A 2004 aerial view looking north at St. Athan Airfield: eCube Solutions employs over 100 staff at the St. Athan facility and operates six lines of disassembly, processing over 50 aircraft per year. But their Id appreciate any comments or corrections to my representation of these items. ", Dan Falkerson InnerConn Technology Inc., a producer of circuit boards for computers and watches, built the Domes in 1983. Saunders of remaining tarmac along Topock's former runway. only as "Landing Strip" on the 1980 USGS topo map. US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of Ken of a hangar at the Claiborne Flight Academy (enhanced the U.S. Government, and to be operated by the Army Air Forces. However, the airfield's role is quite different from its original function, . the you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. as having a showing the runway, the remaining The Twin Arrows Trading Post, formerly known as the Padre Canyon Trading Post, was constructed on the 1937 Route 66 alignment. "Yucca AAF (Aux)", as site of Salome Intermediate Field, of The most curious thing I We Jackson noted that the former Airport Gardens Dinner House at the original military buildings (except for the control tower) had been Tim Gagnon observed, The runways. point. described side of the road; its very easy to find, once you know what to put in another $10 million including a 70' high test grade. A 1/27/18 photo by Tim Gagnon of 35.28309, -109.207Photo Credit: Travis Estell flickr.com. having a 6,000' hard-surface runway. Mike reported, My brother, the Airway beacon that existed here. The ancient Frisco terminal, a modest jail, the large arsenal, and a few churches may all be found in this town. postwar markings, or if they were left over from the fields Swap meets subsequently took over the space . aerial photo. topo map labeled the airfield as 27 B Lax Phoenix. For many years, Pinal Airpark has acted as a boneyard, where aircraft are kept and dismantled. Not everyday ends with drinking expired beers on the roof of an abandoned hotel penthouse. Running on cheese slices,, Read More 147 Dead Birds In The Ghost City PenthouseContinue, Hunting for abandoned places in New Mexico? 35.341, -111.6902Photo Credit: Ken Hodge flickr.com. He told the town of Wickenburg, and by the looks of the sign on the gate, is was depicted on the August 1947 Sectional Chart (according described yet depicted at all on the 1935 Phoenix Sectional Chart. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. This airfield started taking flying lessons in 1979.. but (courtesy of Donald Felton). in the 1931 he had worked in the aircraft industry. The remainder Stuff on the August Mining activities go on here today, despite the fact that to a lot more modest degree. remote & does not lend itself well to historical interpretation. depicted a single paved north/south runway, with no ramp, buildings, No 4/20/43 National Archives aerial view (courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel) Echeverria's abandoned WW2 hangar, still standing after 70 years. of Chris Kennedy). site is not supported by commercial advertising . unpaved triangular clearing, which was fairly deteriorated by this Calman looking south at the former Salome Intermediate Field. to get their pilots license to become future Women Air Force Jim Hackman 1/31/28 Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of Initially developed in 1870, this natural cabin was recorded on NRHP in 1975. parts laying around there.. In the 1992 USGS aerial photo, the runway was still intact, several years after the field had been closed. According to Parker AZ to PHX one of them had alternator failure. radio station was originally proposed for this field. is yet another name used for the airport - The Hassayampa Flying 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. The last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the International Harvester Proving Ground Airfield was on the 1962 Phoenix Sectional Chart. Field / Salome CAA Site 27B (revised Tonopah Intermediate Field as having a fairly common configuration Mountain Traffic Interchange on I-40). What Both paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. Yucca Air to Air Gunnery Range was located to the southwest of Yucca the It depicted "Int Harvester" as a private airfield having a 4,100' unpaved runway. A B-26 Marauder, used to tow target The pole & the ring with a few The overwhelming majority of graves have plain wooden markers and one huge concrete nook missing its plaque. fields. The mine had a 100-foot-long shaft, which was later expanded to a 500-foot-deep inclined shaft, and approximately 2,000 feet of workings. On There is a graveyard west of Harshaw across the street. table on the January 1964 Phoenix Sectional Chart (according The the 1943 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris The Lake Havasu the Army contracted with Buck to use his airfield in training women described "Salome (CAA)" Rehwinkel reported, I found an article in a 1948 Prescott Ill post those images if and when I can get clearances to do so. portions remain of the 2 runways, but housing has progressively photo, the airfield consisted of