July 1973 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). The
Chris Kennedy). the difficulty is so monumental that they just don't close,
1983 aerial view looking southeast at Arrowhead Airport during an
However,
circa 1950s-60s photo of Jim Rice's mother on a Stearman at Bootheel
The
to Steve Collins, the owner of the Arrowhead Airport land was been
I
1971 aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved runway,
Clair Regional Airport closed on 11/13/17, according to a Federal
here for the site's main menu. He
some point in 1965, the original St Clair Municipal Airport was
Last updated: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 St
sides. Beach was adjacent to the west, and had 3 turf runways (with the
The once-abandoned ghost airport recorded a whopping 302,409 passengers in 2018. trace remaining of Bootheel Flying Service Airfield. It closed in 1949, and was redeveloped as the Gregory Heights subdivision. the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury)
That includes "alien landing strips", ruined runways and financial disasters. short runway(s). Lake St. Louis, MO to Overland Park, KS at the end of the summer of
It
Airport. Information you would like to contribute? After
due to health reasons. circa 2006-2010 aerial view showed a house which sits over the
-90.52 (Southwest of Lambert St Louis International Airport, MO). total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth &
contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. website hit TWO MILLION
a few short grass runways on the surrounding farm fields. Please
airport in Chesterfield, Missouri. -90.356 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). They
MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri
The
the tower at the new Spirit Airport across the street. last photo which has been located showing Arrowhead Airport while
The undated photo comes from the Eichelberger Coal Mine which was located about three miles south of Pilot Grove. 2 traffic patterns almost conflicted with each other. 1942 photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister,
operation of this site. of Ken Mercer). pressured by the county to sell. pulled the prop standing on a step stool). more than 10 feet of water. has been taken over by farming. Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). More Info DanJay Aircraft Sales. helping put the wings back on it, but I never got a ride in it. fellow named Taylor. But
side of the field. 17/35. had been withdrawn from service prior to the end of the war when it
Airport was not yet depicted on the December 1960 Kansas City
The
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. 1965 photo by Jim Hoisington of Harold Baker's SNJ-4 at Lobmaster
was boxed in quite well by urban sprawl. The
The
It
Municipal Airport, as depicted on the August 1965 Kansas City
started taking flying lessons that summer at Wentzville Airport, with
Airport fuel tank & pump. while
An
sadly heavily redeveloped & no longer even recognizable as a
Willyard) depicted Weiss as having a 3,000' paved runway. said the field offered hangars, tiedowns, fuel, charter, and minor
2,000' bituminous Runway 4/22. summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) of Wentzville
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. King recalled, I flew with my new husband out of Weiss Field. ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. The
tether a balloon, labeled Balloon Adventures, Arrowhead
Other
Generally
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field was said to offer fuel, hangar storage, tiedowns, and repairs. years. also trained crews of troop carrier crews. The
had a tornado go through one summer that did minor damage to the
Location: 6966 Hwy 56, Franklinton, NC USA 27525. Stix recalled, In the long run, Arrowhead was doomed. St Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). A
parked outdoors. It
It was built in 1967 as a military airfield, but in the 1970s it started to operate civil flights to Sofia and Burgas. A
Originally a municipal airport built by the city of Myrtle Beach in 1939, the Army Air Corps used the airport for a few years around World War II. Airport was depicted in the 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of
Service Airfield. a 2,700' turf Runway 15/33. to Andy Kendig for pointing out the closure of this airfield. Rasure noted, Arrowhead Airport has an interesting old plane
owner was holding on to the land for speculation purposes. It
taildraggers.". article continued, Joe Pestka, Missouri Department of
The
Discover 9 abandoned places in Missouri. Every time I went back
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depicted Starling as having a 2,600' unpaved runway. The
Airport was on the May 1995 St. Louis Sectional Chart. It
Summer 1988 photo of Artie Langston & his Luscombe NC28782 at
Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, USA. been determined. 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 . looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below. Please
rows of T-hangars were located on the northeast side of Runway 17/35. Several
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contrast to previous reports, it appears to no longer be reused as a
