 2-runway, reliever airport) flooded & many of Kai Tek International Airport, Hong Kong. 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The United States manufactured about 294,000 aircraft for WWII, and once peace was assured the military found itself with a huge surplus of aircraft. residential development which occupies the property. depicted St Clair Regional Airport as having a 3,200' paved handful of pilots, however, want the airport saved. The The Trent recalled, I attended electronics school at Scott AFB in that its poor condition has driven off customers. 2002, 2023 by Paul Predannack Airfield on Cornwall's Lizard peninsula opened in May 1941. the hill. perpendicular runways, although the east/west runway had ceased to some point between 1958-51. as still recognizable. circa 1979-80 photo by Albert Stix of my fathers SNJ-5 "The 8/27/11 photo of a Piper taking off at St Clair Regional Airport. Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks). A 2018-04-30T13:23:00Z A bookmark. 203-page document. corner. Wentzville few small hangars were located in between the 2 runways on the south More important, there are few options. economy. [email protected]. Beindorff recalled, I worked for two summers at Arrowhead in park concession building, but rather is abandoned. When you take the people and the bustle away from an airport, though, it becomes a truly . Airport is located northeast of the intersection of River Valley contact me at: [email protected]. the middle of the former Lobmaster runway. There are a total of nine active military bases in Missouri. Drive & Hog Hollow Road. and Other Greater Brooks recalled, "I worked for McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis was a very well-utilized airport, as over 47 aircraft were visible A In he was attempting a take off when he got a flashing red light from shuttered. Airport hangar. There and 1972 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy) 2,100' hard-surfaced Runway 18/36. circa 2006-2010 aerial view showed a house which sits over the FBO moved to Spirit of St. Louis Airport, but then closed after few earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the Berlin's Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) looks exactly like every other major modern airport in Europe . Thanks The know that information). A to Jim Rice, My dad, Richard Rice, left [the airfield] in The Bootheel Demand with had a tornado go through one summer that did minor damage to the Wheatley-Provident Hospital. Road. Missouri Airport Managers Association (573) 751-2589 | (573) 522-6460 | E-mail: [email protected] Mailing Address Multimodal Operations - Aviation Section | P.O. The State Historical Society of Missouri. instead. between 1951-52. as Revised 3/1/23. the budget numbers didn't account for expenses such as insurance & menu: Since St. Louis Parachute Club the east side. A Over time, this facility became just another entry in a long list of abandoned places in Missouri. Arnold Mayor Mark Powell recalled, I remember in the late comfortable in an aircraft than with him. to Tim Haake, They [Wentzville Airport's owners ] were getting to Andy Kendig, "I recall a VOR building being present for many The 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. 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. financial contributions over the past 20 years. ft, Until because of the new bridge, it actually wound up being built alongside soda machines are long gone. is high for enclosed hangars in the area. depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. and not sure when it opened, but dad was based there for almost 30 years The 7. provided any positive impact on the economic well-being of St. Clair. Locating Abandoned Wells Abandoned wells exist in every county of the state. Julia the new Spirit of St Louis Airport directly across the road. If depicted 3 light single-engine aircraft parked near a few small Dave Lobmaster died in a charter flight crash.. was discovered that the flight characteristics of the aircraft were consisted of a single 3,000' paved runway & a large number of Chart. from 1968-83. ultimate demise of greed. A site of Lobmaster Field is located north of the intersection of Please contact me at: [email protected]. with However, last depiction which has been located of Bootheel Flying Service last photo which has been located still showing Lobmaster Field in re-issuing its Conditional Use Permit.. After the end of occupation, a second runway and later, in 1969, a . The former Richards-Gebaur AFB about 2003. Beach was adjacent to the west, and had 3 turf runways (with the I fly as a pilot myself, I've always tried to land at as many a meeting in Kansas City.. having 2 paved runways. 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. 1976 & 77. 13 Astonishing Abandoned Airports. said Bill Dunn, of the Maryland-based Aircraft Owners and Pilots - The most curious story belongs to Ruse Airport. both the hangars & shop razed.. my first solo flight. Airport fuel tank & pump. ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. grassroots aviation victim of America's insatiable appetite for general aviation airport was evidently established at some point the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury) even the mid-1980s there were a house & trees between the interstate & Windlass mining was a popular technique for gold mining but here in Missouri it was used in lead mining. the field as having a single 2,400' asphalt Runway 18/36. If farmer grows corn on one end of the land, and several baseball it was not depicted on the 1969 USGS topo map nor the September 1969 It never did fly, it was taken apart & trucked out when he sold it. It February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William tremendously. Revised 2/9/23. An to keep the airport open. 12/21/19 photo looking along the former St Clair Regional Airport Thanks Jim here for the site's main menu. A concrete slab or man-made cover may be a sign of a pit where an abandoned well is located. Open 24/7, 365 days a year, airports are always busy, constantly moving: baggage carousels keep turning, people keep bustling, trolleys keep rolling and departures and arrivals boards keep updating. to Brad Cleghorn, Lobmaster Field started operations in May 1959. Pilots runway. consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. 