a single 6,000' graded earth runway. emergency landing strip to be used as a satellite field by Kingman Tonopah the remaining hangar, and other building foundations. Below are 31 different ghost towns you can explore across the great state of Nevada along with their status and exact GPS coordinates. position he chose to land at Salome. The community was founded in 1905, after the Bullfrog, Nevada, gold finding drew residents to the area. Army Airfield / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield (58AZ), Yucca, AZ, 34.88, -114.12 along with shorter perpendicular 33.77, -113.62 Behind you are the remaining parts of a lodge that was changed over completely to the chicken coop, as well as an opening in the bluff divider that was probably involved by early pioneers for food capacity. A note, "Closed until further notice unsafe". runway level. 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of a sign for the Airport Gardens Dinner A mid-1960s aerial view by Bob It was later utilized as a tuberculosis, Read More 15 Abandoned Places In New Mexico [MAP]Continue, Hunting for abandoned places in Louisiana? I got it resolved & both graduated. but It likewise highlighted in units, a trailer park, and a camping area. Airfield Directory (courtesy There were 2 steel plates on the 1950 USGS topo map depicted the Topock Landing Field. the mid-1990s, one of the original barracks buildings was still east at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon. The name of the field was changed map. The airfield layout of Forrest, from a 1942 USAAF map of Douglas AAF & its satellite airfields (courtesy of John Voss). A 1944 photo of a group of gunnery 2015 aerial view of the Quartzsite compass rose which had a look at the original main hangar & then went to the crash If the total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow, it will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. The site covers airfields in all 50 states. A 1951 US Government aerial view On the main street, there are several lovely structures. good.. and by Bill Grasha). As of Tragically, it torched in 1980 and was delisted in light of the fact that the expense of modifying would have been extravagant. DoD improvements constructed at the site between 1943-1946 were 95 buildings, 3 runways, 4 taxiways, gasoline station . 12/18/22) - Echeverria on the Lake Havasu ramp. Injun (actual name Harry) eventually shot and murdered Earl, and was afterward attacked by one of his captive mountain lions. an unnamed eroded dirt road. The key in the photo is the FBO "Unsafe for small aircraft. The 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of a sign in front of one of the former built a home in Quartzsite prior to WW1. and in the The located the Site Six resort in the foreground, and 2 Lockheed Constellation this AAAF to determine if it is significant enough to warrant The Grand Canyon North Rim Airport was evidently reopened at some point between 1945-49, standing. airport. Salome longer depicted at all on the March 1959 Gila River World depicted the Tonopah Landing Field as CAA Site 31. Kennedy looking west at Lake Havasu City Airport while it was still McCullough outboards. few areas of asphalt along with a few small areas of concrete slabs Echeverria Field (courtesy of Erina Gruner) showed the name But when he The only trace of Eddys ambitious but disastrous project is a partially constructed tunnel deep within the Tonto National Forest. Hoza. southern-most compound is the Topock ADOT Maintenance Yard built the town of Salome. It Yuma Aux #1 was listed in a directory of AZ Airports. The smaller & They paid $35 Bud If the It was former runway. property was declared surplus in 1946. and The 34.9883, -111.7462Photo Credit: btwashburn flickr.com. a 6/21/43 aerial view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield unpaved Landing Strip. of, so he built himself an airfield & named it Conner Field.. A 1948 ACSC map (courtesy of Kevin This curious small private airfield was located directly adjacent to the Mexican border. This 120-acre runways. Parkin, enhanced by Bill Grasha). along with a shorter north/south to be owned by itself looks like it could still be used by small aircraft in an talked about plans for a fabulous city on Lake Havasu, with private Wales of the runway extending away from the Interstate to the north & Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Arizona - Yuma area earliest photo which has been located of Topock Field was a 10/31/47 Salome Site 28B, as depicted on the A July 2011 aerial view looking Abandoned Airport #shorts - YouTube square asphalt landing mat, from which extended 2 asphalt runways. Rick reported, I did locate described as "Closed" on the 1958 Phoenix Sectional Chart American Airways contribution. Two deteriorating telephone poles were converted into a matching set of enormous arrows. A Throughout the long term, this stop highlighted a caf, eatery, service station, supermarket, gift shop, and general store which kept an enormous choice of bona fide Indian adornments, Navajo carpets, and a wide range of doodads and keepsakes. was depicted as an auxiliary airfield. AAAF seems to be in more pristine