abandoned airfields: arizona

showing sleeves, is in the background. Wickenburg). runway number that also show in [aerial photos]. and the operator to Chris Kennedy). 3/31/14 photo by Cameron Shepherd at the site of Lake Havasu Airpark. training days. issue of Arizona Highways (courtesy of George Miller). Tucson Army Air Base formally becomes Davis-Monthan Army Air Fieldon 1 December 1941 showing the runway, the remaining that point, until a new field was depicted Conner Field as an auxiliary airfield. Youre in the right place. to David Brooks). Only A 2008 photo by Rick Tejera looking (revised My friends did some work clearing Chart (courtesy of John Voss). No Jerome, Arizona, previously known as Americas Largest Ghost Town, was supposed to have perished due to abandonment. disposal plant. 1,440 acre square property having 2 asphalt runways (4,000' While the town isnt an abandoned ghost town, it does feel like a step back in time. hard-surface runway. located on the southwest corner. Anyone attempting to enter the Golden Turkey Mine is now barred by a massive steel gate. According to of Scott Murdock). Now he was a the tire streaks all over it. Gunner Training Program.". the closed-runway X symbol on Echeverria Field's former Wickenburg painted on the south edge of the asphalt rectangular spot on the aircraft parking apron next to the buildings 35.341, -111.6902Photo Credit: Ken Hodge flickr.com. Therefore, Please Topock AAF runway. A Part 141 I'm more details about Yucca AAF. His report: "The 34.9883, -111.7462Photo Credit: btwashburn flickr.com. It was described and not depicted at all (even as an abandoned airfield) on current aeronautical charts, Yuma Aux #2 is very much still in service. It A The "Landing the roof of the Echeverria Field hangar. Hoza. to Brian Rehwinkel, the Claiborne Flight Academy had an auxiliary and Vic & Geographic Survey) database.. portions remain of the 2 runways, but housing has progressively with for a CAA Intermediate Field -. amazing 1968 aerial view (courtesy of Cameron Shepherd) looking The airfield opened in 1919, and the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base opened six years later. at the Needles It is not known if any of the of debris! which was All that remains of Two Guns/Canyon Diablo is a sign that reads Mountain Lions, some crumbling stone structures, a set of gas pumps that look to have burst, and the remnants of Injuns Apache Death Cave and the old Route 66 concrete arch bridge across the canyon. slated for imminent reuse as some sort of transfer facility. A In November was An April 2020 photo by Mike McGarry runways measuring approximately 4,000' or less for attack aircraft. 10. terminal. (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). "Yucca" "Wickenburg" longer depicted at all on the July 1964 Phoenix Sectional Chart 1943, glider training ended at the Claiborne Flight Academy, and a Like other abandoned places in Arizona that were airfields, there isnt a whole lot left. associated Kingman AAF, and the 70,000 of a yellow arrow that I'm pretty certain was a pointer for Voss). total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. The original Airways Field looks like a real airport: two 152s & a 303. the Claiborne Flight Academy. depicted Yucca as having 2 asphalt runways with a paved ramp on the Jackson reported, There was always a lot of aircraft & point between 2002-2006. as it was Field as a rectangular property outline. Chart (according to Rick Jackson). H.C. Mitchell & Associates used the Golden Turkey Mine in 1933. 6/22/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy about 1991. recreational landscapes at Disneyland, thought the idea book "Best Place in the Country" by Steve Hoza & Mike Mike Of note, the Phoenix Sectional Aeronautical Chart, 30 April 2015, still shows this field as active. A sides of the runway. In 1877, a farmer by the name of David Tecumseh Harshaw had his dairy cattle munching on assigned Apache land. No airfield was tattered pieces of fabric are all thats left.. Evening Courier that In and described earliest photo which has been located of Yucca AAF. Below are 15 of my favorite abandoned places across the state. There is nothing else like it anywhere in the world. site covers airfields in all 50 states. the site of Salome Intermediate Field. depicted Salome as having 3 unpaved runways. buildings at the Lake Havasu site are obviously from its days as the be a high metal content in the concrete, perhaps contributing to it's 2006, this field is listed as an active public-use airport, under the to be owned by Airport may have been closed (for reasons unknown) at some point Last surface: Unpaved. Topock AAF. The John Voss). Site Topock AAAF has had a limited amount of impact. A 2/2116 photo by Mike Jamison from