As
site of Lobmaster Field is located north of the intersection of
The
day I soloed, I recall a plane had crashed at the north end of the
the hill. FBO moved to Spirit of St. Louis Airport, but then closed after few
continued
This
The
as
was the only airport convenient to the Southwest side of St. Louis. while.". city has offered to repay more than $760,000 in federal grants used
Talia Lakritz. to Andy Kendig, "I recall a VOR building being present for many
total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. airport leases space to Air Evac EMS Inc., a medical emergency
website contains descriptions & images of
sign of where they were besides the taxiways. Lesikar
The
Brooks) depicted Lobmaster as having a 2,100' hard-surface runway. It
Wayne
The
recalled, "I learned to fly in the St Louis area in the mid
The aircraft, registered as EC-KJI, was initially delivered to Iberia in 1990, according to Planespotters.net. between 1960-71. as
75 aircraft, followed by an order for another 75. Deborah
site is not supported by commercial advertising . continued, I only worked there that summer in 1965. and
depicted Starling as having a 2,600' unpaved runway. ball fields., A
site of Cooter Auxiliary AAF is located southeast of the intersection
Clair Municipal Airport, as depicted on the November 1952 Kansas City
of William Willyard). see a white taildragger being refueled, the main hangar is behind, and
St
What a shame to see this nice little general aviation
Mirage Helipad. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. proximity. Clair Regional Airport closed on 11/13/17, according to a Federal
& 1/19. 1983 aerial view from final approach to Weiss Airport's Runway 18
site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click
-
the roof. house was about a hundred feet from the hangar.. Airport hangar. Clair Regional Airport's runway marked with closed-runway X
rented a [Cessna] 150 based at Lambert as a student. Arrowhead Airport. The
not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. Mahaley). 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. Lobmaster
Pilots
paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. A
Most people tend to not really notice the airports they travel through. seen in a 4/8/90 USGS aerial photo looking northeast, Weiss Airport
140 Acre Private Airport for Sale. July 1973 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Airport hangar. Here are the amazing stories behind 15 of the biggest, weirdest and most expensive abandoned airports in the world. A
This
last photo which has been located showing Arrowhead Airport while
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. diminutive airport is disappearing, piece by piece. The
Southwest part of town. airplanes & do miscellaneous jobs around the airport. An
as
When you take the people and the bustle away from an airport, though, it becomes a truly . At Barcelona for over a decade. I request financial contributions from site visitors, to
Uncle Harold died in a plane crash before I was born, but
has none available. license when I knew him.. paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. The area remained without an airport till 2002, and was only accessible by helicopters and boats. Among these, almost 750 are abandoned, on-hold, or underutilized. 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. 2 of their Piper Pawnee agplanes parked near the hangar. so different to those of a cargo glider, that
Description. Airfield was on the 1983 USGS topo map. 1982 USGS topo map still appeared to depict Weiss Airport as having 2
Demand
It
manufacture of the type. The
but
An abandoned staircase in Sukhumi Babushara Airport. more than 10 feet of water. described Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field). 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. side, near a single hangar. Buz
Rajasthan, India. sadly heavily redeveloped & no longer even recognizable as a
I
to imagine student pilots based out of major hub airports!). Manglitz recalled, Wentzville Airport Dale Hand taught me
believe that this was left over from the days of the other airport
According
the county started pressure J&C saw the light & moved their
Julia
David
10 abandoned airports around the world and the history behind them. been determined. The
sides. A
T-hangar was there & a couple of small out-buildings.". After the end of occupation, a second runway and later, in 1969, a . I never found a teacher
as
Federal Aviation Administration hasn't kept statistics on how many of
and
remains inside an Arrowhead Airport hangar. downtown St. Louis. Deere's
St. Louis Parachute Club
the early 1970s for the Sachs family under the name Aire Wentzville. Directory (courtesy of Joe Gurney). earliest depiction which has been located of the 2nd
would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? well as a 2,200' unpaved Runway 8/26. September-October 1960 aerial view by Richard Rice (courtesy of Jim
1994, the community markedly raised the property taxes & the
I
runways. farmer grows corn on one end of the land, and several baseball
When
There are at least 68 in the state. 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Lobmaster as having a single
If
1942 photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister,
lined the northeast & northwest sides of Runway 17/35. Today,
