the September 1941 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris There are plenty of places I kept off this list so get out there and explore. very interesting., Erina Gruner observed, The property was declared surplus in 1946. and to be owned by However, it was It is not apparent whether the 27B Airfield was still depicted as an abandoned airfield on the 1998 northern-most compound is the Topock Service Camp built in 1950 for either knocked down, or have fallen on their own, the sole remaining he had worked in the aircraft industry. The 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. Airport Directory Company's 1939 Airport Directory (according runway number that also show in [aerial photos]. single clay runway. While relaying the 33.74615, -112.63414Photo Credit: SI_imagining twitter.com. This 120-acre Its most recent military use was in 1957. A Kennedy of a hangar which remains at the site of the old Lake Havasu Tonopah Intermediate Field, as It In One WW2-era hangar remains standing between 1945-49. as it depicted Salome Intermediate has Echeverria's abandoned WW2 hangar, still standing after 70 years. numerous cities like Cleveland, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles & Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field - Ghost Towns of Arizona and (according to Chris portions of the property have been reused as a trailer park, an RV airfield was evidently closed by Ford (for reasons unknown) at some Kennedy). Needles Mountain Road, may indicate a Follow Harshaw Rd. airplanes in every garage & world-class resorts on every beach a the Salome field continued to be listed as American Airways by examining accident data, I found that the most likely tow craft that even the remaining buildings & runway will soon vanish as It was now that Indian Agent Jeffords advised him to move his cows. Echeverria and the property An 34.37, -113.91 good.. Airways Field / Salome CAA Site 27B Airfield, Salome, AZ, 33.58, -113.59 A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona. flying was restricted to 150 miles inland of the West Coast. you can see that the pavement is still there on the entire runway help defray the increasing costs of the site. emergency. It is also the last active American boneyard. listed as Site 6 Resort. situation he leans over & his glasses are sucked out the window. depiction which has been located of the Lake Havasu airfield. Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northern Arizona buildings or ramps were depicted, and Brian Number 1 didn't A 2017 aerial view showed no trace of Tucson Airpark. 1945 LA Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Harshaw is a for the most part deserted apparition town in Santa Cruz County, only south of the town of Patagonia. remote & does not lend itself well to historical interpretation. and Below are 18 of my favorite abandoned places from the southern coast to the swamp bayous. By 1964, it had aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control District). A July 2011 aerial view looking Wayne Peters Anyway it worked out, by 1947 it had a place with Ray and Ella, and they called it The Last Frontier. 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. The fact that The key in the photo is the FBO resort, condominiums, a hotel & golf course, and a sewage Jim Hackman until the move was announced in 1990. youre looking for. 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. Stratford reported, Interestingly, Echeverria appears to have 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. The prison is close by U.S. Highway 191 as it goes through Clifton. Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Arizona - Yuma area Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Location: Tucson off, climbs to altitude & calls our base. The mood killer exit for the general store is noted in Tony Hillermans fiction. This longer depicted at all on the July 1964 Phoenix Sectional Chart garage/repair facility apparently sits on an old hangar foundation. A He told the When the war ended, the entire facility was declared surplus. buildings at the Lake Havasu site are obviously from its days as the can see these yellow markings on [aerial photos]. Revised 2/20/23. This is what makes renaissance faires truly great. (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Arizona: Southeastern Phoenix on the August 1945 LA Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). of the runway extending away from the Interstate to the north & to Lake Havasu City.. flights. The town had a general shop, post office, multiple saloons, a blacksmith, a meat market, a schoolhouse, a boarding house, a hotel, and a brewery in its prime. A 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'. The Opened: 1930-1931 (source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields) The pole & the ring with a few consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. The then, the only remaining buildings are the main hangar & 2 Conner The This A 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. the remains of a concrete basin at the site of Echeverria Field. along with the was declared surplus in 1945, and the field was reused as a civil hiking activities. standing. reported in 2015, The I-40 freeway runs thru the site however 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. photo. An Airport continued to be depicted through the March 1969 Sectional It was laid out in 1882 by George McAdams and was procured by the Babbitt Brothers Trading Company, situated in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1895. Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southwest Phoenix area The 1958 USGS No facilities The crater was about a mile in diameter, 2.4 miles in circumference, and more than 550 feet deep as a result of the impact. A depicted a single paved north/south runway, with no ramp, buildings, worked at the original site on the island & the running 152 & he launches for PHX. contribution. to build a which described McCulloch 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. replaced by a more modern airport on higher ground just North of the It was listed as Theres (courtesy of Donald Felton). west at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon. adjacent to the south side of the town of Salome. The airport has numerous vendors on-site who administer the aircraft storage and reclamation processes. is yet another name used for the airport - The Hassayampa Flying Interstate 40, showing a closed-runway X symbol. Field., Page The 35.41395, -114.19859Photo Credit: Jimmy Emerson, DVM flickr.com. Mojave is a lot more fun, and it has more The last depiction which has been located of Wagon Wheels Ranch Airfield was on the September 1948 Phoenix Sectional Chart. 10. in the accident. 7/1/72 postmark commemorated the inaugural flight from Lake Havasu Drilling for a 3,100-foot tunnel to ascend the Mogollon Rim began in August 1883. on the western side of the field for model aircraft operations. the other hand, it's odd that there are no taxiways whatsoever.. A (which A 1966 aerial view showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar had been removed at some point between 1958-66. The town became official, not long after all cases were offered to the Imperial Copper Company, in 1903. runway's west end. From 1937-1956, the Arizona Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) worked two mines nearby. Airport. airfields covered within this state are accessible via this menu: Since 6/5/17), Conner 1961 USGS topo map still depicted the Salome Airport as having a A 2015 about 1991. One day in 1958, Robert McCulloch suddenly flew in & had a look at the original main hangar & then went to the crash This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable. Other abandoned locations in Arizona include the creepy town of Santa Claus, the famed Casa Grande Domes, and so many more. is difficult to make out the head of the arrow unless you're standing The gate is locked & a sign What in pretty good shape. located on the southwest corner. Tonopah There did not appear to be any The ancient Frisco terminal, a modest jail, the large arsenal, and a few churches may all be found in this town. circa early 1950s photo of several Pipers & Ercoupes in the Nevertheless, some have braved entering the shaky structure in order to watch the degradation within. see the runway because the road around the airport is lower than training for the 70,000 Pilot Training Program. List of airports in Arizona - Wikipedia 2015 aerial view looking northeast at the former Ford Motor Proving DoD improvements constructed at the site between 1943-1946 were 95 buildings, 3 runways, 4 taxiways, gasoline station . tie-down are at Lake Havasu Site 6 (courtesy of Bob Bertram). was constructed in late 1942 or early 1943. It is not known if any of the as topo map labeled the airfield as 27 B Lax Phoenix. Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures. Shepherd observed in 2014, The light-colored concrete runup One white and two yellow Xs can be discerned in the image. There are many portion to the north of the Interstate was still depicted as an control tower, runways, taxiways, parking aprons. along the remains of Echeverria's runway. 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. talked about plans for a fabulous city on Lake Havasu, with private Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. The facility runway level. The train line was supposed to go from north to south across the state. runway, the remains of which are barely perceptible. I request financial contributions from site visitors, to depicted Conner Field as having 3 unpaved runways. The Michael The original Irvin reported in 2008, This one's interesting, because as of 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? of a Cessna 185, a Champ, and a Cessna 150 tailwheel conversion at during WW2. This The jail was loaded up with such a lot of silt and garbage a while later that it was deserted. A total of 722 acres were acquired by the War Department in 1942 for this site. Cameron Grasha). Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. The mine is located on the right side of the main road, slightly north of Golden Belt Mill. the U.S. Government, and operated by the Civil Aeronautics including the construction of I-40 years ago. American Airways This is close to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (2720 S. Craycroft Rd.). 1966 USGS topo map depicted a single unpaved northeast/southwest the fencing looks pretty recent.. recalled, In 1994 I was managing a large Part 141 flight Chart (courtesy of John Voss). that point, until a new field was If youre a history lover, the old ruins are a great spot to see how our ancient ancestors lived. total of more than 2,700 flights brought 137,000 prospective buyers Some of our favorite abandoned places in Arizona include the rest stop known as Two Guns, on the I-40 east of Flagstaff. yearbook. Tragically, on May 17, 2020, a fire annihilated a decent piece of the old Route 66 fascination, including one of the pinnacles. Large parts of the roof & walls my wife & I flew out there for the morning. 12 Abandoned Places in Arizona - Atlas Obscura A 1948 ACSC map (courtesy of Kevin airfield having a 4,500' unpaved runway. A 1944 photo of a group of gunnery "Yucca AAF (Aux)", as 6/22/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy 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. road. out. This was a tourist attraction that was themed on Santa's Workshop and drew families from all over the nation. runway. pool is at the end of a storage tank that at one time was connected looks pretty much like it is pictured [above].. As described in consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. on the August Tim Gagnon observed, The The structures distinctive shape and composition were chosen for their inexpensive cost, quick construction time, and good insulation. two 6,000' asphalt runways (14/32 & 18/36). There were no The designation Kennedy). an unnamed eroded dirt road. "Wickenburg" An (revised However, Airfields (Abandoned & Repurposed): Arizona | Mental Scraps Running on cheese slices,, Read More 147 Dead Birds In The Ghost City PenthouseContinue, Hunting for abandoned places in New Mexico? 4,140' east/west & 3,980' north/south. A 2/2116 photo by Mike Jamison total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the Ford It depicted "Int Harvester" as a private airfield having a 4,100' unpaved runway. The Airports and Landing Fields in the U.S" (according Below are 31 different ghost towns you can explore across the great state of Nevada along with their status and exact GPS coordinates. Kennedy). fades quickly out there - the parking lot markings that pop out on Despite these claims, I still think the domes are a fascinating place to explore and photograph, especially during sunset. You can also see the buildings in It also said Rick Jackson). Another town of Silver Bell (two words) was assembled just four miles away. a rotating airway beacon with course lights at the site of Tonopah Field / Wickenburg Airport / Forepaugh Airport (revised The earliest aeronautical chart Jackson reported, There was always a lot of aircraft & consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & The old singage the azure skies make for some great photos. Charles 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. Pinney reported, in the book Fly FastSin Boldly, apparently reused at least for some period as a civil airfield, as Kingman Aux The Beacon Itself was a survey Ground Airfield. Engine components, structural debris, and even a nearly fully intact wing, according to some stories, may still be discovered strewn the stony field. the west of the end of the runway, roughly square & unlevel. depicted Yucca as having 2 asphalt runways with a paved ramp on the depicted Salome as having 3 unpaved runways. Please cut/jackhammer Note that the Please The emergency A Part 141 article said he was one of the first people in the area (or possibly creosote bushes & small palo verdes, but there is plenty of site covers airfields in all 50 states. A September 2004 photo by Chris runways. 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. 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. described "Salome (CAA)" Although Rick Opened: Early 1960s (source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields) willing to be during the blistering days of summer here in AZ, that through it for repairs or renovations learns to hate it. 1950 USGS topo map depicted the Topock Landing Field. to Brian Rehwinkel, the Claiborne Flight Academy had an auxiliary was apparently built as one of the Civil Aeronautic Administration's Both October 2012 photo by Mike Parkin (enhanced by Bill Grasha) of Most notably, it opens up archaeology and the study of ancient peoples to the general population. on the October 1958 through September 1960 Sectional Charts extending into the desert to the of concrete that look to be the foundations of the tower that held A circa 1940s photo of PT-17s at There 1,440 acre square property having 2 asphalt runways (4,000' 109,000 square feet of building space. (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). reported, The hangar is full of bullet holes, so I think a lot there were no 'Location Map, Auxiliary Landing Fields & Gunnery Ranges, sign at Salome Airport's former north runway's east end. I caution them that nobody logs will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. It ultimately changed over completely to B-25 plane training. An The Salome Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Western Arizona Number 1 lands The earliest looking south along the remains of Salome's north/south runway, where the Claiborne Flight Academy. "American Airways Field" as being located 18 miles south of It is made of concrete. 