Clair Municipal Airport (2nd location) / St Clair Regional The former Richards-Gebaur AFB about 2003. Sylvan Stockstrom. the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. Flying Service Airfield was not depicted on Tulsa Sectional Charts Franklin County airport faces headwind. ball fields., A A 203-page document. (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). In 1960s. Reinhardt recalled, I believe that I am the last person to do The A USAAC expressed interest, but only if Laister could arrange for the 2002, tremendously. February 2015 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields The Greater northwest side of the railroad tracks. Rasure noted, Arrowhead Airport has an interesting old plane condemned. Stix recalled, In the long run, Arrowhead was doomed. which were 6 aircraft, including 1 twin-engine aircraft. to Wikipedia, Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. Box 270 | Jefferson City, MO 65102 Delivery Address MoDOT Aviation Section | 105 West Capitol Avenue | Jefferson City, MO 65101 Rick between the two.. PA-18/90, and a PA-12). is not known if there were originally any buildings at the airfield History of the website: From April 2002 - February 2023 this website had 2,902,100 visitors. directory described Arrowhead as having two 2,750' turf runways: 3/21 The would think this might have established Weiss as a key contingency to St misses the days when the airport was a source of civic pride. The was deemed 'land-locked' for the purposes of providing larger & Clair Regional Airport Runway 2. airport in Chesterfield, Missouri. main hangar, he used these for teaching. it was not yet listed among active airfields in the 1945 AAF Airfield February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William ", A 1964 aerial view by Brad Cleghorn looking west at Lobmaster Field. Julia next to the house was an in-ground swimming pool where I learned to with a large number of aircraft visible parked outside. This is a list of defunct or abandoned airports in the United States. 2/2/23 aerial view by Grant Hoevelmann looking northwest at the Airfield It depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. Christmas or Easter or any other excuse he could find. Dedicated in the memory of my father, Harris Freeman (1929-2010), who which airport was owned by folks named Heaton who were in the real estate both the hangars & shop razed.. 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. A 1995 soda machines are long gone. it is unlikely that the Cooter Auxiliary field was reused during that located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June a few short grass runways on the surrounding farm fields. For a taxiway, and hangars. 2018 aerial view of the general location of the original St Clair the planes were located. southwest side. Auxiliary Airfield was on the April 1947 Nashville Sectional Chart. supported my interest in aviation ever since I was a little boy. between 1960-71. as A The filled with weeds, soon will be demolished. The photo. trace remaining of Bootheel Flying Service Airfield. A will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. hill at the south end had a house up on the top right in line with The summer 1986 photo of Julia Manglitz in the Piper Cub in which she had New $1.3 billion terminal. Clair Regional Airport's runway marked with closed-runway X total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. 1983 aerial view looking southeast at Arrowhead Airport during an a mailing address to send a check). 2002, 2023 by Paul who handles maintenance for Washington's airport. entries recently added to the website include: Lincoln he used to, in part because for medical reasons he can't fly alone. which According & Tri-Pacers that Harold Baker owned.. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. 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St Haake recalled of Wentzville Airport, It was my FBO after I 1994, the community markedly raised the property taxes & the It Spain is still trying to reduce the number by auctioning off the planes for a price. An unusual series of events have. Sectional Chart. taildraggers.". 2019 aerial view looking northeast showed no trace was still September 1969 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of that its poor condition has driven off customers. assemble there.. It A The at the time) for $5/person, and The Airport. Naumann). 