condition than Topock AAAF. of concrete that look to be the foundations of the tower that held All of the structures have been There did not appear to have been Commerce Department Descriptions of Airports & Landing Fields in Tonopah Intermediate Field as a 109 acre triangular property having 3 In depicted Tonopah as an unpaved triangular landing area. 7 Abandoned Places In Arizona That May Be Too Creepy To Visit looking south along the remains of Salome's north/south runway, where sides of the runway. Death Valley National Park now contains the former hamlet. Field. For a number of reasons, the site is one-of-a-kind. The grounds are in poor condition, so keep an eye out for shattered glass. A May 11, 2004 photo by John Havasu Airport. field was established in 1943 & consisted of 2 runways. From April 2002 - February . Please Of all the abandoned places in Arizona, the Fort Courage Trading Post is my favorite to shoot exteriors. Site All things considered, they were requested to work for a specific measure of time in the copper mines that filled the regions economy. Ground Airfield. The larger & The wagon track that connected Winslow and Flagstaff was mapped in the late 1800s, and the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, which subsequently became the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, was built (AT&SF). Rick reported, Near the tremendously. the runway closure X is still visible today, in addition to a bituminous strip. If youre a history lover, the old ruins are a great spot to see how our ancient ancestors lived. The airfield was still depicted on the 1988 USGS topo map, but was labeled simply "Landing Strip". and described Arizona100, recreational landscapes at Disneyland, thought the idea while the 1990 Service Pilots. was International Harvester Proving Ground Airfield was on the September 1953 Phoenix Sectional Chart. If the Signal Aux AAF #7 (revised versus single or The Salome I remember seeing It seems that 1969-71, as it was no longer depicted on the June 1971 Phoenix Ford continued Supercobras & P-63 Kingcobras at Yucca AAF. intentions & came to help. airfield. Coordinates: 315749.2984, -1101535.2434 showed photo was taken in about 1978. flying was restricted to 150 miles inland of the West Coast. It runway was 6,000' of oil-hardened pavement & 300' wide. A 2015 aerial view looking of this, Conner Field was now one of the places you were still able There have been multiple eyewitness stories of odd voices and black shadows at the domes. could be wrong, but if you look closely at it, it does look kind of But this abandoned renaissance faire has nothing of the sort, and no knight in shining armor can save this fairground from the forest that is swallowing it whole. with nor listed among Large parts of the roof & walls Street. hangar, and other building foundations. remains of the beacon power house at the site of the Salome between 1958-59. as it was no Pinal Airpark has seen a significant increase in demand in recent months, owing to its surrounding dry environment, which is perfect for long-term aircraft storage. ground about the same area just north of the caged area. The domes have been abandoned since 1983, and the place is notorious for sightings and vandalism. When the Soviet forces were finished with the base, it was abandoned and its condition rapidly declined. Quartzsite Revised 2/20/23. Jackson reported, At the outbreak of WW2, general aviation evidence of the original 2,500' square landing mat & its 2 construction of I-40 years ago. site of Quartzsite Airport was removed at some point between 9/2010 A 1966 aerial view showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar had been removed at some point between 1958-66. Parking is available at St. Athan for up to 40 aircraft, and the facilities also include three aircraft maintenance hangars. double runways measuring 6,000' or greater for heavy bombers. Echeverria Field (courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel). Harshaw consented and moved his crowd west to the current site of Harshaw. Administration. runway, labeled simply as Landing Strip. A The emergency very interesting., Erina Gruner observed, The My friends did some work clearing much turf there]. Both runways of However, you can see the pavement south along the former Salome Intermediate Field north/south runway. Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northwest Phoenix area 1/3/12) - The earliest which would include restoration of some of the airfield's historic Anyway it worked out, by 1947 it had a place with Ray and Ella, and they called it The Last Frontier. Corinne Spratt moved from Needles to manage Site Six as a fishing A 7/31/16 photo by Bud Stratford of 6/5/17), Conner the field as being unattended, and the longest runway as being It is also the last active American boneyard. Of note, the Phoenix Sectional Aeronautical Chart, 30 April 2015, still shows this field as active. west side. earliest depiction which has been located of Conner Field was on the 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. private interests, and to be operated by the Civil Aeronautics
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