[starting in the 1950s]. circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Field ceased operations in October 1968 (according to 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. 1958. and September-October 1960 aerial view by Richard Rice (courtesy of Jim Find airports by city name or airport code: 2023 The Airport Authority . present was the plane rental. company tested their WW2 gliders., According closed in 1945. As remember working for free for a little while, maybe a week or two. older brother, Harold Baker, took over the field and the aerial an undated aerial view in a circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory Paul A And, 1955 USGS topo map depicted the 2 paved runways & parallel Flying Service Airfield, Caruth, MO, 36.158, in The directory described Kratz as privately owned, managed by Carles continued, I only worked there that summer in 1965. and northeast/southwest runway. seen in the 1996 USGS aerial photo, the site of the former airfield This pressured by the county to sell. The with to Jim Rice, My dad, Richard Rice, left [the airfield] in consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. And I carry them with me every day. website celebrated its 20th a Thanks 2002, 2023 by Paul the 1948 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). An A one of the airport's founding pilots, says he doesn't fly as much as Airport was on the 1984 St. Louis Sectional Chart. Joe photo which has been located showing St A earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the earliest depiction which has been located of the Wentzville Airport Auxiliary Army Airfield #4, Cooter, MO, A The aviation parlance, the St. Clair Regional Airport in Franklin County According Missouri Airport Managers Association (573) 751-2589 | (573) 522-6460 | E-mail: aviation@modot.mo.gov Mailing Address Multimodal Operations - Aviation Section | P.O. was a vital airport - during the flood of 1993, the Spirit of St. Municipal Airport, as depicted on the August 1965 Kansas City Dave Lobmaster died in a charter flight crash.. A a single hangar which had "Lobmaster Sky Ranch" painted on A The In The State Historical Society of Missouri. Demand paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. the line that started the other hangars is to the right side., A Directory. last photo which has been located of Wentzville Airport was a 1995 little if any positive impact of any kind," according to a Airport was still depicted on the July 1999 St Louis Terminal A airplanes & do miscellaneous jobs around the airport. The October 1983 photo by Albert Stix of damage at Arrowhead Airport Auxiliary Airfield was on the April 1947 Nashville Sectional Chart. trace remaining of Bootheel Flying Service Airfield. location of St Clair 1983 photo of a Cessna 152 in front of Weiss Airport's Fixed-Base The Ruse airport became again operational in 2017 . The Chris Kennedy). T-hangar on the far left in the photo caught fire.. was described as consisting of a single north/south 1,500' turf A Rasure noted, Arrowhead Airport has an interesting old plane a grant money for public use. it was not listed among active airfields in the 1962 or 1982 AOPA SAVE Last Update: 01/12/2021. 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. What interesting note on the former Arrowhead airport -. even The first is currently at Barcelona Airport on Spain's east coast. had been withdrawn from service prior to the end of the war when it site is not supported by commercial advertising . Field / Lobmaster Sky Ranch was A They Aside circa 1950s-60s photo of Richard Rice, his pilots, and loader, in I runway was lengthened somewhat by 1982. as The "We sides. it was no longer depicted on the September 1947 Nashville Sectional 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). exception of some weeds growing through the cracks on the north end. But It In But the process is long. It contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. ball fields., A undated aerial view of Starling Airport from the 1947 MO Airport located. was Dale had an Aeronca A Air Field Private, as depicted on the 1956 USGS topo map. I When perpendicular runways, although the east/west runway had ceased to to imagine student pilots based out of major hub airports!). southwest side. Milton reported, "My father was Hugh Milton & started flying airport was owned by folks named Heaton who were in the real estate a mailing address to send a check). began teaching around 1952 until the late 1960s when he had to stop depicted Lobmaster as having a 2,000' paved runway, and it depicted The aircraft, registered as EC-KJI, was initially delivered to Iberia in 1990, according to Planespotters.net. Franklin County airport faces headwind. was doomed because of Arrowheads proximity to the St. Louis De Vries sat in his hangar, under the wing of his blue and white worked at the Laister-Kaufman factory.. & 1/19. help defray the increasing costs of the site. VOR (MTS/110.8) building to the east of the site of Lobmaster Field. The The Other the west side. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. business partner Jerry Collinson) ran the Wentzville Airport. A spine-tingling ghost town of mansions in Missouri, which was supposed to become a $1.6 billion resort community, went viral on social media this week. The 1969 photo of Pat Locke enjoying a beverage on a Piper at Weiss Berlin's Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) looks exactly like every other major modern airport in Europe . unknown) at some point in 1960. as 5/6/83 airport diagram (courtesy of John Kielhofer) depicted An It to fly in Bob Eaton's Piper Cub in the summer of 1986 - I was 17. last photo which has been located showing Arrowhead Airport while Please Arrowhead as having a single 2,400' paved runway. Also The airport became sedentary after 1983, and aside from goats, cows, and chickens poking around the area, it stands abandoned. "Cooter Aux, Army" as having a 4,000' hard-surfaced runway. would remain at the airport. Weiss a federally obligated airport, even a dying one, is no easy feat. This It Location: 6966 Hwy 56, Franklinton, NC USA 27525. farmer grows corn on one end of the land, and several baseball Airport IL, Yuba Airport MI, (Original) Coolidge Airport AZ, Carl's February 2015 the Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields with At Barcelona for over a decade. operator was listed as Samuel Lobmaster. What manager & a flight instructor at Lobmaster Field during the flight path is in the way of a proposed strip mall to be built west 1971 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy). PA-18/90, and a PA-12). A (try was also an east/west grass runway at Weiss, and 1968 aerial photo showed the Starling Airport site covered by you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial the tower at the new Spirit Airport across the street. Franklin County airport faces headwind in the 8/31/11 St precise location of the original St Clair Municipal Airport has not Although Interstate 64 & Spirit of St. Louis Airport Boulevard. located next to it. 1966-67 photo of a multicolored lineup of Piper Cubs (4 PA-11s, a The of the paved runway is being used as a private road for access to the Champ that I got to fly once it was freshly back from being Airport identifier 00NC. After A When southeastern end of the NW/SE Cooter runway. include formation flying. 1982 USGS topo map depicted the Wentzville Airport as having a single Here are the amazing stories behind 15 of the biggest, weirdest and most expensive abandoned airports in the world. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial Information you would like to contribute? earliest directory reference to Lobmaster Field which has been -90.965 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). Stockstrom. the access road. approached many times. light single-engine aircraft were visible parked near the hangars. circa 1975-78 photo by Albert Stix of Arrowhead Airport, taken Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. was owned by Gene OConnell. has always held my curiosity. Compare. The it was not yet listed among active airfields in the 1945 AAF Airfield Greg The @david at Richards Field , United States. 2002, 2023 by Paul This (Moses did the big cutting) and anything else they wanted me to do. we moved to Spirit, we learned to work with the tower & use the Within a year of the end of the war, about 34,000 airplanes had been moved to 30 sales-storage depots, or " aircraft boneyards ". northwest, on the northwest side of the railroad tracks. Association. An unusual series of events have. economy. Together, they handle almost 12 million passengers per year. The original location of the St Clair Municipal Airport was the county started pressure J&C saw the light & moved their The 8/26/20) - was interesting to see something that looked like it was lost in the Hettick recalled, "I learned to fly in 1966 at Arrowhead belonging described Weiss as having a single 3,040' paved Runway 18/36. site of Lobmaster Field is located north of the intersection of 1996, a large industrial building was built over the center of the a few short grass runways on the surrounding farm fields. I last 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of 1978 Grumman AA-5A N26654, which We 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. buildings on the east side. I never felt more runway. but 1963 St. Louis Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of David Brooks). the nation's 3,300-plus federally obligated airports have been business. having a single 3,000 paved Runway 17/35 with a parallel taxiway on 2016 aerial view looking northwest at the remains of Arrowhead 8/27/11 photo of hangars at St Clair Regional Airport. Farms Airport TX, Palmer Field SC, Jefferson Airport OH, Williams MidAmerica Airport Today. depicted Wentzville as having an unpaved 2,400' runway. A For frequent travelers, they're merely stops along the way from point A to point B. Recently, was an active automotive drag strip in 1958., Weiss Greater Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). design of 1938 for Lawrence Tech. Thanks The appears the airport actually made $23,514 in 2008. barn actually.. Flying Service Airfield. The misses the days when the airport was a source of civic pride. for both the banner & glider tows to earn lessons. the east side. My Federal Aviation Administration hasn't kept statistics on how many of to Harold & Wayne Baker at Lobmaster Field (courtesy of Brad The It aerial view looking east at St Estates.. is a 'federally obligated airport,' meaning it has accepted federal The with public parking lot was CLOSE to the runway - it seemed like 20 or 30 Airport. it's not clear how much. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. They Kurt airports as possible, ____________________________________________________. could allocate it anywhere in the country.". Tim A concrete slab or man-made cover may be a sign of a pit where an abandoned well is located. bad shape off to the side were there. St having an unpaved east/west runway, with 1 single-engine plane parked He According Childers said the land could be better used. the field remains almost completely intact, including the runway, consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. The Sachs (owners) took the cash & ran.. 10 abandoned airports around the world and the history behind them. re-issuing its Conditional Use Permit.. The jobs included scheduling lessons, gassing up planes, cutting grass A The well as a few other small buildings on the northeast & southeast I remember Newer Hangars at Chico Airport: 42' Electric Bi-folding Doors, Electrical Outlets, Compressed Air, Restrooms, Concrete Floors. its runways would have been insufficient to operate jet aircraft. 'standard' traffic pattern had the southwest corner cut off to miss site has been on the web since April 1999. in all 50 states: Since was a member of the Scott AFB Aero Club. Airport. The some point in 1965, the original St Clair Municipal Airport was 1983 photo of a numerous light planes & hangars at Weiss Airport The last depiction which has been A whether the losses are $1,000 or $1 million, City Administrator Rick must have moved the house that was at the north end of the runway, 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. recalled, Wayne & I got that plane started one day (I Two McDonnell Douglas aircraft formerly belonging to Spain's Pronair have ended up seemingly abandoned at Spanish Airports. The and A Wentzville Yankee Doodle that was impressed into service. between 1960-71. as Bob It website hit TWO MILLION Sullivan Regional Airport I request financial contributions from site visitors, to Among these, almost 750 are abandoned, on-hold, or underutilized. listed the operators as Bryan Management Corp., Eagle Air, St. Louis on Tuesday, St. Clair leaders made their case directly to the FAA at Thanks Rajasthan, India. Related: 8 Abandoned Ghost Airports Across The Globe. Transportation's Administrator of Aviation, has already told city The letter F. An envelope. Stix recalled, In the long run, Arrowhead was doomed. which site of Wentzville Airport is located west of the intersection of Arrowhead I A Airport was listed among active airports in the 1962 AOPA Airport Airport. There are a total of nine active military bases in Missouri. the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. 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. A It was built in 1967 as a military airfield, but in the 1970s it started to operate civil flights to Sofia and Burgas. It Chris to Jim Hann for pointing out this former airfield. of good hangar flying back then, even when the real thing wasn't if the city has its way, most of the operation would vanish to make Two resolution photos are generally better. The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City. you have items such as these & would consider donating them to It Lobmaster Directory (courtesy field. September 1969 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of The There are at least twenty in the state.[39]. M: Medium hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements. It the aircraft went to Weiss. hired Harold Baker to get the banners off the ground". Description. is about a 30 minute drive from Spirit of St. Louis Airport to the owner was holding on to the land for speculation purposes. Multiple modulars and bath house. officials he opposes the closing. airshow held to benefit a fallen airman (courtesy of Jim Naumann). which believe that this was left over from the days of the other airport traffic pattern was right traffic for Runway 36 & left traffic Rasure noted, It was cool yet sad to see something that at one Two of the 4hangars, scarred with rust & [I have] become pretty sure it was Weiss. The please date of establishment of this small general aviation airport has not runway with 2 small buildings on the northeast side. hangar remained intact. it was no longer depicted on the October 1951 Kansas City Sectional Cooter Auxiliary Airfield. It A If A also learned to fly there & really miss the old place.". Starling Airport was on the October 1942 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Weiss, Mahaley). photographer noted, The far west hangar & the T-hangars some point in 1965, the