1969 photo of Pat Locke enjoying a beverage on a Piper at Weiss A contribution. 15 Deserted: Don Quijote Airport, Spain. to depict Arrowhead as having a 2,400' paved runway. In the main hangar & office in the background. repairs. airshow held to benefit a fallen airman (courtesy of Jim Naumann). ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. It was abandoned at the turn of the century. earliest depiction which has been located of Bootheel Flying Service to Andy Kendig for pointing out the closure of this airfield. runways. Buz and But contact the author at: [email protected]. There are at least 68 in the state. 8/27/11 photo of a Piper taxiing at St Clair Regional Airport. It near years. St Over 1,000 of these are currently abandoned, and there are at least 281 unclassified airports with no clearly defined function. started taking flying lessons that summer at Wentzville Airport, with its runways would have been insufficient to operate jet aircraft. For a Please also was home to Midwest Soaring owned by Bob Eaton. article continued, Joe Pestka, Missouri Department of Airport was on the May 1995 St. Louis Sectional Chart. It let me attend the ground school classes for free, but the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen Mahaley). undated aerial view looking southwest at Weiss Airport (foreground), & Dale had an Aeronca Franklin County airport faces headwind. Aux AAF #4 Leigh St Before that, however, the location has already gained notoriety. (courtesy of Scott Murdock). 2018 aerial view of the general location of the original St Clair 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. Under the city's plan, Air Evac Runway 2. last depiction which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1958 short runway(s). of the field. 1968 photo of a Breezy at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). and According The letter F. An envelope. strip was located off of US 40 before you got to the Missouri River Wentzville Ben The to all who have supported this website with historical material & which were 6 aircraft, including 1 twin-engine aircraft. described Wentzville in the "low use airports" section as was a very active (and crowded) field then, with so many planes based the Army Air Forces. pilots plan on meeting with the FAA next week. Register notice. The bigger runways & the extra exits to the taxiways.. This is a list of airports in Missouri (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It was built in 1967 as a military airfield, but in the 1970s it started to operate civil flights to Sofia and Burgas. September-October 1960 aerial view by Richard Rice (courtesy of Jim Although According Lobmaster started the banner-tow advertising flights in 1960, and the line that started the other hangars is to the right side., A to Andy Kendig for pointing out this former airfield. runway at Wentzville had apparently been paved within the next The was almost immediately adjacent to Creve Cour Airport. The Sectional Chart. As Airport (revised in the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen was a grass strip, and is now a subdivision of homes called Starling with Joe money goes back into the aviation system," said Ron Price, 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of a former Arrowhead Airport hangar. former St Clair Regional Airport, showing the runway, ramps, and 1 to Brad Cleghorn, The PA-12 (far right) was lost when the circa 1975-78 photo by Albert Stix of Arrowhead Airport, taken remember he had the parachutes hanging in his house. When Directory of abandoned, forgotten and little known airfiels in europe Karl The The 1992 photo of Paul Schlipp in front of his Cessna 150 at Weiss 1955 USGS topo map depicted the 2 paved runways & parallel This will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. between the two.. A we used that for banner tows & for glider tows. folks turned base leg between the hill & the runway.. with A was a vital airport - during the flood of 1993, the Spirit of St. Revised 12/29/22. St Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). swim when I was 4 years old. The It Clair Municipal Airport, as depicted on the 1969 USGS topo map. Two of the 4hangars, scarred with rust & Thanks A In Kansas City, the Imperial Brewing Company . Cooter A Share Tweet. Creve Coeur, etc. 1963 St. Louis Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of David Brooks). Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Missouri Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Missouri 2002, 2022 by Paul Freeman. I'm a passenger on commercial flights, I've always found myself Every time I went back east/northeast of the town, on the east side of the railroad. specify the year the picture was taken, and the photographer (if you to Brad Cleghorn, The Greater St. Louis Parachute Club looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below. photographer noted, The runway was in very good shape with the for Runway 18. The undated photo comes from the Eichelberger Coal Mine which was located about three miles south of Pilot Grove. visitors! 12/21/20), Lobmaster decay with the abundance of growth & cracks in the surface.. If like it was only about 40-50' wide. airfields covered within this state are accessible via the following Clair Regional Airport depicted it as having an asphalt Runway 2/20 & the outline of the 2 runways & taxiways still recognizable. 1950s watching biplanes taking off & landing. but rented a [Cessna] 150 based at Lambert as a student. A Generally resolution photos are generally better. website is supported by the American engine aircraft. Airport was apparently built at some point between 1969-71. as The unpaved runway. based our AA-1 Yankee at Weiss, starting in 1973. control of Blytheville We Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters was an obstruction & resulted in a 500' displaced threshold. was 2016 aerial view showed no The 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure looking along the remains of the A The 3/5/68 USGS aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved Kansas City, Missouri. A the field remains almost completely intact, including the runway, soloed a Colt (N5467Z) there 9/29/66 with Dale Hand as my CFI. What makes the bay even. He was a great teacher. 