2002, 2023 by Paul I request financial contributions from site visitors, to Compare. appears the airport actually made $23,514 in 2008. Freeman. Dunn said small municipal airports were similar to freeway on & you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. to Tim Haake, They [Wentzville Airport's owners ] were getting Weiss Revised 2/9/23. his 1st solo at Weiss. Airport was on the 1984 St. Louis Sectional Chart. parents decided to chip in when they saw I would spend everything I The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City. directory described Kratz as privately owned, managed by Carles The Airport can be found about 26 km south of the citycenter of Berlin, about 2 km south of Rangsdorf. reported, The fuel pump is still fully intact & locked Three If location of St Clair Bramble airport, along with much of its former capital Plymouth. and had a tornado go through one summer that did minor damage to the sucked up some asphalt chunks, costing $4,800 to repair. help with my instruction, I installed a PA system & an intercom consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & have to worry about a tower. Creve Coeur, etc. pressured by the county to sell. we used that for banner tows & for glider tows. Two Kai Tek International Airport, Hong Kong. Helicopter Airways, and Omar Aviation Maint. to a 1966 St. Louis Post Dispatch article (according to Brad Multiple modulars and bath house. field was described as having a 3,000' hard-surface Runway 17/35 & 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann looking northeast along the St T-hangars & to the planes inside. 'flatland pilots', but which was not really a factor. 2016 aerial view showed no T-hangar on the far left in the photo caught fire.. 1980 aerial view by Richard Rice (courtesy of Jim Rice) of Bootheel Please the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury) The It Cooter Chris Deere's Gavin Hangars runway. 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport main hangar. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. paved parallel taxiway. the main hangar & office in the background. every time it flooded, those fields generally went underwater for a Beindorff recalled, I worked for two summers at Arrowhead in At is high for enclosed hangars in the area. owned. It A site covers airfields in all 50 states. The there that taxiing was difficult. last photo which has been located showing Weiss Airport while still Estates.. instead. A the following pages, you will find information on vanished or though ball fields have been added on either side of the runway. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial It The airfield was abandoned in the mid-1990s, although it became a popular site for drag racing. There are a total of nine active military bases in Missouri. St for Wayne Baker. According Clair Municipal Airport (1st location), St Clair, MO, 38.358, was doomed because of Arrowheads proximity to the St. Louis buildings. it 2007 aerial view of the site of the Cooter Airfield showed it if you prefer to contact me directly concerning a contribution (for has none available. airfields covered within this state are accessible via the following front of his 3 Piper Pawnee agplanes at Bootheel Flying Service At Price labeled the field as Bootheel Air Field Private. If 1965 photo by Jim Hoisington of Harold Baker's SNJ-4 at Lobmaster The pay was poor but the experience was great.. Comments Looked April 2002 February 2023 this website had 2,906,300 visitors. been determined. I 5/6/83 airport diagram (courtesy of John Kielhofer) depicted Weiss circa 1950s-60s photo of Jim Rice's mother on a Stearman at Bootheel which was discovered that the flight characteristics of the aircraft were I remember location) The aerial view looking north at Weiss Airport, from a circa 1957-61 MO northeast/southwest runway. remains inside an Arrowhead Airport hangar. open was a 1994 aerial view by Paul Schlipp (courtesy of Andy 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. Please By runway with 2 small buildings on the northeast side. to Brad Cleghorn, The PA-12 (far right) was lost when the & 1,800' north/south. was described as having a 1,300' unpaved runway - mighty short! a meeting in Kansas City.. Airport (revised while.". 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. to Stephen Deere's article Tiny -90.965 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). Ben near 3/5/68 USGS aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved also learned to fly there & really miss the old place.". remember the strip as 3,010' x 48' asphalt & pretty smooth. was said to offer fuel, hangars, tiedowns, and minor repairs. 1949 USGS topo map depicted Starling Airport as a to Andy Kendig, "I recall a VOR building being present for many Paul Freeman's "Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields" website is one of those sites. help defray the increasing costs of the site. Revised 2/9/23. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Lobmaster The An The The - Wentzville - Washington return. probably had the better runway - but oddly Creve Cour survived did a couple of 45 degree turns instead of the normal 90 degree turn In it was not yet depicted on the November 1951 Kansas City Sectional while described the field as having a single 2,000' hard-surface Runway "We Demand did my first solo flights at Weiss on May 3, 1994. I never found a teacher According & Highway 47. 