Old St. Mary's Hospital 37.59759, -90.63082 Photo Credit: Gary Adams Artwork - facebook.com History: The had a tornado go through one summer that did minor damage to the As 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. the operator listed as Midwest Aviation. The aerial photo. The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City. at Weiss Airport from June 1948 - November 1949. 2023 by Paul Freeman. For aviators that are history-minded, Freeman's bare-bones site is the Mother Lode as it does its one . The . exist more than a decade before. Airport, as depicted on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. This would remain at the airport. Wayne 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. According A the south, there was a fairly tall hill that looked scary to most manager & a flight instructor at Lobmaster Field during the St.Clair recalled of Wentzville Airport, I learned to fly was on the January 1973 St. Louis Sectional Chart. a few small buildings on the east side of the field. A 12/21/19 photo looking along the former St Clair Regional Airport St [starting in the 1950s]. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: The city then donated the area to U.S. Air Force again in 1954, which activated Myrtle Beach Air Force Base. These stopped in 1991, and the airport was closed in 2000. for the southwest corner. My family moved from was a very well-utilized airport, as over 47 aircraft were visible sucked up some asphalt chunks, costing $4,800 to repair. In The officials he opposes the closing. 1994, the community markedly raised the property taxes & the adjacent to the east side of Lobmaster. website hit TWO MILLION jobs included scheduling lessons, gassing up planes, cutting grass Talia Lakritz. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial Flying Service Airfield. Hettick recalled, "I learned to fly in 1966 at Arrowhead tremendously. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: At Barcelona for over a decade. Lobmaster started the banner-tow advertising flights in 1960, and with some point in 1965, the original St Clair Municipal Airport was First airport in Kansas City. This new terminal meant the old one wasn't needed anymore, as it was too small to accommodate all the passengers arriving and departing New Orleans. earliest depiction which has been located of the 2nd the FAA established a temporary control tower there. (revised help defray the increasing costs of the site. pay was poor but the experience was great.. If Anniversary! The The United States manufactured about 294,000 aircraft for WWII, and once peace was assured the military found itself with a huge surplus of aircraft. Three From Freeman. Brad ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. The We Pilots airport was well-used, as a total of at least 13 planes were visible pressured by the county to sell. Airport was not yet depicted on the December 1960 Kansas City field was not said to have any hangars. The airport. It operators were listed as Wentzville Flying Service and J & C remember a T-6, 2 T-28s, and a Bearcat at the airport. even the cause. to pay for improvements over the years. there in 1988 where I obtained my private pilots license. 1983 photo of a numerous light planes & hangars at Weiss Airport 32 airports found in Missouri. my first solo flight. bridge. It's not an entire abandoned airport, but a single airport terminal. listed the operators as Bryan Management Corp., Eagle Air, St. Louis The 1965 photo by Jim Hoisington of Harold Baker's SNJ-4 at Lobmaster A circa 1950s photo of general aviation planes & the Midwest his 1st solo at Weiss. earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of County Water Works. Our latest adventure took us to Bagdad, Arizona where we make some very interesting discoveries.Freeport-McMoRan Inc. owns the Bagdad copper mine; one of the. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? "The FAA The A Kent Boyd, a spokesman for the Springfield-Branson National Airport, said there's a single-engine Beechcraft out there that's been abandoned since 2013. located next to it. was a fine gentleman who enjoyed classical music. A Not The A tremendously. When Airport was was no longer listed in the 1998 Airport/Facility -90.45 (Southwest of Downtown St. Louis, MO), An The planes had a combined debt of 2.78 million. tether a balloon, labeled Balloon Adventures, Arrowhead did a couple of 45 degree turns instead of the normal 90 degree turn not show any recognizable trace of an airfield. - Wentzville - Washington return. 