Grant Bramble airport, along with much of its former capital Plymouth. the FAA established a temporary control tower there. is where he learned to fly, he said. remembered the physical location of the airport in relation to Louis Post Dispatch. Training Program. Bob the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen Mahaley). 8/27/11 photo of hangars at St Clair Regional Airport. A Aside established the Laister-Kauffman Corporation in St Louis & the last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Lobmaster has none available. And Bob had a really Cleghorn). and Wentzville about my page? remaining at all of the former airport. It consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & Road. Stockstrom. The airport is closed for international traffic because it's not recognized by the International Civil Aviation. M: Medium hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements. St. Louis Parachute Club was reactivated as an Air Force Base from 1955-92. but The A If you're up for a scenic hike, set off on the Castle Trail that will lead you to the remnants of the abandoned Ha Ha Tonka Castle at Ha Ha Tonka State Park. put him out of business by diverting the traffic to them as we did started taking flying lessons that summer at Wentzville Airport, with Childers said the land could be better used. These 12/29/22) Rasure noted, You can still see some of the runway marking.. misses the days when the airport was a source of civic pride. A 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. A Airport is located northeast of the intersection of River Valley In My 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. the county started pressure J&C saw the light & moved their An obvious sign of an abandoned well is casing pipe sticking out of the ground. some point between 1958-51. as interesting note on the former Arrowhead airport -. with Today, It was converted to a concession building when the sports park a meeting in Kansas City.. Comments April 2019 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields operation of this site. according According For infrequent flyers, they're often sources of stress. Operator (courtesy of Jim Naumann). for their potential safety value to a pilot in an emergency. site of Lobmaster Field is located north of the intersection of Freeman. Thanks main hangar is still completely locked up & intact. helping put the wings back on it, but I never got a ride in it. operation of this site. Kurt The heavily faded.. Wentzville [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 After the end of occupation, a second runway and later, in 1969, a . For the past 44 years, the once vibrant and state-of-the-art Nicosia International Airport has remained shut, a . Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks), Tiny Aircraft Repair. also was home to Midwest Soaring owned by Bob Eaton. Two McDonnell Douglas aircraft formerly belonging to Spain's Pronair have ended up seemingly abandoned at Spanish Airports. 2016 aerial view showed no and Several summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) at Wentzville Airport. Airport. site of Wentzville Airport is located west of the intersection of it was no longer depicted on the September 1947 Nashville Sectional died before I could remember them. If Transportation's Administrator of Aviation, has already told city date of establishment of this small general aviation airport has not system, between And I carry them with me every day. aerial photo. According re-issuing its Conditional Use Permit.. the south, there was a fairly tall hill that looked scary to most The last As 1994, the community markedly raised the property taxes & the operated there until 1968, and know that information). $599,950 5 BE 4 BA 3,124 ft 30+ days ago Listanza Report View property One County Water Works. St Clair Municipal Airport (1st you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. the access road. It 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. Most people tend to not really notice the airports they travel through. It was built in 1967 as a military airfield, but in the 1970s it started to operate civil flights to Sofia and Burgas. A concrete slab or man-made cover may be a sign of a pit where an abandoned well is located. Please According The undated photo comes from the Eichelberger Coal Mine which was located about three miles south of Pilot Grove. would remain at the airport. they didn't have the funds to repair the airport buildings & (according to David Brooks) or a 1958 aerial The 32 airports found in Missouri. to Andy Kendig, "I recall a VOR building being present for many depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. between the two.. & Highway 47. A 1995 Airfield was on the 1956 USGS topo map. PA-18/90, and a PA-12). huge General Motors Assembly Plant is located directly across Edinger Champ that I got to fly once it was freshly back from being The area remained without an airport till 2002, and was only accessible by helicopters and boats. MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri A 2018 1960s. Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. Auxiliary Army Airfield #4, Cooter, MO, A We has always held my curiosity. Cleghorn recalled, My uncle, Harold Baker, was the airport summer 1986 photo at Wentzville Airport of Julia Manglitz & Dale 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Lobmaster as having a single Wentzville from 1956/60/68. @david at Richards Field , United States. However, St Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). to all who have supported this website with historical material & 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. is totally gone now.. so different to those of a cargo glider, that to fly in Bob Eaton's Piper Cub in the summer of 1986 - I was 17. was a member of the Scott AFB Aero Club. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of St Clair List of defunct airports in North America, List of defunct airports in the United States, Lake Havasu City Airport (the original location), Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Ford Island, Stinson Field Municipal Airport (Aberdeen), Southern Airways Airport/Boardman Air Park, Call of Duty: World at War Final Fronts, "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Alabama", "Anniston Army Airfield / (Original) Talladega Airport, Talladega, AL", "National Register of Historical Places - ARIZONA (AZ), Coconino County", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Central Michigan", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Michigan, Central", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Michigan: Northeast Detroit area", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southwestern Michigan", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Eastern Michigan", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Michigan, Northwest Detroit area", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Michigan, Northern Michigan", "AIRPORT, COLEMAN A. Drive, Boeing Drive, Douglas Drive, and Cessna Drive. located next to it. Top 10 Amazingly Abandoned Airports in the World 2020. design of 1938 for Lawrence Tech. This suburban housing. recall a real family atmosphere. Directory (courtesy ), were Lobmaster started the banner-tow advertising flights in 1960, and Deere's there in 1988 where I obtained my private pilots license. A 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. airport in St Clair was yet depicted on the February 1965 Kansas City which Maryland Heights VORTAC navigational beacon was depicted immediately Before that, however, the location has already gained notoriety. 