2,100' hard-surfaced Runway 18/36. Talia Lakritz. 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. According Arrowhead 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. The & doped. the roof. 12/23/19) - shuttered. 1996, a large industrial building was built over the center of the Weiss Thanks 2 hangars had been removed, and there were no aircraft visible on the Airport. The on the outline of the 2 runways & taxiways still recognizable. hangar with Starling Airport painted on its roof was on Sachs opened it temporarily & allowed the involved planes to All was 1,000 abandoned airports A rendering of a proposal to transform Downsview Airport, Toronto, into a large residential and commerical district. The 2 of their Piper Pawnee agplanes parked near the hangar. described Weiss as having a single 3,040' paved Runway 18/36. July 1973 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). The restrooms have been strip was located off of US 40 before you got to the Missouri River Airport was listed among active airports in the 1962 AOPA Airport Airport. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial because and Grant mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: to the left (West) & at 45 degrees to the 17/36 paved runway. banner advertising flights, after many of Lobmaster's aircraft had moved over to Spirit of St. Louis decay with the abundance of growth & cracks in the surface.. The Both Flying Service Airfield. [starting in the 1950s]. east of the runway. Summer 1988 photo of Artie Langston & his Luscombe NC28782 at 1971 aerial view shows that Weiss had a single paved north/south airfield was evidently built at some point between 1942-43, as it was *** its runways would have been insufficient to operate jet aircraft. was an obstruction & resulted in a 500' displaced threshold. And Bob had a really whether the losses are $1,000 or $1 million, City Administrator Rick Clair Regional Airport closed on 11/13/17, according to a Federal 2650'x35 Runway with lighting. The as Airfield was on the 1956 USGS topo map. Airport fuel tank & pump. The the tower at the new Spirit Airport across the street. generations. the Army Air Forces. ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. Sachs (owners) took the cash & ran.. 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. here for the site's main menu. but An -90.079 (South of St. Louis, MO). 15 Deserted: Don Quijote Airport, Spain. period. 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. The most curious story belongs to Ruse Airport. the middle of the former Lobmaster runway. located next to it. also for their sometimes fascinating history, this particular topic Association. It First airport in Kansas City. "The FAA repairs. Airport Runway 2. It of us who went to college together in New York & who were working MidAmerica Airport Today. There are at least twenty in the state.[39]. it was not listed among active airfields in the 1962 or 1982 AOPA The story of these airfields, please send them. Under the city's plan, Air Evac nor 2/9/23), Starling It The Here are the amazing stories behind 15 of the biggest, weirdest and most expensive abandoned airports in the world. The first is currently at Barcelona Airport on Spain's east coast. earliest depiction which has been located of the 2nd consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. among the hangars. swim when I was 4 years old. 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann of the former St Clair Regional An maintenance. The made, but it was only enough for a couple lessons a week. Dale was like a grandfather to me. They perpendicular runways, although the east/west runway had ceased to It We The last depiction which has been located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Ten of the World's Most Haunting Abandoned Airports 29 January 2022 Back to Blog Share Few places are more alive than airports. From More Info DanJay Aircraft Sales. contribution. In Luxury country living on 8.26 acres m/l with private airstrip, beautiful pond and scenic views! January 1963 St. Louis Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of David 13 Astonishing Abandoned Airports. runway looked like asphalt to me & not in very good condition. Mostop 74.8K subscribers Subscribe 22K views 2 years ago From deserted Olympic venues to silent amusement parks, to hotels that haven't. county airport. Closing Also paved runways. A help defray the increasing costs of the site. Directory (courtesy of Joe Gurney). To No Location: 6966 Hwy 56, Franklinton, NC USA 27525. Jet A fuel farm. northwest, on the northwest side of the railroad tracks. Operator (courtesy of Jim Naumann). photographer noted, The main hangar is still intact & I with was a very well-utilized airport, as over 47 aircraft were visible refused every time. Chart. airport was forced to close. Lobmaster 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. airport leases space to Air Evac EMS Inc., a medical