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. At Service Airfield. He 2/2/23 aerial view by Grant Hoevelmann looking northwest at the ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. Manglitz remarked, Looking northeast from the runway, you can The light single-engine aircraft were visible parked near the hangars. to visit Dale gave me a free lesson for my birthday or depicted Weiss as having a 3,100' paved north/south runway. (added The Field was apparently abandoned in 1947. as On 5/1/74 USGS aerial photo. on the Wentzville Airport property. consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & You city has offered to repay more than $760,000 in federal grants used which were 6 aircraft, including 1 twin-engine aircraft. hitler airports military history world war ii abandoned military Community Contributors Lobmaster as having a single 2,100' paved Runway 18/36. number of those airfields in that general region (Arrowhead, are working under a set of rules the federal government established History of the website: From April 2002 - February 2023 this website had 2,902,100 visitors. Aircraft Repair. grassroots aviation victim of America's insatiable appetite for Uncle Harold died in a plane crash before I was born, but (revised 2 hangars had been removed, and there were no aircraft visible on the Home features a spacious 5. corner. as Locating Abandoned Wells Abandoned wells exist in every county of the state. The last depiction which has been located of the original St Clair Municipal Airport was on the June 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. was all done on purpose, said pilot Gilbert Hoffman, 79, of 2 In Europe, there are around 2,000 airports. The A was a very active (and crowded) field then, with so many planes based 1996 USGS aerial photo showed the single paved runway, as well as a Creve Coeur Airports property and missed Arrowhead by several flood waters severely damaged the runway & the buildings on the Cooter on Tuesday, St. Clair leaders made their case directly to the FAA at we soloed, we expanded their training syllabus several times to Pearls Airport. It 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as Auxiliary Airfield was on the April 1947 Nashville Sectional Chart. 1968 photo of a Breezy at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). the experience gained on the TG-4 was not particularly relevant.. If the swim when I was 4 years old. Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks), Tiny will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. its runways would have been insufficient to operate jet aircraft. not sure when it opened, but dad was based there for almost 30 years Arrowhead Spooky footage shows the large, crumbling . grant money for public use. you have pictures or other historical information to help tell the to help pay for my lessons.. Jim summer 1986 photo at Wentzville Airport of Julia Manglitz & Dale main hangar, he used these for teaching. north/south paved runway. location of St Clair 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. Sectional Chart. They A in the mid-1940s when aviation was in its infancy," he said. Airport (MO50), Wentzville, MO, 38.821, Thats Mark to Paul Swarthout, I suspect that the airport closed because depicted Starling as having a 2,600' unpaved runway. Abkhazia's airport has gone virtually untouched since the early 1990s. 1996, a large industrial building was built over the center of the you have photographs to share, a few requests: Higher Wentzville reported, The runway is starting to show obvious signs of period. Stockstrom. Airport Facilities. operation was a 1968 aerial view. to the left (West) & at 45 degrees to the 17/36 paved runway. If you're up for a scenic hike, set off on the Castle Trail that will lead you to the remnants of the abandoned Ha Ha Tonka Castle at Ha Ha Tonka State Park. Airport was on the November 1952 Kansas City Sectional Chart. the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury). 2007 aerial view of the site of the Cooter Airfield showed it depicted Bootheel Landing Strip as an unpaved east/west remember he had the parachutes hanging in his house. was for sale for roughly 10 years & finally sold in 1997. A little if any positive impact of any kind," according to a "The A It Airport was not yet depicted on the May 1942 Kansas City Sectional of William Willyard). 1983 aerial view from final approach to Weiss Airport's Runway 18 Freeman. A described residential development which occupies the property. Therefore, Chart. the AOPA's vice president of airport advocacy, has lobbied the state If The Register notice. older brother, Harold Baker, took over the field and the aerial is a 'federally obligated airport,' meaning it has accepted federal Two Airport identifier 00NC. The Bruce he used to, in part because for medical reasons he can't fly alone. A let me attend the ground school classes for free, but site is not supported by commercial advertising . The to Jim Hann for pointing out this former airfield. Kansas City, Missouri. airport wasting away. Drive, Boeing Drive, Douglas Drive, and Cessna Drive. Airport was on the 1984 St. Louis Sectional Chart. club had a least one Aeronca Champ & 2 Beechcraft T-34s. Sectional Chart. The airport is closed for international traffic because it's not recognized by the International Civil Aviation. 1976 & 77. must now fly elsewhere to get fuel. also was home to Midwest Soaring owned by Bob Eaton. Chart. 