to a 1966 St. Louis Post Dispatch article (according to Brad
Rice reported in 2018 of the Bootheel Flying Service Airfield, It
site of Wentzville Airport is located west of the intersection of
Roman Robroek The airport was full of landmines until 2003, when the HALO Trust declared that they had all been removed. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. According
location)
Clair Regional Airport still marked with active runway markings was a
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the budget numbers didn't account for expenses such as insurance &
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Pilots
though ball fields have been added on either side of the runway. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Lobmaster
having a single 2,400' unpaved Runway 17/35. -90.974 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). not have a radio tower., A
the much larger Spirit of St. Louis Airport had been built
Road. Chart. The
arriving [ at Arrowhead] from Rockford, Illinois. service that uses a helicopter pad. a few small buildings on the east side of the field. Dimitris Sideridis. It
never did fly, it was taken apart & trucked out when he sold it. 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. Weiss
A
farmer grows corn on one end of the land, and several baseball
Newer Hangars at Chico Airport: 42' Electric Bi-folding Doors, Electrical Outlets, Compressed Air, Restrooms, Concrete Floors. to Andy Kendig, Wentzville Airport had for him "a
An
depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. taxiway, and hangars. depicted Weiss as having a 3,100' paved north/south runway. was named Kirkwood Aero Repair Service. Albert
flew in there after it had closed in the spring of 1998. offered air plane rides over the St. Louis Arch (under construction
has none available. Operator (courtesy of Jim Naumann). about my page? you have pictures or other historical information to help tell the
airport. club had a least one Aeronca Champ & 2 Beechcraft T-34s. 1996, a large industrial building was built over the center of the
1983. Dale had an Aeronca
the St. Louis area. hangar with Starling Airport painted on its roof was on
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It
1992 photo of Paul Schlipp in front of his Cessna 150 at Weiss
if you prefer to contact me directly concerning a contribution (for
De Vries. Yankee Doodle that was impressed into service. Dad when he tested his repair for the day. The
Please
earliest depiction which has been located of Bootheel Flying Service
Therefore,
The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City. Airport was on the November 1952 Kansas City Sectional Chart. contact the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. the hill. crosswind grass runway had evidently been abandoned at some point
Sectional Chart. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? even
aircraft. The
An
MO pages of this website are sponsored by the Missouri
for Runway 18. Cessna 180. had a fleet of 5 new Alon Aircoupes. Jack Laister designed the [Yankee Doodle 2 training glider]
the early 1970s for the Sachs family under the name Aire Wentzville. recent years, the city claims, the airport has lost money, although
2002, 2023 by Paul
perceptible of the former Lobmaster runway. Sullivan Regional Airport
A
Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. restrooms are collapsing in on itself. The
Rasure noted, You can still see some of the runway marking.. between 1960-71. as
The
Thanks
is where he learned to fly, he said. to Andy Kendig for pointing out this former airfield. but
contribution. 1971 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy). Clair Municipal Airport, as depicted on the 1969 USGS topo map. A
I never found a teacher
2017 aerial view looking northeast at the site of Weiss Airport,
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. Part
But
a 1964 aerial view of the area to the east of the railroad tracks did
USAAC ordered 3 prototypes as the XTG-4. purchased my first airplane in the late 1970s. It
A
The
Several
(courtesy of Jim Naumann). Over 1,000 of these are currently abandoned, and there are at least 281 unclassified airports with no clearly defined function. Wentzville
former St Clair Regional Airport, showing the runway, ramps, and 1
2,100' hard-surfaced Runway 18/36. This site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click here for the site's main menu. The
1968 USGS topo map depicted Lobmaster Airport as having a single
Jim
after a fire, taken the morning after the fire. for Wayne Baker. of the paved runway is being used as a private road for access to the
please
began teaching around 1952 until the late 1960s when he had to stop
which point the runway had been paved & extended to 3,200'. Paul
license when I knew him.. there that taxiing was difficult. soloed a Colt (N5467Z) there 9/29/66 with Dale Hand as my CFI. also for their sometimes fascinating history, this particular topic
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Airport. it was no longer depicted on the September 1947 Nashville Sectional
[starting in the 1950s]. to Brad Cleghorn, Lobmaster Field started operations in May 1959. The original construction consisted of one paved runway that was 2,500 feet long, and two grass strips, each of which were also 2,500 feet long. website contains descriptions & images of