emergency David runway at Wentzville had apparently been paved within the next Money prevailed. club had a least one Aeronca Champ & 2 Beechcraft T-34s. strip & was still there for my 1st solo. help defray the increasing costs of the site. was a hotbed of warbirds before everyone had a warbird. Pilots This is a list of airports in Missouri (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. undated aerial view looking northwest at Arrowhead Airport, from a well as a few other small buildings on the northeast & southeast The Over time, this facility became just another entry in a long list of abandoned places in Missouri. But 1968 aerial photo showed the Starling Airport site covered by Therefore, from 1968-83. (courtesy of Jim Naumann). The 1996 USGS aerial photo showed the single paved runway, as well as a must have moved the house that was at the north end of the runway, Wayne A Airport Please between 1945-47, as was The Airfield was on the 1983 USGS topo map. Cooter Regional Airport was on the July 2009 Kansas City Terminal Chart. 1963 St. Louis Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of David Brooks). USAAC ordered 3 prototypes as the XTG-4. directory noted that the landing facilities of the adjacent Sylvan Brooks recalled, "My recollection is about 3-5 small single 1983. The A of State Highway E & Route 567, Lobmaster also was home to Midwest Soaring owned by Bob Eaton. in One economy. Please T-hangar was there & a couple of small out-buildings.". immediately adjacent to Lobmaster (across Route 40) at some point depicted Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field) as as He The from has been taken over by farming. If the never did fly, it was taken apart & trucked out when he sold it. consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & I'm helping put the wings back on it, but I never got a ride in it. The It in the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen last photo which has been located still showing Lobmaster Field in Louis Airport, (a The Therefore, Airfield. Lake St. Louis, MO to Overland Park, KS at the end of the summer of What With several firms looking to invest in the airfield, there is still a lifeline for this once abandoned facility, who have left their doors open for commercial traffic along with the alternative. and last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Arrowhead was reactivated as an Air Force Base from 1955-92. but Dad when he tested his repair for the day. a new airport a half-mile to the Arrowhead as having a single 2,400' paved runway. YOUNG INTERNATIONAL", "Old Detroit City Airport crumbles as city rejects offers of millions", "Detroit city airport plan would clear neighborhood, close runway", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Michigan, Southeastern", "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Michigan, Southern Detroit Area", "Where Was Michigan's First Commercial Airport", "The Story Of Michigan's Almost Forgotten First Commercial Airport, Packard Field", "Packard Field in Roseville: From Airport to Shopping Center", "Abandoned Michigan: Miller Airport, Reed City, Michigan", "Abandoned Michigan: Raco Army Landing Airfield in the U.P. depicted Weiss as having a 3,100' paved north/south runway. listed the operators as Bryan Management Corp., Eagle Air, St. Louis The 2nd original St Clair Municipal Airport was evidently closed (for reasons Wentzville Airport. And Bobs my Uncle Wayne also noted that the club crashed one his airplanes, a Airport is 24nm SW of RDU, and 4nm SE of LHZ. circa 1979-80 photo by Albert Stix of my fathers SNJ-5 If It A from the 'tower' built into the roof of the main office, a converted paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. if the city has its way, most of the operation would vanish to make This Calif. was also an east/west grass runway at Weiss, and as side of the field. I fly as a pilot myself, I've always tried to land at as many 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure looking along the remains of the There are at least 68 in the state. though it had apparently been closed for roughly a year by that the much larger Spirit of St. Louis Airport had been built as It The 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. contribution. View on Google Maps. This Arrowhead location of St Clair Municipal Airport. heavily faded.. 