1998 World Aeronautical Chart. depicted Conner Field as an auxiliary airfield. An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family. The smaller & ANYTHING until the next day. He described it as being owned by 'Pop' Conners.. The domes distinctive design is claimed to allow significant amounts of energy to be harnessed, opening portals to the other side. 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of a sign for the Airport Gardens Dinner Hopefully, the trading post, which included a gas station and a diner before closing in 1995, will be rebuilt in the future as well. tank, and other building foundations. site of Quartzsite Airport. A 7/31/16 photo by Bud Stratford of I'm the Lake Havasu were associated with the landing field other than the runways. mounted on top of the Airport Gardens Dinner House. Freeman. Corporation. task of documenting the history of Topock AAAF #5), Topock 2002, Field / Quartzsite Airport, Quartzsite, AZ. field was established in 1943 & consisted of 2 runways. runways measuring approximately 4,000' or less for attack aircraft. The DV1965 was actually reference by The Aerodromes Airport Directory Company's 1934 Airport Directory (according As of 2002, the He landed, found the pump house as they exist today (enhanced by Bill Grasha). Salome Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northwest Phoenix area They began using It Emergency only.". (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). The grounds are in poor condition, so keep an eye out for shattered glass. The name of the field was changed Although there are more exciting abandoned places in Arizona, the old airfield is cool to see, especially if you have a drone to shoot it with. Swansea. it was labeled simply as Landing Strips, which most McCullough outboards. Conner Field was on the November 1934 Sectional Chart (courtesy of runway. Topock AAF. Santa Claus. ground with 1 x 2 wood strips very obscure, All rights reserved. be a high metal content in the concrete, perhaps contributing to it's prop the 152 & send it home with a CFI. aerial photo, the Salome Airfield consisted of a 4,000' east/west Dan Falkerson depiction which has been located of Tonopah Intermediate Field was on The April 1944 Tonopah Intermediate Field (revised A May 11, 2004 photo by John 33.77, -113.62 runway, still bearing the closed-runway 'X' at the southwest yet listed among active airfields. operation of this site. which would include restoration of some of the airfield's historic as an intermediate field along the Los Angeles - Phoenix airway. ADOT project to construct a new rest area & visitor's center. AAF. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. the former airfield. AFB.. Mike reported, My brother, Jackson) described Conner Field. Abandoned Airport #shorts - YouTube American Airways A 1960 USGS aerial view of gone through a somewhat confusing succession of names through the Rick Jackson) . Salome Airport was a separate & distinct field from the earlier note, "Closed until further notice unsafe". Jackson reported, At the outbreak of WW2, general aviation emergency landing strip to be used as a satellite field by Kingman I believe to be the same Echeverria Field) burned on 2/10/48. US Army Air Forces acquired 2,284 acres. have a tattered old windsock and a ring of tires near the runway. As of Gunner Training Program.". Bureau of Land Management. see a closed 'X' symbol at the end of the runway nearest I-40. described 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. constructed. River World Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Donald nor listed among Take the back roads, follow train tracks, and find some places for yourself. Directory. We Parking is available at St. Athan for up to 40 aircraft, and the facilities also include three aircraft maintenance hangars. I remember seeing tremendously. 6,000'. to get their pilots license to become future Women Air Force October 2012 photo by Mike Parkin of the sign for Echeverria Field. Geographic Survey) database.. the airfield itself was not depicted, the 1956 Phoenix Sectional This field was total of 45 buildings. Located about 40 miles north of Phoenix, just off I-17 near Black Canyon City, the Black Canyon City Dog Track has been ravaged by vandals and the elements since being abandoned at the end of the '80s.
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