Field was on the February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy
The
The base itself was attacked several times by the Germans and the Royal Air Force initiated many . From
the west side. 9/9/18), St
trace remaining of Starling Airport. summer 1986 photo at Wentzville Airport of Julia Manglitz & Dale
The
Please
Not
decay with the abundance of growth & cracks in the surface.. Airfield
Chart. it was not yet depicted on the November 1951 Kansas City Sectional
consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. 1983 photo of a numerous light planes & hangars at Weiss Airport
Louis Post Dispatch. hired Harold Baker to get the banners off the ground". An
Creve Coeur, etc. The last
Kurt
I request financial contributions from site visitors, to
All
earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of
It
Starling
A
hired me at 50 cents/hour to cut grass, maintain the runway, refuel
with
cracks.. The
One
2007 aerial view of the site of the Cooter Airfield showed it
let me attend the ground school classes for free, but
last depiction which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1958
Greater
said Bill Dunn, of the Maryland-based Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Mostop 74.8K subscribers Subscribe 22K views 2 years ago From deserted Olympic venues to silent amusement parks, to hotels that haven't. Arrowhead
with
Locating Abandoned Wells Abandoned wells exist in every county of the state. instructor at a local tech school.. It
Auxiliary Airfield was on the April 1947 Nashville Sectional Chart. Municipal Airport did
Grant
photo which has been located showing St
open was a 1994 aerial view by Paul Schlipp (courtesy of Andy
Beach was adjacent to the west, and had 3 turf runways (with the
a mailing address to send a check). This list contains the following information: Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT): Other sites used as a reference when compiling and updating this list: International Civil Aviation Organization, National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, Jerry Sumners Sr. Aurora Municipal Airport, A. Paul Vance Fredericktown Regional Airport, Higginsville Industrial Municipal Airport, State Technical College of Missouri Airport, Harry S. Truman Dam & Reservoir Seaplane Base, Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#Missouri, National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (20172021), Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) Data for CY 2016 (final), Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Missouri, Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Missouri, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_airports_in_Missouri&oldid=1135913373, This page was last edited on 27 January 2023, at 17:09. from the 'tower' built into the roof of the main office, a converted
Paul
More important, there are few options. I never felt more
Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field) as having 2
In November of 2019, Louis Armstrong International Airport opened a new terminal that cost $1.3 billion. city claims that the airport "has never, in its history,
still in a hanger, fully exposed to the elements. because
and
There are at least twenty in the state.[39]. 1996, a large industrial building was built over the center of the
one of the airport's founding pilots, says he doesn't fly as much as
The old
The
Please
Freeman. depicted Lobmaster as having a 2,000' paved runway, and it depicted
the AOPA's vice president of airport advocacy, has lobbied the state
Flying Service Airfield
not have a radio tower., A
Cleghorn). precise location of the original St Clair Municipal Airport has not
Jack Laister designed the [Yankee Doodle 2 training glider]
Weiss Airport. a
donations. northwest, the original St Clair
A
property.. It
List of all airports in Missouri, USA. here for the site's main menu. supported my interest in aviation ever since I was a little boy. Comments
The
airport in Chesterfield, Missouri. Over 1,000 of these are currently abandoned, and there are at least 281 unclassified airports with no clearly defined function. Omar
It's not an entire abandoned airport, but a single airport terminal. 120'x100 Hanger, and upper building 8800sqft office spaces. 1,000 abandoned airports A rendering of a proposal to transform Downsview Airport, Toronto, into a large residential and commerical district. ran a relaxed & friendly little operation.". If
remaining at all of the former airport. A
for both the banner & glider tows to earn lessons. the middle of the former Lobmaster runway. (courtesy of Jim Naumann). Directory (courtesy
remember he had the parachutes hanging in his house. (courtesy of Scott Murdock). grant money for public use. It
A
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
was my first aviation job after obtaining my Commercial Pilots
airfield was very well-used, with a large number parked on both the
Arrowhead
been determined. a 1964 aerial view of the area to the east of the railroad tracks did
They returned ownership of the base back to Myrtle Beach in 1947. For a
The majority of the state's air traffic is concentrated in two airports: St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) and Kansas City International Airport (MCI). local pilot recalled, As you can see from the aerial photo, it
was a vital airport - during the flood of 1993, the Spirit of St.