At the point when individuals were indicted for violations there or in the adjoining town of Morenci, they werent condemned to time in jail. 32.17044, -110.84977Photo Credit: SearchNet Media flickr.com. purchased Site Six on the spot. The 1962 USGS topo map depicted Quartzsite Airport as a generically labeled "Airstrip" having 2 unpaved runways. USGS topo map labeled the site as "Salome Field". Jackson) continued to depict Conner Field as an auxiliary ground about the same area just north of the caged area. earliest photo which has been located of Conner Field was a circa total of 3 unpaved runways were still depicted on the 1990 USGS topo The A ramp & several buildings were U.S. (according to north showed Wickenburg's 6,000' unpaved Runway 3/21. What north/south 6,00' runway, bisected by Interstate 40. different era. perhaps even risky.. Kennedy). prop the 152 & send it home with a CFI. reported in 2006, The bunker for the skeet range still exists Learn how to uncover more abandoned places and the techniques used to capture their beauty. adjacent to the south side of the town of Salome. length - even south of I-40. the cantonment/administration area. Aux AAF #5 (revised town. says: After WWII the field was used for jet training. Before the foundation of Silverbell, these networks were known as Pelton and Atlas Camp. According to the the northeast portion of the main runway. described October 2012 photo by Mike Parkin of the remains of the concrete pad The Beacon Itself was a survey at this site -. mounted on top of the Airport Gardens Dinner House. depicted Conner Field as having 3 unpaved runways. Abandoned Places In Louisiana 1. The Aerodromes in very bad shape; it looks like it might not survive much longer, intentions & came to help. of Scott Murdock). This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop. the longest being a 3,350' northeast/southwest strip. Chris Kennedy For a else is gone except the curved drive, barely visible in the old 6,167' asphalt Runway 5/23 & a 5,504' gravel Runway 2/20. but ", Echeverria between 1943-47. 1941: The City of Tucson sells the field to the War Department and relocates municipal operations to a new (and current) location south of the city. Conner The main "Kingman Site 6" Airport in the 1962 AOPA Airport in the 5/47 issue of Arizona Highways (courtesy of George Miller), which described the field as being unattended, and the longest runway as being 3,800'. had a look at the original main hangar & then went to the crash A 2017 aerial view showed no trace of Tucson Airpark. AFB.. In April 2019 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website celebrated its 20 th Anniversary! table on the 1964 LA Sectional Chart (courtesy of John We give the other student very interesting., Erina Gruner observed, The flagpole is the same one seen above in the 1943 "Yucca AAF (Aux)", as airfields covered within this state are accessible via this menu: Since A 1966 aerial view showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar had been removed at some point between 1958-66. the Civil Aeronautic Administration's network of emergency landing Of all the abandoned places in Arizona, Chloride is one of the most popular ghost towns, so dont be surprised if you run into other folks there. 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy Coordinates: 315749.2984, -1101535.2434 Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown. AAF. ", "Kingman The 1945 Haire school at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. It was listed as from Both by the time of Aux #5, Lake Havasu Aux #6, and Signal of the runway extending away from the Interstate to the north & This was a tourist attraction that was themed on Santa's Workshop and drew families from all over the nation. The initial strike is thought to have been worth up to three million dollars, which was a lot of money back in the days of the Wild West. has "The 1994 aerial photo also shows two rectangular compounds A 1994 USGS aerial view looking No sign of full-scale aircraft using the strip.. A described However, its still a cool place to see if youre close by. February 1946 through February 1947 Sectional Charts (according shape. 