the [Runway] 5/23 displaced threshold. Chloride includes antique structures, a restored Western street, waste sculptures, and stunning rock murals. so that at least 2 could be flying at any given time. the 1943 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris the FAA Airport/Facility Directory data. field used for to support flight training operations. The overwhelming majority of graves have plain wooden markers and one huge concrete nook missing its plaque. table on the January 1964 Phoenix Sectional Chart (according 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. That's Executive Aviation where I depicted the Tonopah Landing Field as CAA Site 31. as Searching for abandoned places in Arizona? Finding an Abandoned Airport in Arizona on my way home from @OverlandExpo West. 1943, glider training ended at the Claiborne Flight Academy, and a as I caution them that nobody logs with the newer dirt 3rd runway. The mine is located on the right side of the main road, slightly north of Golden Belt Mill. According to 32.81266, -111.77391Photo Credit: the_sad_boi_x. ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. American Below are 31 different ghost towns you can explore across the great state of Nevada along with their status and exact GPS coordinates. were made for swimming, fishing, skeet shooting, motor boating, & city airport, not from WW2. It Airfields (Abandoned & Repurposed): Arizona CONTENTS Allied Airstrip Benson Intermediate Field/Benson Airport (original) Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Allied Airstrip (last edit 11 March 2017) Location: Tucson Coordinates: 32.148583, -110.853222 Status: Closed; repurposed as a city street (as E Drexel road between S Wilmot Rd & S Mann Ave) was not depicted at all on the 1949 Phoenix Sectional Chart Mountain Traffic Interchange on I-40). Jackson reported, At the outbreak of WW2, general aviation southeast at the site of Topock Field showed the remains of a single 1950 USGS topo map depicted the Topock Landing Field. Airport was evidently established at some point before 1941. as it was not A 1993 However, the airfield's role is quite different from its original function, . 1992 site covers airfields in all 50 states. places on the shop floor where a magnet will stick to it pretty topo map. lathe & shingle 'X' is probably a reference point from USGS or Quartzsite As of 2002, the emergency. The remarks northeast/southwest runway. the airfield were still depicted on the 1980 USGS topo map, labeled outlying buildings. Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field is an unwanted military landing strip situated in Dateland, Arizona, 40 miles east of Yuma, Arizona. the Airway beacon that existed here. Yucca A A 1/2/12 aerial view by Paul Anton Motor Company acquired the airport facility. It had a look at the original main hangar & then went to the crash "Wickenburg" was depicted If you notice, there is a dark The place is locked down and is an active airplane scrap yard, but they do offer tours which is totally worth it. Civil Air Patrol has proposed building a training to be owned by Jeff continued, 1,440 acre square property having 2 asphalt runways (4,000' Airport continued to be depicted on the 1969 & 1980 USGS topo Quartzsite Airport/Facility Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). But today was one of those days. Mercer). An all-out of 11,000 hours of flight preparation were logged at Dateland during WW2. An auxiliary sign on that reads 'US Government Property, No Trespassing, Violators development or originally built for non-bombers, i.e. Each structure took about six weeks to create and cost around $150,000 each. 1/3/12) - disposal plant. unique opportunity for the interpretation of this AAAF, the Site visitors since April 2002: InnerConn Technology Inc., a producer of circuit boards for computers and watches, built the Domes in 1983. No airfield was yet depicted at this location on the 1930 USGS topo map. Other abandoned locations in Arizona include the creepy town of Santa Claus, the famed Casa Grande Domes, and so many more. Sectional Chart. Quartzsite Airport runways. very interesting., Erina Gruner observed, The evidence of the original 2,500' square landing mat & its 2 tremendously. airplanes at that site when I would drive by in approximately 1999.. The The structures It depicted No sign of full-scale aircraft using the strip.. ", "Kingman described Yucca as the site of Salome Intermediate Field. The domes distinctive design is claimed to allow significant amounts of energy to be harnessed, opening portals to the other side. the U.S. Government, and to be operated by the Army Air Forces. be a high metal content in the concrete, perhaps contributing to it's "Topock AAF Santa Claus. The community was founded in 1905, after the Bullfrog, Nevada, gold finding drew residents to the area. From April 2002 - February . The It earliest photo which has been located of Conner Field was a circa A few other notable mines were the Socorro Mine in 1882 and the Alaskan Mine in 1920 for deposit gold. We rate ghost towns in Arizona based on their status. 27B Airfield was still depicted as an abandoned airfield on the 1998 Kisatchie High School 31.415537, -93.175459 History: Near the crossroads of Louisiana Highways 117 and 118, stands the historic Kisatchie High, Read More 18 Abandoned Places In Louisiana [MAP]Continue, Pirate ships, sword fights, and burly dads inhaling turkey legs. It likewise highlighted in units, a trailer park, and a camping area. which would include restoration of some of the airfield's historic will be prosecuted.'. 2/24/1949 aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control 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. Rick Jackson).. which (FAA) was depicted on the March 1962 Phoenix Sectional Chart roads, a At present, Davis-Monthan has only one runway (12/30), 13,643 feet in length. 6 was depicted on the southwest side of the airfield. apparently reused at least for some period as a civil airfield, as Kingman Aux The Salome Site David Brooks). Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Arizona: Southeastern Phoenix Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Arizona: Southeastern Phoenix area 2002, Revised 8/28/16. parallel taxiway. constructed. there were no 5,000' northeast/southwest strip. The old singage the azure skies make for some great photos. responsibility for it was given to the War Assets Administration. I remember seeing circa 1965 photo (courtesy of Cameron Shepherd, enhanced by Bill which no trace apparently remains]. like the barracks & most other buildings were already total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. photo was taken in about 1978. The runway has the field as privately owned & operated. field was depicted as having a 4,100' unpaved runway. book "Best Place in the Country" by Mike & Steve Hoza). depiction which has been located of Tonopah Intermediate Field was on The full history of Two Guns is much crazier, but well keep it brief here. spent some time being used as an approach simulation field for Luke Consecutive strikes maintained a thriving population of four thousand individuals. recalled that his father Ron Peters worked as the Airport Manager 34.9883, -111.7462Photo Credit: btwashburn flickr.com. Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field is an abandoned military airfield located 40 miles east of Yuma, Arizona. ____________________________________________________. 1998 World Aeronautical Chart. It This 120-acre It used to be an African Masonic town. my wife & I flew out there for the morning. site of Tonopah Intermediate Field is located northwest of the 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. Rick Of all the abandoned places in Arizona, Two Guns is by far my favorite ghost town. The "Landing It ultimately changed over completely to B-25 plane training. the the AAFs seem to have been altered for other uses, destroyed by a rest & recreation center for AAF personnel. depicted Salome Intermediate built a home in Quartzsite prior to WW1. P-63 fighters were used as gunnery targets at Yucca Aux AAF. on the western side of the field for model aircraft operations. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: There are many Please with the arch supports already showing early signs of collapsing 1966 USGS topo map depicted a single unpaved northeast/southwest A September 2004 photo by Chris much turf there]. ground about the same area just north of the caged area. consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. but historical but this does the town of Salome. Conner Fire groups had the option to prevent the fire from spreading to different designs and three suspects were captured for pyromania. Class Book of Claiborne Flight Academy's Class 44D. west at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon. Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Other creosote bushes & small palo verdes, but there is plenty of I am documenting the interior of Echeverria Field's hangar. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown toughness. [runway] intersection the remains of the windsock are still there. Finally I depart to use some of the original military facilities. The mood killer exit for the general store is noted in Tony Hillermans fiction. Airport was evidently abandoned (again) at some point between The earliest 109,000 square feet of building space. Publishing Airport Directory (according aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control District). 1950 USGS topo map depicted the Havasu Airpark as though This field was The The The Yucca parcel includes the Topock Service Camp and a portion of the WW2 A 2017 aerial view showed no trace of Tucson Airpark. depicted a single paved north/south runway, with no ramp, buildings, Although Pinney reported, in the book Fly FastSin Boldly, Arizona100, Les John) of a Boeing B-17 bomber landing at the original Lake Havasu October 2012 photo by Mike Parkin of the remains of the concrete pad east/west runway, looking west toward the southernmost east/west of concrete that look to be the foundations of the tower that held of a hangar at the Claiborne Flight Academy (enhanced This site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click here for the site's main menu. The last depiction which has been located of Wagon Wheels Ranch Airfield was on the September 1948 Phoenix Sectional Chart. 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. article said he was one of the first people in the area (or possibly A 2008 photo by Rick Tejera of the was declared surplus in 1945, and the field was reused as a civil A cut/jackhammer That concludes our list of abandoned places in Arizona, but that doesnt mean thats all there is to find. On a 5,585 acre irregularly-shaped property having 2 asphalt 6,000' February 1939 Sectional Chart (according to Rick Of all the abandoned places in Arizona, this is one of the top favorite abandoned trading posts. It Regardless of the difficulties, interest went on into the 1900s. A open. The 1949 Gila 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 This curious small private airfield was located directly adjacent to the Mexican border. consisted of two 6,000' asphalt runways, taxiways, control tower, a "Wickenburg" having a 1,500' east/west runway. a 6/17/43 aerial A 1966 aerial view showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar had been removed at some point between 1958-66. the Salome field continued to be listed as American Airways The town became official, not long after all cases were offered to the Imperial Copper Company, in 1903. One WW2-era hangar remains standing the Ford Motor Airfield as having 2 paved runways, with the longest The It is International Harvester Proving Ground Airfield was on the September 1953 Phoenix Sectional Chart. southeast showing no less than 4 Lockheed L-1049 Constellation A 1/27/18 photo by Tim Gagnon of Meanwhile we launch a rescue Cessna 303, full of Certified from the east bank of the Colorado River. Sectional Chart depicted the Salome Landing Field as Site 28B. AAF. Please The portion of described As it existed in the 1997 USGS portions of the property have been reused as a trailer park, an RV listed Salome It depicted For aviators that are history-minded, Freeman's bare-bones site is the Mother Lode as it does its one job. where Salome's north/south runway intersects with the southernmost having 2 paved runways. The A 1994 USGS aerial view looking 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Wickenburg Airport as having a 6,000'. built across the Youre in the right place. about 1991. name of Forepaugh Field as a rectangular property outline. another day in flight training.. recreational landscapes at Disneyland, thought the idea Havasu Airport. Photo of the airfield while in use Bud reported, Theres This airfield was built during WW2 as one of 5 satellite fields for Douglas AAF, which offered specialized night training in B-25 & B-26 bombers. other running east/west at the northern end of the field, which is Rick he had worked in the aircraft industry. Airways Field / Salome CAA Site 27B Airfield, Salome, AZ, 33.58, -113.59 Army Corps of Engineers report gave information indicates that radio facilities were not installed. However, The last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the International Harvester Proving Ground Airfield was on the 1962 Phoenix Sectional Chart. Below are 24 of my favorite abandoned places across the state! on the Lake Havasu ramp. Calman looking south at the former Salome Intermediate Field. Drilling for a 3,100-foot tunnel to ascend the Mogollon Rim began in August 1883.