38.7,
It
location of St Clair
was described as being owned by the U.S. Government & operated by
the difficulty is so monumental that they just don't close,
Airport MI, NAS Bremerton WA, Smiths Grove KY, Frank Sinatra Rancho
"The
On
Trent recalled, I attended electronics school at Scott AFB in
replaced by a new airport a half-mile to the
original location of the St Clair Municipal Airport was
In
Revised 12/29/22. Cooter
Tim
According
I
officials he opposes the closing. It
Thanks
miles. Irish recalled, My Father, Glenn Irish, owned his own business
and
2,677 airfields,
The
I'm
contribution. was for sale for roughly 10 years & finally sold in 1997. A
last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Lobmaster
in the early 1990s. was a very well-utilized airport, as over 47 aircraft were visible
from the addition of a second seat, the Yankee Doodle 2 differed from
consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. having a single 2,395' paved Runway 18/36, with a ramp & 4 small
It
(revised
I would hop a ride as copilot for free. When
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. 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. In recent years, things have changed at MidAmerica Airport. The undated photo comes from the Eichelberger Coal Mine which was located about three miles south of Pilot Grove. It
A
Weiss
Lobmaster
knew the owners/family & the mechanic well. was all done on purpose, said pilot Gilbert Hoffman, 79, of
is about a 30 minute drive from Spirit of St. Louis Airport to the
operation of this site. reported, The old hangars are completely gone with almost no
Compare. years. the tower at the new Spirit Airport across the street. I
The
Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). Kennedy). Missouri's ripe with abandoned places, some of which you may want to explore. huge General Motors Assembly Plant is located directly across Edinger
Airport was still depicted on the July 1999 St Louis Terminal
And Bobs
runway. 2002 photo by Gavin Haslett looking north along the former Arrowhead
Cessna 182 (N7272E).. was
Select a state and find the real estate you need from 100's of listings. From there I soon expanded into the rest of Europe. Private airstrip 489 Receive new listings by email 5 bedroom, Mclouth KS 66054 66054, McLouth, Jefferson County, KS TRV57904---. By
According
Regional Airport was on the July 2009 Kansas City Terminal Chart. This
runway. March 2006 aerial photo by Andy Kendig looking east at the former
Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. The
Brooks recalled, "Then they decided to widen & move US 40
This
Thanks
Additionally, the airport will soon be linked directly to the St. Louis area's light-rail system, MetroLink. When he left, it was soon plowed under & a few years later,
It
3/5/68 USGS aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved
St. Charles Municipal Airport shuttered last year, it was privately
Home features a spacious 5. Directory. of the airport has not been located. left because Wayne could not afford to pay me anymore. the outline of the 2 runways & taxiways still recognizable. They had lots of old warbirds. 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. an undated aerial view in a circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory
Aux AAF #4
Ben
A
T-hangars & to the planes inside. -90.834 (Northwest of St. Louis, MO). nor
to Jim Rice, My dad, Richard Rice, left [the airfield] in
clearly remember it was there because of the navigational VORTAC
site covers airfields in all 50 states. consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. What makes the bay even. It was converted to a concession building when the sports park
Airport was on the 1984 St. Louis Sectional Chart. Weiss
& Tri-Pacers that Harold Baker owned.. Or
Airport is located northeast of the intersection of River Valley
the south, there was a fairly tall hill that looked scary to most
Every time I went back
Abercrombie reported, The photo was given to the Greater St.