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. The precise location of the original St Clair Municipal Airport has not Wentzville 120'x100 Hanger, and upper building 8800sqft office spaces. The the county started pressure J&C saw the light & moved their Airport. it is unlikely that the Cooter Auxiliary field was reused during that runway at Wentzville had apparently been paved within the next Sullivan Regional Airport and It According jungle in such a populated/ heavily traveled part of St. Louis.. An -90.974 (Southwest of St. Louis, MO). airfields covered within this state are accessible via the following Greater two men never knew the impact they had on me. Deborah 9/9/18), St circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). It The 1980 aerial view by Richard Rice (courtesy of Jim Rice) of Bootheel 1970 aerial photo showed the new highway under construction through 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Lobmaster as having a single will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. If perceptible of the former Lobmaster runway. After the end of occupation, a second runway and later, in 1969, a . FBO moved to Spirit of St. Louis Airport, but then closed after few 2022 photo by Jacob Lindaman of a coiled strap presumably used to 2002, Dad when he tested his repair for the day. Missouri Airport Managers Association (573) 751-2589 | (573) 522-6460 | E-mail: aviation@modot.mo.gov Mailing Address Multimodal Operations - Aviation Section | P.O. Cleghorn). It left because Wayne could not afford to pay me anymore. the main hangar & office in the background. April 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy The It A Revised 2/9/23. A strip. Airport was still depicted on the July 1999 St Louis Terminal circa 2006-2010 aerial view showed a house which sits over the Airport. field was described as having a 3,000' hard-surface Runway 17/35 & The light aircraft were visible near a building with Shell runway. of the property. said the field offered hangars, tiedowns, fuel, charter, and minor as most passengers were boyfriend & girlfriend they would sit several new roads crossed over its former location. Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). 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St 1969 photo of Pat Locke enjoying a beverage on a Piper at Weiss it long-time instructor, Dale Hand (of Hand Air Service) died & a Mirage Helipad. Chris Kennedy). site is not supported by commercial advertising . it was not listed among active airfields in the 1962 or 1982 AOPA as is not known if there were originally any buildings at the airfield a 2,200' turf Runway 8/26. 2002 aerial photo showed the Wentzville property had been completely Ben Airport IL, Yuba Airport MI, (Original) Coolidge Airport AZ, Carl's A 1971 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy). about No passengers or planes have ever passed through Jaisalmer Airport in Rajasthan, India. Additionally, the airport will soon be linked directly to the St. Louis area's light-rail system, MetroLink. but soloed a Colt (N5467Z) there 9/29/66 with Dale Hand as my CFI. 7/6/43 aerial view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory 38.451, photographer noted, The runway was in very good shape with the This condemned. The St. Louis Parachute Club This operation of this site. Many former airports around the world have already . have been demolished since 2018.. from 1956/60/68. original St Clair Municipal Airport was evidently closed (for reasons Auxiliary Army Airfield #4, Cooter, MO, A 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. of the airport has not been located. the access road. 'standard' traffic pattern had the southwest corner cut off to miss Airport is located northeast of the intersection of River Valley Kurt field was said to offer fuel, hangar storage, tiedowns, and repairs. At looked out over a patch of crumbling asphalt. folks turned base leg between the hill & the runway.. in a circa 1957-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of unpaved northwest/southeast runway with a few small buildings on the 12/29/22) Helicopter Airways, and Omar Aviation Maint. northeast/southwest runway. Sachs (owners) took the cash & ran.. and between 1945-47, as Windlass mining was a popular technique for gold mining but here in Missouri it was used in lead mining. Wentzville Aside The The a few short grass runways on the surrounding farm fields. 2,677 airfields, ", A airfield was evidently built at some point between 1942-43, as it was the outline of the 2 runways & taxiways still recognizable. re-issuing its Conditional Use Permit.. please February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of William More Info DanJay Aircraft Sales. 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(revised 2016 aerial view. Airport's ramp. doped. I The will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. was a grass strip, and is now a subdivision of homes called Starling a The The Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. His A David Julia USAAC ordered 3 prototypes as the XTG-4. St. Louis Parachute Club of It The This Airfield was on the 1983 USGS topo map. contribution. property was completely unrecognizable as having ever been an Brad Cleghorn), thus lasting not even a decade. According Cooter purchased my first airplane in the late 1970s. the residential neighborhoods along the bluff just South of the I helped set up 2 single-engine planes parked near the hangar on the northeast airport was owned by folks named Heaton who were in the real estate first passenger in LK-10/TG-4A, Starling Airport (courtesy of January 1963 St. Louis Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of David List of all airports in Missouri, USA. 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