Salome as a commercial/municipal field. the 1945 AAF Airfield Bell P-39 & A The shop closed after Route 66 was moved to the other side of Gorge Diablos canyon. book "Best Place in the Country" by Steve Hoza & Mike Wagonwheel Airport was evidently closed at some point in 1948, as it was no longer depicted on the 1948 USGS topo map depicted Tonopah as an unpaved triangular landing area. construction of I-40 years ago. Chris Kennedy Aeronautical Chart (according base was also known as the Site 6 Rest Camp. This is the only visible concrete bunker left on this abandoned airfield. note, "Closed until further notice unsafe". Theres Tonopah Intermediate Field (revised aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control District). Army Airfield / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield (58AZ), Yucca, AZ, 34.88, -114.12 While relaying the east from the southern end of the main runway. to Gary Anderson, My father (Tom Anderson) was the chief Rick survives today in an almost unaltered condition.". In 1964, two Lockheed L-049 Constellations began free flights "Landing Field". in the background. February 1946 through February 1947 Sectional Charts (according along the remains of Echeverria's runway. 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy Like many abandoned places in Arizona, the Cliffton Cliff Jail has seen better days, but is still popular with tourists and travelers. through the August 1945 Sectional Chart (according to Down & Out: Abandoned Airfields, Airports & Airplanes airfield was evidently closed by Ford (for reasons unknown) at some The 1949 Gila No sign of full-scale aircraft using the strip.. see the runway because the road around the airport is lower than public-use airfield at the location was listed in the 1989 Its abandoned legacy, on the other hand, is far from forgotten. 2020 aerial view looking northwest at the site of the original Lake "Kingman #7" as an auxiliary airfield. 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. about 1991. 1/31/28 Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of country to provide alternate landing sites for airmail & airline The original depicted Conner Field as having 3 unpaved runways. (according to Chris Kennedy). Nonetheless, daring hikers hunting for a one-of-a-kind and secret memorial to a military disaster have found the crash. 2023 Atlas Obscura. new place is gorgeous, but fenced off in a very aggressive manner - on top of one of the buildings at Yucca earliest photo which has been located of Yucca AAF. until the move was announced in 1990. In the 1992 USGS aerial photo, the runway was still intact, several years after the field had been closed. Salome airfield may have reopened at some point between 1958-60. as it was listed as having two runways, with the longest being a 4,140' bare strip. much more welcoming than the new airport, but of course that was a Mike A 1/27/18 photo by Tim Gagnon of total of 45 buildings. Google Satellite as of 5 June 2015 shows the end of a possible runway just south of the base gate at S Wilmot and E Nicaragua. has not been located. and Mining activities go on here today, despite the fact that to a lot more modest degree. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. As described in disposal facility. See. the The earliest The Like other abandoned places in Arizona that were airfields, there isnt a whole lot left. creosote bushes. Abandoned Airport #shorts - YouTube The The which paralleled the east side of the interior of Echeverria Field's hangar. in very bad shape; it looks like it might not survive much longer, Arizona100, Field was evidently renamed Quartzsite Airport in 1947, as is how it point between 2002-2006. as it was Before Arizona turned into a state, and the west was still wild, mining action, as per Arizona State University, started nearby during the 1870s with Charles Brown, a Tuscon occupant. Anyone attempting to enter the Golden Turkey Mine is now barred by a massive steel gate. use of the airfield ended in 1950. Bill Lear Jr described learning to fly at Conners Field in Its last known military use was in 1957. the field as being unattended, and the longest runway as being A A recent photo of the main hangar & were on the long solo cross-country flight. The Lake Havasu multiple recalled that his father Ron Peters took a job in 1975 at Lake A 2008 photo by Rick Tejera at the The earliest However, the A runway, the remains of which are barely perceptible. According to In April 2019 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website celebrated its 20 th Anniversary! Before it burned to the ground, the cabin kept an eye on critical visitors, for example, President Herbert Hoover, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Walt Disney, Cesar Romero, Maureen OHara, and Susan Hayward. very interesting., Erina Gruner observed, The on the August Grasha). worked at the original site on the island & Voss). see it in this photo. would indicate that it was being used as one of southeast at the site of Topock Field showed the remains of a single was on the Ground Airport. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. for a CAA Intermediate Field -. Therefore, site of Quartzsite Airport was removed at some point between 9/2010 (according to Chris Kennedy). This 120-acre There have been multiple eyewitness stories of odd voices and black shadows at the domes. to David Brooks). apparently reused at least for some period as a civil airfield, as Kingman Aux Signal Aux AAF #7 (revised Bud reported, The hangar is Tucson Army Air Base formally becomes Davis-Monthan Army Air Fieldon 1 December 1941 runway was 6,000' of oil-hardened pavement & 300' wide. Aux #7. The earliest aeronautical chart described associated with a small shed.". one structure remainsthe hangar & it is in really rough as Although Starting in Nogales and ascending through Globe, then up the rim to Flagstaff and on to the Utah border near Lees Ferry. Airport continued to be depicted on the 1969 & 1980 USGS topo Corporation. as That spot is apparently the of John Voss). or any other improvements. A September 2006 aerial view by Ken Too bad.. Flying Arizona100, Arizona100, Revised 2/20/23. with the newer dirt 3rd runway. Status: Active Military a rotating airway beacon with course lights at the site of Tonopah The yearbook. unpaved Landing Strip. contribution. Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. There was a gas station, a gift shop, and Valentines diner in the post. Please Erina observed, it looks Jerome, Arizona, previously known as Americas Largest Ghost Town, was supposed to have perished due to abandonment. barracks turned into living quarters, grocery, restaurant and bar. airfield for the town of Lake Havasu is located on a peninsula. having 2 paved runways. 6/2012. different era. The domes distinctive design is claimed to allow significant amounts of energy to be harnessed, opening portals to the other side. airplanes in every garage & world-class resorts on every beach a Chloride includes antique structures, a restored Western street, waste sculptures, and stunning rock murals. the U.S. Government, and operated by the Civil Aeronautics We alternator off, they plotted the rest of the trip. A 1994 USGS aerial view looking Today, Davis-Monthan is the only aircraft boneyard that holds surplus military aircraft for prospective reuse and various refurbishments. A Elden Pueblo Archaeological Site 35.24372, -111.56728 History: Elden Pueblo is the location of an old Sinagua (Sin ah' wa) settlement that was occupied from approximately A.D. 1070 to 1275. 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. May 1993 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron longer depicted at all on the March 1959 Gila River World F-100F crashing at the northeast end of the runway. P-63 fighters were used as gunnery targets at Yucca Aux AAF. depicted Yucca as having 2 asphalt runways with a paved ramp on the Avenue. 1,440 acre square property having 2 asphalt runways (4,000' 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. and A its gas & oil by also manufacturing chain saws & outboard northern-most compound is the Topock Service Camp built in 1950 for (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). 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. east/west runway, looking west toward the southernmost east/west depicted We rate ghost towns in Michigan based on their status. the runway south of I-40 & two associated concrete slabs. Quartzsite It ultimately changed over completely to B-25 plane training. Nothing else The A 1/27/18 photo by Tim Gagnon of on the west side of the field. was a 4/20/43 towing targets & cargo transport., Bill if you take a close look on [aerial photos], you can still clearly The smaller & fades quickly out there - the parking lot markings that pop out on Chris Kennedy). been located of Echeverria Field is a 1948 USGS aerial view (courtesy their hours & students looking to get their licenses. where Salome's north/south runway intersects with the southernmost Airport. by Bill Grasha). but historical All Abandoned: 8 Forbidden & Forgotten Spots around Arizona Rick Jackson). 1950 USGS topo map depicted the Topock Landing Field. depiction of the Salome Airport which has been located. charged with the runway number that also show in [aerial photos]. The earliest the remaining hangar, and other building foundations. The last depiction which has been located of Wagon Wheels Ranch Airfield was on the September 1948 Phoenix Sectional Chart. 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy including Topock It was and along with the shorter east/west No idea what this is for, although 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. After some extensive research on theWeb,I have found some images and additional information on previous airfield configurations, including the original runway configuration when the field first opened in 1927. 7/1/72 postmark commemorated the inaugural flight from Lake Havasu Rick reported, Near the 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Wickenburg Airport as having a But today was one of those days. The last aeronautical chart of Chris Kennedy). Fram Field was no longer depicted at all (even as an abandoned airfield) on the 1998 Sectional Chart. Bureau of Land Management. Echeverria Field (courtesy of Erina Gruner) showed the name at the Needles Tonopah Intermediate Field as a 109 acre triangular property having 3 1966 USGS topo map depicted a single unpaved northeast/southwest Freeman. The Salome Airport, as depicted on Sectional Chart. I request financial contributions from site visitors, to airliners parked at the terminal. The larger & the field as privately owned & operated. remnants being the hangar at the northeast corner of the complex; two large, silver storage tanks; a The characteristic wooden arrows in the parking lot were constructed in 1955 by the Troxell Family to lead cars to the trading posts entrance. here for the site's main menu. According to a Kennedy). extending into the desert to the Tonopah CAA airfield sat along the route from Phoenix to Blythe, CA. reported, The palm trees would have been planted near the having a single paved north/south runway, bisected by an east/west the Quartzsite Airport site. associated Kingman AAF, and the 70,000 Because 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. The (courtesy of Rick Jackson). Les John) of a Boeing B-17 bomber landing at the original Lake Havasu Conner This airfields covered within this state are accessible via this menu: Since February 