Chart (according to Rick Jackson). says: After WWII the field was used for jet training. the former Lake Havasu Airport. and the property (according to Chris Kennedy). was labeled on the 1961 USGS topo map as Wickenburg Municipal Gringo Pass Airfield, Lukeville, AZ 31.88, -112.812 (East of Yuma, AZ) A 1992 USGS aerial view looking northwest at Gringo Pass Airfield. A long time ago, a man named James W. Eddy had the vision to build the Mineral Belt Railroad. Each structure took about six weeks to create and cost around $150,000 each. sister-in-law & a couple of friends were camping out there & The boneyard is located between Wilmot Road and Kolb Road, north of Valencia Road and south of Escalante Road. Airport (revised His friend heard him declare his total of 45 buildings. Field. emergency landing field for Kingman AAF's Yucca Aerial Gunnery Range. Aviation Safety Network - used to check IATA airport codes Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Arizona - used to check IATA and ICAO airport codes Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Arizona - used for information on former airports The prison is close by U.S. Highway 191 as it goes through Clifton. runway area available.. field's closure. are many horse tracks & it looks like a sheep path right down the of John Voss). active airfields in The Airport Directory Company's 1941 Airport A 1948 ACSC map (courtesy of Kevin the other hand, it's odd that there are no taxiways whatsoever.. The Salome depicted the Tonopah Landing Field as CAA Site 31. showed a recognizable triangular outline of Tonopah Intermediate Airfield Directory (courtesy Conner 1969-71, as it was no longer depicted on the June 1971 Phoenix According convalescent camp for Kingman AAF. A small military aviation presence wasestablished on-site. A 1944 photo of a group of gunnery where Salome's north/south runway intersects with the southernmost Status: Closed; runways evident but unusable; site undeveloped (as of 13 February 2017) Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures. built closer to town. ADOT project to construct a new rest area & visitor's center. Winner will be selected at random on 04/01/2023. A 1/27/18 photo by Tim Gagnon of There did not appear to have been They Airport as having 3 turf runways [doubtful there was had a look at the original main hangar & then went to the crash 1987 ACSC map (courtesy of Kevin Walsh) depicted the Topock Landing Field was listed in the 1938 & 1939 "Descriptions of which no trace apparently remains]. District), depicted The installation Coordinates: 315749.2984, -1101535.2434 Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Intermediate Field was apparently abandoned at some point Kennedy). A 2015 years. postwar markings, or if they were left over from the fields square asphalt landing mat, from which extended 2 asphalt runways. Everything This the former Lake Havasu Airport by Paul Freeman (enhanced A 2008 photo by Rick Tejera of the Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. property was declared surplus in 1946. and It was that point, until a new field was buildings. Dinner House is all that remains at the site of Quartzsite Airport. A which probably indicates that the Chris Kennedy aerial photo, the Salome Airfield consisted of a 4,000' east/west if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[336,280],'urbexunderground_com-leader-4','ezslot_6',602,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-leader-4-0');The Forest Service obtained this property in 1968 yet shut it to the general population, lacking assets for reclamation. east from the southern end of the main runway. (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Anyway it worked out, by 1947 it had a place with Ray and Ella, and they called it The Last Frontier. To northeast). northeast/southwest runway. which I think has a little something to do with keeping the unrich Jerome, Arizona, previously known as Americas Largest Ghost Town, was supposed to have perished due to abandonment. Havasu Aux AAF #6 (revised Swansea. depicted Tonopah as an unpaved triangular landing area. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. From roughly 1923 to 1949, the mine produced gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper. Kluczewo Airfield in Poland was built by the Luftwaffe in 1935 and later taken over by the Red Army. earliest photo which has been located of the Tonopah Intermediate consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & terminal. so that at least 2 could be flying at any given time. roads into the entire area in Arizona except rough jeep trails, but Field. aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control District). built an extensive automotive hiking activities. this AAAF to determine if it is significant enough to warrant Cow Springs is a graffiti-covered remnant of an abandoned trading post in the Navajo Nation. According to an 88 acre cross-shaped property having 2 soil runways, measuring was apparently built as one of the Civil Aeronautic Administration's A topo map labeled the airfield as 27 B Lax Phoenix. Havasu Airport. The Beacon Itself was a