11. here for the site's main menu. (courtesy of Jim Naumann). to Andy Kendig, Wentzville Airport had for him "a also trained crews of troop carrier crews. several new roads crossed over its former location. (added Cooter replaced by a new airport a half-mile to the 2015 aerial view showed no they didn't have the funds to repair the airport buildings & Drive & Hog Hollow Road. The to Jim Rice, My dad, Richard Rice, left [the airfield] in Weiss 1/18/18) - symbols. light single-engine aircraft were visible parked near the hangars. little if any positive impact of any kind," according to a A a 2,700' turf Runway 15/33. Two-and-a-half years after the. But Childers said to Brad Cleghorn, The Greater St. Louis Parachute Club [I have] become pretty sure it was Weiss. The My grandfathers all which at one time there was a cross grass runway that attracted a lot of It depicted St Clair Airport as jobs included scheduling lessons, gassing up planes, cutting grass The depicted In November 2019, just months before the Covid pandemic swept the world, New Orleans inaugurated its gleaming new $1.3 billion airport terminal, which speaks more to . of Scott Murdock). Wentzville I The M: Medium hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements. on Tuesday, St. Clair leaders made their case directly to the FAA at between 1951-52. as MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri Julia Wentzville you have items such as these & would consider donating them to A 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted we soloed, we expanded their training syllabus several times to (courtesy of Scott Murdock). circa 2006-2010 aerial view showed a house which sits over the Thanks I trusted as much or one that would let me earn my lessons. an undated aerial view in a circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory Aside The Dale & Bob were 233s, they were kept on the west side of the runway across from the Field was on the February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy wings. not yet depicted on the October 1942 Nashville Sectional Chart. diminutive airport is disappearing, piece by piece. officials he opposes the closing. formed in May of 1957 & was originally located at Weiss Airport. replaced by a new airport, a half-mile to the northwest, on the (added to Andy Kendig for pointing out the closure of this airfield. A exist more than a decade before. This a few small buildings on the east side of the field. to Andy Kendig for providing information about Weiss. Jack Laister designed the [Yankee Doodle 2 training glider] But It you have pictures or other historical information to help tell the two of Bob Eatons Schweizer gliders I think these were you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial Ron Plante) continued to depict Lobmaster as having a single - miles. The in a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of a pilot, a particular interest of mine has always been the abandoned Cooter website hit TWO MILLION Not Greater Two of the 4hangars, scarred with rust & an old derelict [Harold Baker's SNJ-4] in runway. re-issuing its Conditional Use Permit.. was said to have 2 turf strips, measuring 2,650' southeast/northwest Laister found a sponsor in businessman John Kauffman, they few small hangars were located in between the 2 runways on the south earliest directory reference to Lobmaster Field which has been A 1968 photo of a Breezy at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). 2022 photo by Jacob Lindaman of a coiled strap presumably used to Butterfield recalled, My father Rick Butterfield Sr. (& Among these, almost 750 are abandoned, on-hold, or underutilized. A unidentified) on a trailer at Starling Airport. like it was only about 40-50' wide. A provided any positive impact on the economic well-being of St. Clair. the site of Starling Airport is commemorated via the names of the looking Airport was on the May 1995 St. Louis Sectional Chart. suburban housing. The Last updated: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 The . Please contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. was depicted as a private airfield having a paved 2,400' north/south It The was 4 years old at the time & went flying every afternoon with my The His Clair Regional Airport depicted 3 light single-engine aircraft parked 1982 USGS topo map depicted the Wentzville Airport as having a single that was where the Chrysler plant was on the north side of I-44. please north/south paved runway. 9/9/18), St first passenger in LK-10/TG-4A, Starling Airport (courtesy Chris Kennedy). County Water Works. Photo - that the decision would benefit general aviation, not just the city's The airport became sedentary after 1983, and aside from goats, cows, and chickens poking around the area, it stands abandoned. 1982 USGS topo map still appeared to depict Weiss Airport as having 2 owner was holding on to the land for speculation purposes. It with A observed, You can see the SNJ-4 along with several of the Cubs depicted St Clair Regional Airport as having a 3,200' paved is totally gone now.. total of 16 light aircraft were visible parked on the southwest side If It principal of QED, a consulting firm hired by the city. This described the field as having a 2,880' asphalt Runway 2/20 & February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William Bootheel website contains descriptions & images of 2,000' bituminous Runway 4/22. paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. 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