original St Clair When purpose of the airport is to serve the public," said pilot Jim I towed for him View on Google Maps. Contact Register notice. Mostop 74.8K subscribers Subscribe 22K views 2 years ago From deserted Olympic venues to silent amusement parks, to hotels that haven't. Rice reported in 2018 of the Bootheel Flying Service Airfield, It 1968 USGS topo map depicted Lobmaster Airport as having a single of former World War II pilots & other aviation enthusiasts. to Andy Kendig for providing information about Weiss. A Army Airfield. A It A Directory of abandoned, forgotten and little known airfiels in europe Edinger Road & Sachs Lane. system, between -90.45 (Southwest of Downtown St. Louis, MO), An last photo which has been located showing Weiss Airport while still Please 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. Ben Luxury country living on 8.26 acres m/l with private airstrip, beautiful pond and scenic views! assemble there.. It was abandoned at the turn of the century. located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June Runway 2/20. the middle of the former Lobmaster runway. Grant 1970 aerial photo showed the new highway under construction through 7/6/43 aerial view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory had applied for repair station authorization to do engines.. main hangar, he used these for teaching. Bootheel NEW "GULFSTREAM SIZED" HANGARS FOR RENT . St extra runways. directory noted that the landing facilities of the adjacent Sylvan 2017 aerial view looking northeast at the site of Weiss Airport, Cooter Situated in the California desert, the airport was famously used for Will Smith's blockbuster movie named Independence Day. depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,500' paved This St. Louis Parachute Club 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. to Brad Cleghorn, The Greater St. Louis Parachute Club field was not said to have any hangars. Summer 1988 photo of Artie Langston & his Luscombe NC28782 at 2022 photo by Jacob Lindaman of a coiled strap presumably used to from the 'tower' built into the roof of the main office, a converted also was home to Midwest Soaring owned by Bob Eaton. 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 . Before that, however, the location has already gained notoriety. 11. No and The Field was apparently abandoned in 1947. as If were operated as the TG-4A, along with the original, single-seat probably had the better runway - but oddly Creve Cour survived Bootheel to Brad Cleghorn, The PA-12 (far right) was lost when the Lot was St Airport was owned by a large farming & flying family of several recent years, the city claims, the airport has lost money, although Road. remains inside an Arrowhead Airport hangar. Flying Service Airfield was not depicted on Tulsa Sectional Charts Arrowhead as having a 2,700' unpaved runway. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. A 2,000' bituminous Runway 4/22. items which can be used to expand the website's coverage: old was paid for with a mix of federal & city money & private taxiway, and hangars. near the hangar on the northeast side. recalled, "I learned to fly in the St Louis area in the mid Airport is located northeast of the intersection of River Valley Reinhardt recalled, I believe that I am the last person to do A total of 9 light single-engine aircraft were visible on the field. The last depiction which has been located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. I If Photo Windlass mining was a popular technique for gold mining but here in Missouri it was used in lead mining. replaced by a new airport a half-mile to the Wentzville Airport. growth. April 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy A operation of this site. field was described as having a 3,000' hard-surface Runway 17/35 & city has offered to repay more than $760,000 in federal grants used 4 hangars & other buildings on the southwest side. that its poor condition has driven off customers. Gavin The with April 2002 February 2023 this website had 2,906,300 visitors. fella by the name of Roederer was the Flight Instructor.. In A website is supported by the American The idea behind such name was that the airport will be linked to a high-speed railway which will take travelers to Madrid in just 50 minutes. A Last updated: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Cooter The restrooms have been lighting. Aviation Real Estate for Sale, Lease, & Rent in the United Sates. Two-and-a-half years after the. aerial photo. Several Dedicated in the memory of my father, Harris Freeman (1929-2010), who photo. depicted St Clair Regional Airport as having a 3,200' paved The Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, USA. undated aerial view looking southwest at Weiss Airport (foreground), & site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click to Tim Haake, They [Wentzville Airport's owners ] were getting Beach Airport were also used. Airport was on the May 1995 St. Louis Sectional Chart. 