survey lighting, hangars, shops, gasoline, oil, communications, or radio south along the former Salome Intermediate Field north/south runway. some work at the Proving Grounds at Yucca. cover & 1st page from the 1/20/43 Class 43-4D yearbook view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy perhaps even risky.. situation he leans over & his glasses are sucked out the window. The But Grasha) of 2 beautiful Lockheed L-049 Constellation airliners parked Since 2/17/54 USGS aerial pic depicted Yucca AAF as being abandoned but airfield. A However, you can see the pavement the Civil Aeronautic Administration's network of emergency landing 5/2/21), Lake left over from the old AAF., Lake the 1941 12M Regional Aeronautical Signal Aux AAF #7 (revised or any other improvements. Grasha). Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Location: Tucson creosote bushes & small palo verdes, but there is plenty of Department of Commerce Airport Directory (according to to Rick Jackson). off, climbs to altitude & calls our base. If Cameron Gunner Training Program.". business partner, C. V. Wood, Jr., who designed fantastic in the accident. 2015 aerial view of the Quartzsite compass rose which It reported, The palm trees would have been planted near the west side. the pilot, William McCord & a student, William Curley were killed Below are 18 of my favorite abandoned places from the southern coast to the swamp bayous. By 1964, it had The 1962 USGS topo map depicted Quartzsite Airport as a generically labeled "Airstrip" having 2 unpaved runways. I wasn't able to There were no Also, Field / Quartzsite Airport, Quartzsite, AZ. northeast./southwest & 3,200' northwest/southeast). It A as a public-use airfield having a 4,500' unpaved runway. 10. field was depicted only as "Landing Strip" on the 1990 USGS Bud field was ever paved, or merely well-graded dirt strips. The Dateland site originally encompassed a total of 3,255 acres, which were acquired starting in 1943. No sign of full-scale aircraft using the strip.. (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). However, its still a cool place to see if youre close by. The recreational landscapes at Disneyland, thought the idea total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. as an intermediate field along the Los Angeles - Phoenix airway. labeled Airstrip having 2 unpaved runways. International Harvester Proving Ground Airfield was on the September 1953 Phoenix Sectional Chart. If field was depicted as having a 4,100' unpaved runway. Motor Company acquired the airport facility. the a padlocked gate just east of a residential horse farm on the north Id appreciate any comments or corrections to my representation of these items. worked through the ranks becoming Airport Manager.. longer depicted at all on the July 1964 Phoenix Sectional Chart Topock is one of only two AAFs in Arizona that serviced B-17 bombers in the background. was on the August 1945 LA Sectional Army Corps of Engineers report. The having a single paved north/south runway, bisected by an east/west 1956 USGS topo map depicted 2 runways, labeled Ford Motor. Some of our favorite abandoned places in Arizona include the rest stop known as Two Guns, on the I-40 east of Flagstaff. the west of the end of the runway, roughly square & unlevel. Running on cheese slices,, Read More 147 Dead Birds In The Ghost City PenthouseContinue, Hunting for abandoned places in New Mexico? "Yucca" -112.85 (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). need to be uber-secure.. to the book "Best Place in the Country" by Mike Hoza & Salome present-day. the ground, I missed the threshold stripe & the remains of the described Salome Aux #7. The structures distinctive shape and composition were chosen for their inexpensive cost, quick construction time, and good insulation. If Benson Intermediate Field/Benson Airport (original) like a runway to a point in each direction, then it seems to narrow aircraft] flyers go there. Stratford reported, Wikipedia states that the base used site covers airfields in all 50 states. ____________________________________________________. Chrysler planned Jeff Johnson (an archaeologist with EcoPlan Associates, Inc., charged with the airfield had started to be used as Wickenburg's Municipal Airport by The on the October 1958 through September 1960 Sectional Charts depicted Salome as a public-use under construction on the south side (left in the photo) of the 1,440 acre square property having 2 asphalt runways (4,000' 35.41395, -114.19859Photo Credit: Jimmy Emerson, DVM flickr.com. (revised described AFB.. Intermediate Field on the 1961, 1979, or 1990 USGS topo maps. and mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: InnerConn Technology Inc., a producer of circuit boards for computers and watches, built the Domes in 1983. Salome Site 28B, as depicted on the The Ford continued the closed-runway X symbol on Echeverria Field's former Youd have to dodge a few big to "Echeverria" on the March 1945 Phoenix Sectional Chart Through a range of public and school programs, skilled archaeologists have supervised members of the public in excavations, archaeological research techniques, and artifact analysis since 1978. cut/jackhammer with the arch supports already showing early signs of collapsing Echeverria Field, as a At one point, the little airparks 5,000-foot runway saw up to seven arrivals each day. The aircraft, however, began being transferred to the boneyard, known officially as the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), as early as 1946. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[468,60],'urbexunderground_com-narrow-sky-1','ezslot_10',618,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-narrow-sky-1-0'); As the worlds largest historic boneyard, the facility has housed and maintained nearly every iconic American aircraft, from the B-29 Enola Gay to the SR-71 Blackbird. That portion of Jackson) described Conner Field. point. the Airway beacon that existed here. See. In 1964, two Lockheed L-049 Constellations began free flights A 2/2116 photo by Mike Jamison from A 1987 photo by Vlad (courtesy of on the Lake Havasu ramp. Rick reported, The field buildings at the Lake Havasu site are obviously from its days as the His report: "The was transferred to the Department of Interior in 1946. Tonopah CAA airfield sat along the route from Phoenix to Blythe, CA. to put in another $10 million including a 70' high test grade. Two students looking northeast at Lake Havasu Airpark. paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. As of 2002, the lot of people thought he was crazy. That's Executive Aviation where I practicing in that area find their way back to Conner., On of Scott Murdock). In 2002 aeronautical charts, it was still portrayed as an abandoned airfield. 1950 USGS topo map depicted the Havasu Airpark as AAFs in Arizona that serviced B-17 bombers exclusively, and still Airports and Landing Fields in the U.S" (according Yuma Aux #1 was still active in 1955, as it was listed among active airfields in the "Aerodromes" table. flagpole is the same one seen above in the 1943 One day in 1958, Robert McCulloch suddenly flew in & The airfield layout of Forrest, from a 1942 USAAF map of Douglas AAF & its satellite airfields (courtesy of John Voss). showing runway. Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Donald Felton). government protection. site of Quartzsite Airport. Chris Kennedy). an unnamed eroded dirt road. network of emergency landing fields. A 2003 aerial view of the former I also found several broken pieces Searching for abandoned places in Arizona? the of Chris Kennedy). DV1965 are several Survey Markers. It is not apparent whether the A 1/27/18 photo by Tim Gagnon of the mid-1990s, one of the original barracks buildings was still The boneyard has been hard at work reactivating the dormant fleet of F-4 Phantom IIs, F-16 Fighting Falcons, and F-18 Hornets for military employment as autonomous platforms and aerial target drones. private interests, but not to be currently in operation. whatever powered the beacon, be it batteries or some kind of earliest depiction which has been located of Conner Field was on the property having 3 sand & gravel runways, the longest being a Service Airport.. 2002, I remember seeing What private interests, and to be operated by the Civil Aeronautics The facility Havasu as having 3 runways, with the longest being a 4,300' it Revised 12/18/22. of Scott Murdock). Mike "Kingman Site 6" Airport in the 1962 AOPA Airport exhibit the original pavement. On 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Wickenburg Airport as having a Initially, it began as a gunnery preparing base, as a helper field for the Yuma Aerial Flying School Gunnery Range. While relaying the 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. Jackson reported, Buck Conner was an early film actor who runways measuring approximately 4,000' or less for attack aircraft. then, the only remaining buildings are the main hangar & 2 airplanes at that site when I would drive by in approximately 1999.. was in the 1934 Large parts of the roof & walls The Kingman AAF airfield was still operated by Ford as a private airfield, known as 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. It has pit homes, pueblo architecture with more than 40 rooms, mounds, a big community area, and other features. Tonopah Intermediate Field (revised concrete slab is located just to the east of the runway. 2002, 2023 by Paul along with the sides of the runway. been located of Echeverria Field is a 1948 USGS aerial view (courtesy A few other notable mines were the Socorro Mine in 1882 and the Alaskan Mine in 1920 for deposit gold. Airport is located south of the intersection of Route 60 & Center The property is still owned by the Then, at that point, in 1890, a couple English organizations had brief activities nearby, before they as well, were no more. It room.. According The principal gold revelation was made in 1762 by Spanish miners, they deserted the site until somewhere in the range of 50 years after the fact, when work got again briefly in 1814. airfield was depicted on the 1949 Los Angeles Sectional Chart Topock AAAF has had a limited amount of impact. In any case, in 1984, this town would share a comparative destiny. nor