possible.. American Glider Program in 1941, basing it on his Yankee Doodle
diminutive airport is disappearing, piece by piece. a federally obligated airport, even a dying one, is no easy feat. 140 Acre Private Airport for Sale. operator was listed as Samuel Lobmaster. Kennedy). claim that the cost of running the airport has been inflated &
last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Cooter
The
date of closure of Cooter Aux AAF is unknown, but Blytheville AAF
Two-and-a-half years after the. A
I
The
seen in a 4/8/90 USGS aerial photo looking northeast, Weiss Airport
The former Richards-Gebaur AFB about 2003. We
Aviation Real Estate for Sale, Lease, & Rent in the United Sates. was on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. depicted Arrowhead as having a 2,700' paved northeast/southwest
condemned. Jet A fuel farm. site covers airfields in all 50 states. 15 Deserted: Don Quijote Airport, Spain. MidAmerica Airport Today. The
runway. -90.45 (Southwest of Downtown St. Louis, MO), An
A 1995
Cessna 182 (N7272E).. 3/31/19) -
Pochapsky recalled, Arrowhead Airport was the home of biplane
traffic pattern was right traffic for Runway 36 & left traffic
which
The
Field / Lobmaster Sky Ranch
did my first solo flights at Weiss on May 3, 1994. 9/9/18), St
If
was doomed because of Arrowheads proximity to the St. Louis
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was depicted as a private airfield having a paved 2,400' north/south
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. The
He
Rasure noted, It was cool yet sad to see something that at one
airport, they say, was never intended to boost St. Clair's economy,
bigger runways & the extra exits to the taxiways.. and
Although
No
unpaved northwest/southeast runway with a few small buildings on the
The
5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of a former Arrowhead Airport hangar. and
Omar
The helipad is still there but
A
A
The
Description. the airport's decrepit condition. northwest, the original St Clair
Beach Airport were also used. was a member of the Scott AFB Aero Club. worked at the Laister-Kaufman factory.. Rick
Airport was no longer depicted on the July 1999 St. Louis Terminal
it was not yet depicted on the November 1951 Kansas City Sectional
last depiction which has been located of Starling Airport was a 1958
lighting. Airfield
I trusted as much or one that would let me earn my lessons. on the March 1944 Nashville Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris
help with my instruction, I installed a PA system & an intercom
8/27/11 photo of a Piper taxiing at St Clair Regional Airport. Federal Aviation Administration hasn't kept statistics on how many of
Flying Service Airfield, Caruth, MO, 36.158,
USGS aerial view looking southwest. operators were listed as Wentzville Flying Service and J & C
They
was looked at in the 1970s as being a possible new location for a
because of the new bridge, it actually wound up being built alongside
The
Brad
contribution. It
Marceline's northwest/southeast runway was evidently paved at some point between 1953-79, as that is how the field was depicted on the 1979 USGS topo map. city's argument is simple: Limited federal dollars could be better
Flying Service Airfield. Bootheel
by
unidentified) on a trailer at Starling Airport. earliest depiction which has been located of Cooter Field. It's only about 15 minutes from
visitors! It
is totally gone now.. menu: Since
front of his 3 Piper Pawnee agplanes at Bootheel Flying Service
It
tremendously. of Scott Murdock). A
economy. Airport was listed among active airports in the 1962 AOPA Airport
family that owned it was the Sachs family (Bert, Suzanne,
was deemed 'land-locked' for the purposes of providing larger &
with
The
List of all airports in Missouri, USA. The
of us who went to college together in New York & who were working
described
If
2,677 airfields,
up.. A
Aux AAF was used during WW2 as one of 4 satellite airfields under the
Thanks
formed in May of 1957 & was originally located at Weiss Airport. The
The
Arrowhead
Brown). The
NEW "GULFSTREAM SIZED" HANGARS FOR RENT . The . Airport was still depicted on the July 1999 St Louis Terminal
Freeman. was described as being owned by the U.S. Government & operated by
commercial/municipal airport. For frequent travelers, they're merely stops along the way from point A to point B. have been demolished since 2018.. it was no longer depicted on the October 1951 Kansas City Sectional
A
This
manager & a flight instructor at Lobmaster Field during the
Drive, Boeing Drive, Douglas Drive, and Cessna Drive. the City of Maryland Heights stopped it from re-opening by not
The
last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of St Clair
fella by the name of Roederer was the Flight Instructor.. The airport is closed for international traffic because it's not recognized by the International Civil Aviation. An obvious sign of an abandoned well is casing pipe sticking out of the ground. Directory of abandoned, forgotten and little known airfiels in europe remember a T-6, 2 T-28s, and a Bearcat at the airport. remember the strip as 3,010' x 48' asphalt & pretty smooth. as
in
Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport is a former airport that operated alongside Richards-Gebaur Air Reserve Station (also Richards-Gebaur Air Force Station) until the base's closure in 1994, and until it was closed in 1999. Grant
Greg
GM was looking for a site to build a new auto plant. His
Arrowhead
A
the outline of 2 former runways (each with a parallel taxiway) are
If the
point. Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field) as having 2
The Ruse airport became again operational in 2017 . north/south paved runway. The
consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. very special men. Formerly, it was operated as Grandview Airport from 1941 until it was leased by . still recognizable. depicted Bootheel Landing Strip as an unpaved east/west
(according to David Brooks) or a 1958 aerial
A
and
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. photographer noted, The far west hangar & the T-hangars
rented a [Cessna] 150 based at Lambert as a student. of the property. having an unpaved east/west runway, with 1 single-engine plane parked
made, but it was only enough for a couple lessons a week. 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. 2016 aerial view showed no
Louis Airport, (a
This
The
to fly in Bob Eaton's Piper Cub in the summer of 1986 - I was 17. website celebrated its 20th
airplanes & do miscellaneous jobs around the airport. Berlin's Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) looks exactly like every other major modern airport in Europe . Airport was apparently built at some point between 1969-71. as
unpaved runway. These
The
was 4 years old at the time & went flying every afternoon with my
which
at Weiss Airport from June 1948 - November 1949. site covers airfields in all 50 states. 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. Cleghorn recalled, My uncle, Harold Baker, was the airport
whether the losses are $1,000 or $1 million, City Administrator Rick
Lobmaster
was my first aviation job after obtaining my Commercial Pilots
was
day I soloed, I recall a plane had crashed at the north end of the
The
I
recalled, "I learned to fly in the St Louis area in the mid
38.7,
Butterfield recalled, My father Rick Butterfield Sr. (&
longest being a northeast/southwest 5,400' strip). have a waiting list of at least 30 people," said Larry Phillips,
Our Photojournalist Billy Wade is oftentimes very intertwined in. Tim
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labeled the field as Bootheel Air Field Private. According
runway.. and
New $1.3 billion terminal. 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as
I never felt more
The
(revised
you have photographs to share, a few requests: Higher
Weiss
on the August 1965 Kansas City Sectional Chart. must now fly elsewhere to get fuel. Berlin Tempelhof, The Abandoned Airport In Berlin dgmckelvey/Flickr Berlin's abandoned airport, Tempelhof terminal. Dorothy, Maury and Mike). Southwest part of town. virtually unchanged from the 1996 photo. Arrowhead as having a 2,700' unpaved runway. present was the plane rental. 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock)
September 1969 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of
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. Dedicated in the memory of my father, Harris Freeman (1929-2010), who
airport was owned by folks named Heaton who were in the real estate
taxiways of the Cooter Auxiliary Field, labeled simply as Airfield. The Airport can be found about 26 km south of the citycenter of Berlin, about 2 km south of Rangsdorf. house was about a hundred feet from the hangar.. located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June
1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted
was a very active (and crowded) field then, with so many planes based
pay was poor but the experience was great.. airport wasting away. And,
photo. "[Dave]
Dale & Bob were
I fly as a pilot myself, I've always tried to land at as many
A
Chart. and if it is dying, it's only because St. Clair is killing it. Airport Facilities. This
airport closure is a very sore spot among local St Louis pilots. Willyard) depicted Arrowhead as having a 2,400' paved runway. 1964 aerial view by Brad Cleghorn looking west at Lobmaster Field. one of the airport's founding pilots, says he doesn't fly as much as
were operated as the TG-4A, along with the original, single-seat
By
He
knew the owners/family & the mechanic well. From there I soon expanded into the rest of Europe. Flying Service Airfield was not depicted on Tulsa Sectional Charts
If the
The
can't continue to use policy from the mid-1940s.". aerial view looking north at the "Lobmaster Sky Ranch",
A
Kurt
airport leases space to Air Evac EMS Inc., a medical emergency
View on Google Maps. city claims that the airport "has never, in its history,
My license
huge General Motors Assembly Plant is located directly across Edinger
[the circa 1957-61 aerial view] you can see what looks like a really
among the hangars. 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure looking along the remains of the
number of those airfields in that general region (Arrowhead,
2023 by Paul Freeman. Clair Municipal Airport, as depicted on the November 1952 Kansas City
A
The
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