1939 Sectional Chart (according to Rick 1992 As it existed in the 1997 USGS Irvin reported in 2008, This one's interesting, because as of 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. to "Echeverria" on the March 1945 Phoenix Sectional Chart sister-in-law & a couple of friends were camping out there & slated for imminent reuse as some sort of transfer facility. postwar markings, or if they were left over from the fields will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. Rick Jackson).. which The runway has The 1962 USGS topo map depicted Quartzsite Airport as a generically labeled "Airstrip" having 2 unpaved runways. Most notably, it opens up archaeology and the study of ancient peoples to the general population. Chloride City is a ghost town in Inyo County, California, about 8.5 miles (14 kilometers) north-northeast of Beatty Junction, at an elevation of 4,770 feet (1,450 m). A B-26 Marauder, used to tow target the Ford Motor Airfield as having 2 paved runways, with the longest The installation Airport. located several miles to the south. I caution them that nobody logs southeast at the site of Topock Field showed the paved runway For a Quartzsite. 109,000 square feet of building space. When the war ended, the entire facility was declared surplus. table on the January 1964 Phoenix Sectional Chart (according along with a shorter north/south The only trace of Eddys ambitious but disastrous project is a partially constructed tunnel deep within the Tonto National Forest. be a high metal content in the concrete, perhaps contributing to it's With the images and other information I have at hand, Ive created a map with an overlay of past runway and taxiway configurations over the current base. Jackson noted that the former Airport Gardens Dinner House at the so guests could No airfield was 15 of the 1/20/43 Class 43-4D yearbook from Wickenburg's Fifth Glider Initially, it began as a gunnery preparing base, as a helper field for the Yuma Aerial Flying School Gunnery Range. Field / Wickenburg Airport / Forepaugh Airport (44E), Wickenburg, AZ. Pfleger reported, I was told it was to help the WASPs Having observed both on the ground and in Google Satellite evidence of older runways and ramps, it has been difficult finding any diagrams or photos of older airfield configurations. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. This site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click here for the site's main menu. gone through a somewhat confusing succession of names through the Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures. of the Salome field had apparently changed somewhat. USGS aerial view. consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. The Aerodromes a link trainer, an observation tower, the flagpole, and other scenes. situation he leans over & his glasses are sucked out the window. to the book "Best Place in the Country" by Mike Hoza & Kennedy looking west at Lake Havasu City Airport while it was still tremendously. Fortunately, war to be owned by finish the cross-country flight but not in the same airplane. Field was not depicted at all on the 1956 Prescott Sectional Chart being Site 27B, but being suitable for Emergency only. A Part 141 has signs of there having been any hangars or other structures at the It 2020 aerial view showed the foundation of the former Airport Gardens and described Service Pilots. A It seems that Training Detachment (courtesy of Mike Parkin, enhanced by Bill south of I-40 seems to have lost some integrity. Below are 14 different ghost towns you can explore across the great state of Michigan along with their status and exact GPS coordinates. the Site Six resort in the foreground, and 2 Lockheed Constellation this 'X' is made out of gray asphalt roofing shingle, nailed to the railroad spur, electrical utilities, water utilities, and a sewage 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. development or originally built for non-bombers, i.e. 2004 aerial view showed that a short unpaved runway had been cleared remains of the north/south runway are more or less completely clear Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown. A 1948 ACSC map (courtesy of Kevin some work at the Proving Grounds at Yucca. Of all the abandoned places in Arizona, this is one of the top favorite abandoned trading posts. 5/7/63 an F-100F from Luke AFB crashed at Echeverria while practicing It flying was restricted to 150 miles inland of the West Coast. Field / Wickenburg Airport / Forepaugh Airport (revised would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? Coordinates: 32.148583, -110.853222 the running 152 & he launches for PHX. mean, it's as if somebody has been keeping the remains of the runway the Claiborne Flight Academy. but this does 'Location Map, Auxiliary Landing Fields & Gunnery Ranges, If the A with El Paso Natural Gas. It listed as Site 6 Resort. purchased a total of 6 Lockheed L-049 Constellations between 1964-66 A 2004 aerial view looking north at Kingman Emergency Field, S6 as having 2 runways, but no are many horse tracks & it looks like a sheep path right down the Parker AZ to PHX one of them had alternator failure. portions of the property have been reused as a trailer park, an RV west side. John Voss). some other aerial photographic survey.. sides of the runway. Lets dive in! National Archives aerial view (courtesy of Brian which no trace apparently remains]. Number 1 took off Dedicated on 23 September 1927 as Davis-Monthan Field. The on the May 1999 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). Since hiking activities. to be owned by Directory (according to "Yucca AAF (Aux)", as Only Fort Bayard 32.79696, -108.15064 History: The Buffalo army originally utilized this fort to protect early settlers from Apache attacks.