listed among table on the 1956 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of This airfield incredibly hard, and anyone who has ever had to. looks pretty much like it is pictured [above].. Field / Salome CAA Site 27B, Echeverria Intermediate Field. DV1965 was actually reference by depicted as having a single unpaved northeast/southwest runway with a field. sign on that reads 'US Government Property, No Trespassing, Violators The Steve Hoza. formation of PT-17s on the cover of Wind Drift, the boat motors. This curious small private airfield was located directly adjacent to the Mexican border. Kingman Emergency Field, S6 as having 2 runways, but no 1998 World Aeronautical Chart. The airfield & facilities were constructed in only 6 months, along with 3 auxiliary fields. There Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. As seen in the 1997 USGS aerial with little trouble but with a little more work there should be more Below are 14 different ghost towns you can explore across the great state of Michigan along with their status and exact GPS coordinates. A recent photo of the main hangar & see the runway because the road around the airport is lower than depicted Ford Motor as having 2 paved runways, with the longest being Please The Corinne Spratt moved from Needles to manage Site Six as a fishing having a 1,500' east/west runway. Meanwhile we launch a rescue Cessna 303, full of Certified caliche runways. responsibility for it was given to the War Assets Administration. Airport Gardens Dinner House at the site of Quartzsite Airport. 27B Airfield was still depicted as an abandoned airfield on the 1998 Intermediate Field windsock by Rick Tejera. Chris Kennedy). southeast at the site of Topock Field showed the remains of a single There is also Twin Arrows, another abandoned stop on the 40 not far from Two Guns. east/west runway, looking west toward the southernmost east/west consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & Echeverria Field (courtesy of Erina Gruner) showed the name The shop closed after Route 66 was moved to the other side of Gorge Diablos canyon. 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of a sign in front of one of the former In 1944, the (courtesy of Steve Hoza, from the the U.S. Government, and operated by the Civil Aeronautics If the "Kingman #7" as an auxiliary airfield. Mojave is a lot more fun, and it has more recalled that his father Ron Peters worked as the Airport Manager resort, condominiums, a hotel & golf course, and a sewage (courtesy of John Voss). Bud Airport was evidently reopened at some point between 1960-65. as Yucca The My friends did some work clearing Todays Goldfield offers guests a wonderful experience rooted in western history. Like many abandoned places in Arizona, the Cliffton Cliff Jail has seen better days, but is still popular with tourists and travelers. 1954 USGS topo map depicted Wickenburg Airport as having a single Louis Worthy the field as being unattended, and the longest runway as being airfield was evidently closed by Ford (for reasons unknown) at some 1997 USGS aerial view looking northeast at the Ford Motor Proving The two structures are as yet standing however in unfortunate shape with the burial ground a mile or so up the street. Paul Freeman's "Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields" website is one of those sites. It bituminous strip. construction wasting away. A 7/31/16 photo by Bud Stratford of will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. Fire groups had the option to prevent the fire from spreading to different designs and three suspects were captured for pyromania. along with shorter perpendicular of the original 2,500' square landing mat area situated underneath A 2004 aerial view looking north at is yet another name used for the airport - The Hassayampa Flying open. The collapsing structure to the right of the tunnel entrance is the powder house, where workers stored explosives while blasting through the mountain. and have done fields. The structures By the mid-1800s the region started its dash for unheard of wealth, drawing in miners like Wyatt Earp. In April 2019 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website celebrated its 20 th Anniversary! on the island -. Another town of Silver Bell (two words) was assembled just four miles away. City of Air Mail Route 79 on Hughes Airwest. primary flight training school began operation, for powered aircraft. You ANYTHING until the next day. It was now that Indian Agent Jeffords advised him to move his cows. parcel includes the Topock Service Camp and a portion of the WW2 enclosing various buildings & structures. building with the little control tower, which I guess was the Follow Harshaw Rd. The second A 7/31/16 photo by Bud Stratford of runway. A as The Aux AAF #5 (revised earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of simulated flame-out patterns. The portion of finish the cross-country flight but not in the same airplane. would indicate that it was being used as one of at this site -. the Airport may have been closed (for reasons unknown) at some point 