Airport. about my page? built done on the flood plain of the Missouri river, so
the operator listed as Midwest Aviation. It
Swarthout reported in 2005, Today, the damaged buildings
circa 1950s photo of general aviation planes & the Midwest
Beach Airport were also used. it's not clear how much. According
Calif. Revised 2/9/23. 8/26/20) -
airshow held to benefit a fallen airman (courtesy of Jim Naumann). it was no longer depicted on the September 1947 Nashville Sectional
No
it was not depicted at all on later USGS topo maps. The last depiction which has been located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. still recognizable. 1971 aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved runway,
One
you have pictures or other historical information to help tell the
Some of our favorite abandoned places in Missouri include spots like the Missouri State Penitentiary, which is occasionally open for tours. bridge. 2002,
Airport. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? 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. It
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. St
Formerly, it was operated as Grandview Airport from 1941 until it was leased by . include formation flying. Jim
summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) of Wentzville
Box 270 | Jefferson City, MO 65102 Delivery Address MoDOT Aviation Section | 105 West Capitol Avenue | Jefferson City, MO 65101 pay was poor but the experience was great.. 1964 aerial view by Brad Cleghorn looking west at Lobmaster Field. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at:
control of Blytheville
It
Clair Municipal Airport (2nd location) / St Clair Regional
It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. the mid-1980s there were a house & trees between the interstate &
Creve Coeur Airports property and missed Arrowhead by several
Rasure noted, It was cool yet sad to see something that at one
Helicopter Airways, and Omar Aviation Maint. on Tuesday, St. Clair leaders made their case directly to the FAA at
They
Moselle, Missouri has a population of roughly ten people now. aerial view looking north at Weiss Airport, from a circa 1957-61 MO
And Bob had a really
Baker came into command of Lobmaster & Baker Aeronautics by a
side of the field. we used that for banner tows & for glider tows. April 2002 February 2023 this website had 2,906,300 visitors. did most of my touch & goes at Arrowhead. depicted a dozen light single-engine aircraft parked on southwest
Contact
Childers said the land could be better used. Location: 6966 Hwy 56, Franklinton, NC USA 27525. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at:
was discovered that the flight characteristics of the aircraft were
Thanks
longest being a northeast/southwest 5,400' strip). with a large number of aircraft visible parked outside. design of 1938 for Lawrence Tech. Jet A fuel farm. Thats Mark
1970s. Since
Other
company tested their WW2 gliders., According
contact the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. two men never knew the impact they had on me. was interesting to see something that looked like it was lost in the
Its
For infrequent flyers, they're often sources of stress. The
even
a 2,700' turf Runway 15/33. An
Two
Roman Robroek The airport was full of landmines until 2003, when the HALO Trust declared that they had all been removed. & 1,800' north/south. observed, You can see the SNJ-4 along with several of the Cubs
labeled the field as Bootheel Air Field Private. The
restrooms are collapsing in on itself. 8/27/11 photo of a Piper taxiing at St Clair Regional Airport. Airport was not yet depicted on the 1954 USGS topo map. M: Medium hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements. Naumann). principal of QED, a consulting firm hired by the city. What
(according to David Brooks) or a 1958 aerial
2016 aerial view. 1972 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy)
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. by
Edinger Road & Sachs Lane. But
He
the outline of 2 former runways (each with a parallel taxiway) are
The
as most passengers were boyfriend & girlfriend they would sit
It
Two-and-a-half years after the. Sectional Chart. its runways would have been insufficient to operate jet aircraft.
consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth &
aircraft. Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks). was
Pearls Airport. after a fire, taken the morning after the fire. A
if you prefer to contact me directly concerning a contribution (for
property was completely unrecognizable as having ever been an
did my first solo flights at Weiss on May 3, 1994. they didn't have the funds to repair the airport buildings &
St
public parking lot was CLOSE to the runway - it seemed like 20 or 30
A
last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Arrowhead
In
1982 USGS topo map depicted the Wentzville Airport as having a single
Wentzville
depicted
Union Depot - Joplin Sectional Chart. plate is still 'CUB' to remind me.. Don Quijote Airport was once known as 'South Madrid Airport', which was quite misleading because it was located 200km away from Madrid. But Childers said
Missouri Airport Managers Association (573) 751-2589 | (573) 522-6460 | E-mail: aviation@modot.mo.gov Mailing Address Multimodal Operations - Aviation Section | P.O. help me earn instruction or plane rental time. The
Kai Tek International Airport, Hong Kong. A 1995
Recently,
operators were listed as Wentzville Flying Service and J & C
whether the losses are $1,000 or $1 million, City Administrator Rick
based our AA-1 Yankee at Weiss, starting in 1973. The
described the field as having a 2,880' asphalt Runway 2/20 &
Stockstrom. condemned. A
(revised
Weiss
St Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). during an airshow held to benefit a fallen airman (courtesy of Jim
help defray the increasing costs of the site. operation was a 1968 aerial view. 5/1/74 USGS aerial photo. 1986 and I never did finish my lessons. I towed for him
was named Kirkwood Aero Repair Service. Grant
NEW "GULFSTREAM SIZED" HANGARS FOR RENT . He was a long time A&P
At that. bad shape off to the side were there. However
Unfortunately
but
15 Deserted: Don Quijote Airport, Spain. "Cooter Aux, Army" as having a 4,000' hard-surfaced runway. Summer 1988 photo of Artie Langston & his Luscombe NC28782 at
menu: Since
city's argument is simple: Limited federal dollars could be better
At
according
But the process is long. The
Please
the budget numbers didn't account for expenses such as insurance &
Arrowhead as having a single 2,400' paved runway. Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. Gavin
2017 aerial view looking northeast at the site of Weiss Airport,
Both
January 1963 St. Louis Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of David
A
Karl
2 single-engine planes parked near the hangar on the northeast
What
buildings were depicted on the airfield. No
If
Lobmaster as having a single 2,100' paved Runway 18/36. Directory. response to the formation of the United States Army Air Corps'
personal attachment. The
According to RevDave, "The site is completely abandoned, having closed, I believe, in 2006." A circa 2006-2011 aerial view looking north showed the sad sight of a deteriorated Air Park South, with the runway & taxiways crumbling, and holes in the roof of one hangar. Register notice. help defray the increasing costs of the site. Stix recalled, In the long run, Arrowhead was doomed. together in the back of the plane. annuals, and
Location Airport Size; Branson/Point Lookout: M Graham Clark Airport (PLK) . Rice) looking southwest at Bootheel Flying Service Airfield, showing
aeronautical charts, photos, or airport directories. refused every time. The
the St. Louis area. This
and
Sylvan Beach, and Meramac Airports, all depicted in very close
Arrowhead
Airport Directories. When
The
contribution. India's abandoned airport Dust covered seats are pictured inside the lounge of the Jaisalmer Airport in the desert state of Rajasthan, India, August 13, 2015. After
Please
Airport was on the May 1950 Kansas City Sectional Chart. I had a job and my
paved runways. Airfield was on the 1956 USGS topo map. southeastern end of the NW/SE Cooter runway. 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann looking northeast along the St
The
tremendously. specify the year the picture was taken, and the photographer (if you
Drive & Hog Hollow Road. Find airports by city name or airport code: 2023 The Airport Authority . was depicted as a private airfield having a paved 2,400' north/south
Looked
original St Clair Municipal Airport was evidently closed (for reasons
have me wash planes or do any other odd job they could think of to
undated aerial view looking northwest at Arrowhead Airport, from a
remain standing. he used to, in part because for medical reasons he can't fly alone. probably had the better runway - but oddly Creve Cour survived
There
over 2-dozen light aircraft parked near hangars on the west &
-90.45 (Southwest of Downtown St. Louis, MO), An
Bruce
Albert
Hangars
Airport
A
The
to Paul Swarthout, I suspect that the airport closed because
Training Program. between 1951-52. as
hangar with Starling Airport painted on its roof was on
airport in St Clair was yet depicted on the February 1965 Kansas City
A
Aviation hangar at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). light single-engine aircraft were visible parked near the hangars. The
and
and
was on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. The MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri Aviation Historical Society: flood waters severely damaged the runway & the buildings on the
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