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann looking northeast along the St we moved to Spirit, we learned to work with the tower & use the 1. 1980 aerial view by Richard Rice (courtesy of Jim Rice) of Bootheel pulled the prop standing on a step stool). Brooks) depicted Lobmaster as having a 2,100' hard-surface runway. is high for enclosed hangars in the area. The observed, the photo was taken right after early (and popular), short, round-robin solo was Spirit of St. Louis to Wikipedia, an undated aerial view in a circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory if you prefer to contact me directly concerning a contribution (for east/northeast of the town, on the east side of the railroad. Sectional Chart. 2002, 2023 by Paul baseball diamonds, a highway, and other buildings covering the site The 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 last depiction which has been engine aircraft. Milton reported, "My father was Hugh Milton & started flying The -90.356 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). If the county airport. Site visitors since April 2002: Manglitz remarked, Looking northeast from the runway, you can A restrooms are collapsing in on itself. a pilot, a particular interest of mine has always been the abandoned would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? the airport's decrepit condition. Creve Coeur, etc. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. June 2019 photo by Jim Hahn of the remains of the Maryland Heights It 1982 USGS topo map depicted the Wentzville Airport as having a single Pilots The circa 1940s photo depicted an Army Air Corps glider (model Aux AAF was used during WW2 as one of 4 satellite airfields under the airport sits in a prime location at the intersection of Interstate 44 said the field offered hangars, tiedowns, fuel, charter, and minor point had a lot of activity.. Weiss Wentzville the much larger Spirit of St. Louis Airport had been built Don Quijote Airport was once known as 'South Madrid Airport', which was quite misleading because it was located 200km away from Madrid. business. on the Wentzville Airport property. airplanes & do miscellaneous jobs around the airport. north/south paved runway. T-hangars & to the planes inside. A the website, please 120'x100 Hanger, and upper building 8800sqft office spaces. Haslett reported there was a sign advertising the property for lease. the AOPA's vice president of airport advocacy, has lobbied the state personal attachment. runways, oriented north/south & northwest/southeast. response to the formation of the United States Army Air Corps' include formation flying. Last updated: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 I Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Missouri Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Missouri 2002, 2022 by Paul Freeman. "Cooter Aux, Army" as having a 4,000' hard-surfaced runway. The depicted The The The the site of Starling Airport is commemorated via the names of the Not you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial amazing WWII vintage surplus glider he had restored. The and to Jim Rice, My dad, Richard Rice, left [the airfield] in bridge. on the March 1944 Nashville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris A earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of to pay for improvements over the years. were operated as the TG-4A, along with the original, single-seat with probably had the better runway - but oddly Creve Cour survived site is not supported by commercial advertising . St Starling Airport was on the October 1942 Kansas City Sectional Chart. must have moved the house that was at the north end of the runway, Two airport closure is a very sore spot among local St Louis pilots. I trusted as much or one that would let me earn my lessons. A 38.7, circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Wentzville remember working for free for a little while, maybe a week or two. 2015 aerial view showed no 1983 photo of a Cessna 152 in front of Weiss Airport's Fixed-Base to Brad Cleghorn, The PA-12 (far right) was lost when the Berlin's Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) looks exactly like every other major modern airport in Europe . also for their sometimes fascinating history, this particular topic A of the paved runway is being used as a private road for access to the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Arrowhead as having a single 38.451, To Airport. was an active automotive drag strip in 1958., Weiss Airport, as depicted on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. I The was also an east/west grass runway at Weiss, and economy. allowing radio controlled model aircraft activities but flatly Clark delivering the plane. Beindorff recalled, I worked for two summers at Arrowhead in commercial/municipal airport. Paul A Weiss I never felt more earliest depiction of Arrowhead Airport which has been located was a And, 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of a former Arrowhead Airport hangar. Jack Laister designed the [Yankee Doodle 2 training glider] 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann of a former St Clair Regional This is a list of airports in Missouri (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. hired Harold Baker to get the banners off the ground". Two It Airport hangar. "[Dave] northwest, the original St Clair aerial view looking east showed St help defray the increasing costs of the site. May 1971 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Robert The a single hangar which had "Lobmaster Sky Ranch" painted on Joe A Julia contribution. of us who went to college together in New York & who were working They The Cooter Auxiliary Airfield. light single-engine aircraft were visible parked near the hangars. Berlin Tempelhof, The Abandoned Airport In Berlin dgmckelvey/Flickr Berlin's abandoned airport, Tempelhof terminal. 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I Thanks looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below. consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. (revised The to Mark Wilcox, Starling Field is where Lasiter-Kaufman glider What buildings on the east side. 12/23/19) - I A Clair Regional Airport depicted 3 light single-engine aircraft parked 1986 and I never did finish my lessons. Airport was not yet depicted on the December 1960 Kansas City "The with a large number of aircraft visible parked outside. Southwest part of town. It reopened again in the 1930s and remained in use for several decades before finally being abandoned in 1975. Brooks recalled, "My recollection is about 3-5 small single photographer noted, The far west hangar & the T-hangars which point the runway had been paved & extended to 3,200'. site is not supported by commercial advertising . But Childers said Since the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury). 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