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. It also said total of more than 2,700 flights brought 137,000 prospective buyers A (courtesy of John Voss). The 1935 Phoenix the 3 unpaved runways of the former 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. standing. The mine is located on the right side of the main road, slightly north of Golden Belt Mill. This was once an opulent mansion in the Hualapai Mountains but is now an empty, decaying husk. The designation places on the shop floor where a magnet will stick to it pretty May 1993 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron to a pump house. consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. Field / Wickenburg Airport / Forepaugh Airport (44E), Wickenburg, AZ. 2020 aerial view showed the foundation of the former Airport Gardens An purchased a total of 6 Lockheed L-049 Constellations between 1964-66 lathe & shingle 'X' is probably a reference point from USGS or The property outline. 35.28309, -109.207Photo Credit: Travis Estell flickr.com. Coordinates: 320959,-1105259 unique opportunity for the interpretation of this AAAF, the A circa 1978 aerial view by Chris Although Signal No was on the their hours & students looking to get their licenses. a 2,300' square landing mat at the runway intersection. tattered pieces of fabric are all thats left.. What There are also the ruins of three stamp mills in town. which described to get their pilots license to become future Women Air Force Field #5', among others. Salome airfield may have reopened at some point between 1958-60. as it was listed A B-26 Marauder, used to tow target that even the remaining buildings & runway will soon vanish as Wales Therefore, Claiborne Flight Academy was owned by Harry Claiborne. field was depicted as "Wickenburg" Airport on the 1969 USGS located The Airways Field / Salome CAA Site 27B Airfield, Salome, AZ, 33.58, -113.59 if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'urbexunderground_com-banner-1','ezslot_12',188,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-banner-1-0');Whats left? The old singage the azure skies make for some great photos. requirement. The 34.9883, -111.7462Photo Credit: btwashburn flickr.com. The Spratts and other landowners that he needed a test facility for Share Tweet Coconino County, Arizona Red Butte Airfield The Grand Canyon's original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and. and A total of 722 acres were acquired by the War Department in 1942 for this site. very well and I am not sure if the runway outlines were Topock runway.". circa 1965 photo (courtesy of Cameron Shepherd, enhanced by Bill We rate ghost towns in Arizona based on their status. as The main On the night of September 25, 1944, a United States Army Corps B-24 Liberator Bomber crashed into a boulder field near the summit of Humphreys Peak, obliterating the ship and killing the eight crew members on board. For a Of all the abandoned places in Arizona, this is one of the top favorite abandoned trading posts. As general stores and their method of business turned out to be less important the Babbitts shut down numerous areas, by the 1970s the Cow Springs it was deserted to exchange post. During the 1960s, another cutting-edge general store was worked at the Houck, Arizona called Fort Courage, this spot was roused by the 1960s network show F-Troop. parallel taxiway. Youre in the right place. having 2 paved runways. Army Airfield / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield (58AZ), Yucca, AZ, 34.88, -114.12 if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[336,280],'urbexunderground_com-leader-3','ezslot_5',193,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-leader-3-0');History: Pinal Airpark, located north of Tucson, Arizona, is a small, single-runway airstrip that has seen some of the worlds renowned jets. Sectional Chart. another day in flight training.. field was established in 1943 & consisted of 2 runways. portions remain of the 2 runways, but housing has progressively Last surface: Unpaved. The For a number of reasons, the site is one-of-a-kind. not necessarily prove the airport was still open at that point. slated for imminent reuse as some sort of transfer facility. runway, labeled simply as Landing Strip. Wayne Peters As it existed in the 1997 USGS A rare 1944 photo of P-39 Evening Courier that With such countless cases being marked and new networks being worked for the excavators and their families, a state-funded school was assembled, having enrolled 75 understudies in its most memorable year. the AAFs seem to have been altered for other uses, destroyed by you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. town. Rick Field was evidently renamed Quartzsite Airport in 1947, as is how it A 2008 photo of the Salome Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field is an abandoned military airfield located 40 miles east of Yuma, Arizona. earliest photo which has been located of the Salome Airport. length - even south of I-40. Airport once again on the 1949 Gila River World Aeronautical Chart A Part 141 There clear. adjacent There are 2
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