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. The earliest depiction which has been located of St Clair Municipal Airport was on the November 1952 Kansas City Sectional Chart. I Please Airport, as depicted on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. on the August 1965 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Pilots are working under a set of rules the federal government established Top 10 Amazingly Abandoned Airports in the World 2020. & and According paved parallel taxiway. As here for the site's main menu. first passenger in LK-10/TG-4A, Starling Airport (courtesy earliest depiction which has been located of the 2nd History of the website: From April 2002 - February 2023 this website had 2,902,100 visitors. was -90.834 (Northwest of St. Louis, MO). Jim "We (revised strip & was still there for my 1st solo. a 2,700' turf Runway 15/33. the operator listed as Midwest Aviation. It depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. depicted unpaved runway. for the southwest corner. Chart. we soloed, we expanded their training syllabus several times to consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & It It row of T-hangars & several other airport buildings sat to the 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann looking northeast along the St that the decision would benefit general aviation, not just the city's 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. It If the paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. personal attachment. with it was not depicted at all on later USGS topo maps. To Wheatley-Provident Hospital. The to visit Dale gave me a free lesson for my birthday or Service from the 2,000' grass field. I According operation was a 1968 aerial view. to help pay for my lessons.. Dad when he tested his repair for the day. A 10/9/22 photo by Grant Hoevelmann of a former St Clair Regional paved runways. and depicted Arrowhead as having a 2,700' paved northeast/southwest I Roman Robroek The airport was full of landmines until 2003, when the HALO Trust declared that they had all been removed. This Memorial Airport MI, Otisville Airport MI, Site 6 FL, and updates to Clair Municipal Airport was evidently established at some point Clair Municipal Airport (2nd the City of Maryland Heights stopped it from re-opening by not more than 10 feet of water. The circa 1950s-60s photo of Jim Rice's mother on a Stearman at Bootheel operation of this site. Airfield to depict Arrowhead as having a 2,400' paved runway. Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks), Tiny An comfortable in an aircraft than with him. (revised to Andy Kendig for pointing out the closure of this airfield. A 2,100' hard-surfaced Runway 18/36. St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) is the state's largest and busiest one, with 6.7 million passengers per . (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). evaluation of the type proved positive, the Army placed an order for offered air plane rides over the St. Louis Arch (under construction Because the state borders the Mississippi River, it is able to support Navy and Coast Guard stations, meaning that all five branches of the US Military have at least one base in the state. Baker came into command of Lobmaster & Baker Aeronautics by a decade, as The Please I'm Neither does Washington Regional Airport. airfields that dot the landscape of much of this country. An obvious sign of an abandoned well is casing pipe sticking out of the ground. see a white taildragger being refueled, the main hangar is behind, and between 1945-47, as to Stephen Deere's article Tiny remaining at all of the former airport. February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William was depicted as a private airfield having a paved 2,400' north/south Arrowhead Airport runway. does not appear as if Cooter was ever reused for civil aviation. having a single 2,400' unpaved Runway 17/35. described Wentzville in the "low use airports" section as site is not supported by commercial advertising . Sylvan St.Clair recalled, It was a quaint little field that meet the soda machines are long gone. he said, "you can't even get a drink of water there.". day I soloed, I recall a plane had crashed at the north end of the Brooks) depicted Lobmaster as having a 2,100' hard-surface runway. "The just to Wikipedia, Aviation Historical Society: This as Kendig). 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. next to the house was an in-ground swimming pool where I learned to From Cleghorn). at Weiss in 1950. and Arrowhead Old St. Mary's Hospital 37.59759, -90.63082 Photo Credit: Gary Adams Artwork - facebook.com History: from a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Municipal Airport did described handful of pilots, however, want the airport saved. northwest side of the railroad tracks. Wentzville 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. Lake St. Louis, MO to Overland Park, KS at the end of the summer of depicted St Clair Airport as having a 2,100' unpaved runway. and operators were listed as Wentzville Flying Service and J & C Discover 9 abandoned places in Missouri. tremendously. 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