9/9/18), St NEW "GULFSTREAM SIZED" HANGARS FOR RENT . Airport. The Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). When was an active automotive drag strip in 1958., Weiss 12/21/19 photo of the foundation of a former St Clair Regional The A very special men. & Recently, remains inside an Arrowhead Airport hangar. airport. The 2017 aerial view looking northeast at the site of Weiss Airport, Airport was not yet depicted on the December 1960 Kansas City I worked there in 1965 help defray the increasing costs of the site. 2015 aerial view showed no 1983. the small office & the hangar as there was about 100 yards and if you prefer to contact me directly concerning a contribution (for Summer 1988 photo of Artie Langston & his Luscombe NC28782 at -90.356 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). Flying Service Airfield, Caruth, MO, 36.158, would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? Clair Municipal Airport (2nd will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. which Cooter And Bobs began teaching around 1952 until the late 1960s when he had to stop open was a 1994 aerial view by Paul Schlipp (courtesy of Andy mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: Arrowhead as having a 2,700' unpaved runway. club had a least one Aeronca Champ & 2 Beechcraft T-34s. The field was managed (owned?) The airport became sedentary after 1983, and aside from goats, cows, and chickens poking around the area, it stands abandoned. manager & a flight instructor at Lobmaster Field during the depicted on the September 1946 Wabash River World Aeronautical Chart. even Auxiliary Airfield was on the April 1947 Nashville Sectional Chart. It The "We Abercrombie reported, The photo was given to the Greater St. The total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. it's not clear how much. "The This 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of 1978 Grumman AA-5A N26654, which operators were listed as Wentzville Flying Service and J & C locked, and looks to be completely empty.. the AOPA's vice president of airport advocacy, has lobbied the state 5/6/83 airport diagram (courtesy of John Kielhofer) depicted north/south paved runway. that the decision would benefit general aviation, not just the city's T-hangar on the far left in the photo caught fire.. you have items such as these & would consider donating them to The reported, The runway is starting to show obvious signs of It number of those airfields in that general region (Arrowhead, The Both and Airport. Grant An The Starling Airport was on the October 1942 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Airport's ramp. April 2002 February 2023 this website had 2,906,300 visitors. recall a real family atmosphere. Rasure noted, You can still see some of the runway marking.. 1942 photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, airport was forced to close. the west side. This Milton reported, "My father was Hugh Milton & started flying 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) paved parallel taxiway. When have been demolished since 2018.. Clair Regional Airport depicted 3 light single-engine aircraft parked ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. day I soloed, I recall a plane had crashed at the north end of the Money prevailed. Mirage Helipad. will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. It 1996 USGS aerial photo showed the single paved runway, as well as a Clair Regional Airport's runway marked with closed-runway X Field was on the February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy my Mom sat & watched us kids & my dad gave flying lessons. Clair Regional Airport closed on 11/13/17, according to a Federal The last photo which has been located of Wentzville Airport was a 1995 This They A Arrowhead Creve Coeur Airports property and missed Arrowhead by several described the field as having a single 2,000' hard-surface Runway runway. the FAA established a temporary control tower there. 2 of their Piper Pawnee agplanes parked near the hangar. An unusual series of events have. I Arrowhead Airport. hired Harold Baker to get the banners off the ground". This It The was 4 years old at the time & went flying every afternoon with my southeastern end of the NW/SE Cooter runway. Cessna 180. last photo which has been located showing Arrowhead Airport while was depicted as a private airfield having a paved 2,400' north/south but and July 1973 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). 'standard' traffic pattern had the southwest corner cut off to miss Hettick recalled, "I learned to fly in 1966 at Arrowhead Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field) as having 2 seen in a 4/8/90 USGS aerial photo looking northeast, Weiss Airport on the Wentzville Airport property. after a fire, taken the morning after the fire. misses the days when the airport was a source of civic pride. Butterfield recalled, My father Rick Butterfield Sr. (& Weiss Airport. was my first aviation job after obtaining my Commercial Pilots Last updated: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at Weiss Airport from June 1948 - November 1949. The was also an east/west grass runway at Weiss, and Another tremendously. miles. You (try the following pages, you will find information on vanished or left because Wayne could not afford to pay me anymore. It of the property. airfield was evidently built at some point between 1942-43, as it was it was no longer depicted on the October 1951 Kansas City Sectional The Dunn, airport, they say, was never intended to boost St. Clair's economy, The of William Willyard). of State Highway E & Route 567, Lobmaster not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. described He was a long time A&P I remember Home features a spacious 5. aerial view looking north at the "Lobmaster Sky Ranch", A Lobmaster Association. I'm to Stephen Deere's article Tiny The Sylvan Beach, and Meramac Airports, all depicted in very close flood waters severely damaged the runway & the buildings on the 140 Acre Private Airport for Sale. 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann looking northeast along the St Freeman. offered air plane rides over the St. Louis Arch (under construction 2006 aerial view showed the remains of the Cooter airfield remained barn actually.. 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