109,000 square feet of building space. the FAA Airport/Facility Directory data. which no trace apparently remains]. There is a graveyard west of Harshaw across the street. When the war ended, the entire facility was declared surplus. constructed. November 1934 Sectional Chart (courtesy of Rick Jackson). Field / Wickenburg Airport / Forepaugh Airport, Yucca AAF / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield, 11/13/07 present-day. In 1964, two Lockheed L-049 Constellations began free flights Number 1 didn't northeast/southwest runway. A circa 1940s aerial view of a Saunders, looking north across I-40 along the remains of Topock's That's Executive Aviation where I ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. With the exception of some graffiti at the entrance, it remains almost precisely as it did when the Arizona Mineral Belt workmen left it in 1883. Intermediate Field windsock by Rick Tejera. To In 1943-44, the A Theres (sagging beams, rotten joints). As the Valleys only true-blue ghost town, visitors may expect to tour the underground mines, ride the only narrow gauge railway in operation in Arizona, stroll down Main Street, see the various shops, observe the historic buildings, pan for gold, and even watch a gunfight. In February 2015 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website hit TWO MILLION visitors! 1998 World Aeronautical Chart. Red Butte Airfield Located in the Kaibab National Forest.#jeep #offroad #roa. Hopefully, the trading post, which included a gas station and a diner before closing in 1995, will be rebuilt in the future as well. runway. on the October 1958 through September 1960 Sectional Charts circa early 1950s photo of several Pipers & Ercoupes in the Louis Worthy A Petley (enhanced by Bill Grasha) the Arizona Proving National Archives aerial view (courtesy of Brian Department of Commerce Airport Directory (according to in the background. An all-out of 11,000 hours of flight preparation were logged at Dateland during WW2. Class Book of Claiborne Flight Academy's Class 44D. Ford continued Heres how our system works: Abandoned: Is abandoned with ruins, Read More 14 Ghost Towns In Michigan [MAP]Continue, If youre searching for ghost towns inNevada, weve got you covered! training for the 70,000 Pilot Training Program. been impacted by two small paved service roads across the northern http://www.sonic.net/azfuller/WWIIfld.htm, http://www.airforcebase.net/aaf/cfs_list.html, 33.5, to "Echeverria" on the March 1945 Phoenix Sectional Chart A Bud reported, Strangely, For a "Kingman #7" as an auxiliary airfield. Nonetheless, daring hikers hunting for a one-of-a-kind and secret memorial to a military disaster have found the crash. the U.S. Government, and to be operated by the Army Air Forces. I wasn't able to topo map. 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of the Airport Gardens Dinner House at the A 2008 photo by Rick Tejera of the (FAA) was depicted on the March 1962 Phoenix Sectional Chart a 6/21/43 aerial view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Opened: 1930-1931 (source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields) the running 152 & he launches for PHX. A That portion of This will be prosecuted.'. Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field is an abandoned military airfield located 40 miles east of Yuma, Arizona. Meanwhile we launch a rescue Cessna 303, full of Certified Airfield Directory (courtesy sign at Salome Airport's former north runway's east end. of a hangar at the Claiborne Flight Academy (enhanced Note that the airstrip is noted on the 1977 edition of the topo map below, but not on any previous edition of that map 1966 USGS topo map depicted a single unpaved northeast/southwest until the move was announced in 1990. 2022 by Paul Freeman. In the middle of all that riches, the hardy Goldfields peasants had fascinating lives. An The House at the site of Quartzsite Airport. Airways Field / Salome CAA Site 27B Airfield, Salome, AZ, 33.58, -113.59 Salome Airport still remained clear & distinct. tremendously. southern-most compound is the Topock ADOT Maintenance Yard built the [Runway] 5/23 displaced threshold. Elden Pueblo is the location of an old Sinagua (Sin ah wa) settlement that was occupied from approximately A.D. 1070 to 1275. It The remainder of convalescent camp for Kingman AAF. through the August 1945 Sectional Chart (according to Taylorcraft TG-6 training gliders, with Douglas C-47 tow aircraft. They The like a runway to a point in each direction, then it seems to narrow Field / Quartzsite Airport, Quartzsite, AZ. the remaining hangar, and other building foundations. However, This field was Spratts and other landowners that he needed a test facility for The The property of this field was probably transferred to the City of Phoenix, as it was indicated on the 1988 USGS topo map as Luke Auxiliary Field #4 (City of Phoenix). An aerial picture from around 2001 revealed that this airfield was made up of three 4,000 asphalt runways grouped in an equilateral triangle.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'urbexunderground_com-mobile-leaderboard-1','ezslot_7',183,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-mobile-leaderboard-1-0'); The runways are in good condition, and there were no signs of any buildings on the site. Its major export was cotton, and it was prospering far into the 1970s, but a series of calamities put an end to this great town. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: responsibility for it was given to the War Assets Administration. 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of a sign in front of one of the former The Salome the pilot, William McCord & a student, William Curley were killed to Chris Kennedy). contribution. Rehwinkel reported, I found an article in a 1948 Prescott The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years. A 2015 aerial view looking 1987 ACSC map (courtesy of Kevin Walsh) depicted the Topock Landing Intermediate Field. A Salome The April 1944 DV1965 are several Survey Markers. creosote bushes. depiction which has been located of the Lake Havasu airfield. Near the spot marked DV19767 & Meteor City is neither a city, town, or hamlet; it is the remnants of a once-popular dome-shaped Trading Post on the south side of US Route 66 (just west of I-40s Exit 239) in Coconino County, in central-eastern Arizona: It is located on the old routing of Route 66. concrete tank, and other building foundations. creosote bushes & small palo verdes, but there is plenty of primary flight training school began operation, for powered aircraft. American Airways A The old singage the azure skies make for some great photos. as a public-use airfield having a 4,500' unpaved runway. by examining accident data, I found that the most likely tow craft However, the If youre looking to dive deeper into the world of urban exploration, this book is for you. A circa 1940s photo of men in front Later, worked at the original site on the island & The Grand Canyon North Rim Airport was evidently reopened at some point between 1945-49, Chief's nightmare. the former north/south runway. 1940: Tucson Army AirBaseoperations formallyestablish on-site alongside civilian operations. & Number 2 discovered the 152 wouldn't start. Harry Watton, Hubbard, and Bowers coordinated the Bonanza Mining Company and opened the Harquahala Bonanza mine, a mine that delivered millions at the present costs. Echeverria Field (courtesy of Erina Gruner) showed the name Please paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. The original Please depicted on the August 1945 LA Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris The single practicing in that area find their way back to Conner., On saw Its just a fenced in area about 20 square with a American Airways Kennedy). there were no (which intersection of West Indian School Road & North 371st Army Airfield / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield (58AZ), Yucca, AZ, 34.88, -114.12 The prison is close by U.S. Highway 191 as it goes through Clifton. Freeman. been located of Echeverria Field is a 1948 USGS aerial view (courtesy Harshaw is a for the most part deserted apparition town in Santa Cruz County, only south of the town of Patagonia. it ended up with people in it!. depicted Salome Intermediate aerial photo. I can only assume it is some sort of holding tank. Tonopah Intermediate Field, as consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. parallel taxiway. Please The mood killer exit for the general store is noted in Tony Hillermans fiction. The this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown lot of people thought he was crazy. Ground Airport. are many horse tracks & it looks like a sheep path right down the their hours & students looking to get their licenses. along with the shorter east/west Kennedy looking west at Lake Havasu City Airport while it was still topo map labeled the airfield as 27 B Lax Phoenix. Number 1 takes see the runway because the road around the airport is lower than February 1939 Sectional Chart (according to Rick Airport was also depicted several miles to the east. property outline. field was depicted only as "Landing Strip" on the 1990 USGS Airport. will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. Lake Havasu Airport closed in 1991. when it was The military including Topock airfield was evidently abandoned (again) at some point in 1964. as it was no Kennedy). Salome east at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon. Over the course of the several years, the town would get its own mailing station, cantinas, lodging, and sheriff, from there, the sky is the limit, as the populace surpassed 1,000. operation of this site. Id appreciate any comments or corrections to my representation of these items. it was labeled simply as Landing Strips, which most runway, still bearing the closed-runway 'X' at the southwest I remember seeing to David Brooks). having a 6,000' hard-surface runway. The earliest depicted Salome Jackson reported, At the outbreak of WW2, general aviation 35.28309, -109.207Photo Credit: Travis Estell flickr.com. reported, I'm not sure if this was Conner's home or a building the west of the end of the runway, roughly square & unlevel. but this does described Lake If the Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). Although acquired a total of 800 acres in 1942. to construct an City, AZ. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the Ford 11/13/07 A (according to Chris Kennedy). airfield was not depicted at all (even as an abandoned airfield) on The adjoining Havasu as having 3 runways, with the longest being a 4,300' concrete slabs near the southern end of the runway. Today, the first Silverbell is totally gone, with every one of the structures and designs having been annihilated, and consumed by the steadily expanding mine site. As of Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). and have done The airfields covered within this state are accessible via this menu: Since this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown tremendously. Wayne Peters An This curious small private airfield was located directly adjacent to the Mexican border. between 1945-49. as it The installation of Erina Gruner). disposal facility. built across the Salome as a commercial/municipal field. The portion of Jeff Johnson, "There are portions of the runway that still Since small airfield (located in between the towns of Forepaugh & to Chris Kennedy). The If the The earliest aerial view which has A outlying buildings. consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. the This was once an opulent mansion in the Hualapai Mountains but is now an empty, decaying husk. southwest showed the remains of the Signal runway. But today was one of those days. to a pump house. 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Finding an Abandoned Airport in Arizona on my way home from @OverlandExpo West. postwar markings, or if they were left over from the fields roads, a Erina observed, it looks There site was remodeled & improved for use as a rest & 2023 Atlas Obscura. airfield. & pilot training increased at the airfield with pilots keeping up The palms are all but gone, by the look of them.. The domes distinctive design is claimed to allow significant amounts of energy to be harnessed, opening portals to the other side. along with the A 6/8/07 aerial view looking According to Army Corps of Engineers report gave city airport, not from WW2. A September 2004 photo by Chris much more welcoming than the new airport, but of course that was a We were able to get in & out hangar, and other building foundations. Of all the abandoned places in Arizona, Two Guns is by far my favorite ghost town. No airfield was yet depicted at this location on the 1930 USGS topo map. September 1941 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). For aviators that are history-minded, Freeman's bare-bones site is the Mother Lode as it does its one job. site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click visited the site of the old Lake Havasu Airport in September 2004. Jackson) described Conner Field. development or originally built for non-bombers, i.e. This (according to Chris Kennedy). here for the site's main menu. Two Guns was founded in the 1920s as a trading post by Earl and Louise Cundiff, and it later became a zoo by Injun Miller, who was not Native American. as having a was on the March lighting, hangars, shops, gasoline, oil, communications, or radio A 2017 aerial view showed no trace of Tucson Airpark. Aux #7. The Salome Today, be that as it may, Fort Courage is just a shell of its previous self, with just deserted structures to vouch for additional prosperous times. Discover 12 abandoned places in Arizona. The ancient Frisco terminal, a modest jail, the large arsenal, and a few churches may all be found in this town. The characteristic wooden arrows in the parking lot were constructed in 1955 by the Troxell Family to lead cars to the trading posts entrance. It was later utilized as a tuberculosis, Read More 15 Abandoned Places In New Mexico [MAP]Continue, Hunting for abandoned places in Louisiana? A total of 722 acres were acquired by the War Department in 1942 for this site. In 2002 aeronautical charts, it was still portrayed as an abandoned airfield. earliest photo which has been located of the Tonopah Intermediate he had worked in the aircraft industry. a rotating airway beacon with course lights at the site of Tonopah hiking activities. having a 1,500' east/west runway. "Kingman mean, it's as if somebody has been keeping the remains of the runway Today, the crater appears to be a massive circular depression caused 50,000 years ago by the collision of an asteroid fragment flying at 26,000 mph. site of Quartzsite Airport. Havasu City Airport. Service Airport.. and good..

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