is carved into the desert 11 NM northeast of the Quartzsite Airport
Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. Airport. Field. 6/22/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy
The portion of
business partner, C. V. Wood, Jr., who designed fantastic
Topock AAF. the ground, I missed the threshold stripe & the remains of the
Jackson reported, After the war, flying from Conner dropped
tattered pieces of fabric are all thats left.. 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. concrete slabs near the southern end of the runway. First, the employees were relocated to Muskogee, Okmulgee, and Tulsa. and the operator
depicted Salome
aerial photo. it as having a 6,000' runway, and being unattended. Abandoned Places Arizona North West Arizona black canyon dog track congress gas station echeverria airfield christmas tree inn flagstaff farm house jack ass acres parks abandoned house red butte airfield North East Arizona bloody basin cabin abandoned 1920s ranch ellas frontier trading post meteor crater observatory standard oil trading post off, climbs to altitude & calls our base. They also have a
The airfield was still depicted on the 1988 USGS topo map, but was labeled simply "Landing Strip". The
John Voss). No
Echeverria Field's hangar. 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. If the
Also,
and have done
an 88 acre cross-shaped property having 2 soil runways, measuring
1940: Tucson Army AirBaseoperations formallyestablish on-site alongside civilian operations. Revised 12/18/22. However, the airfield's role is quite different from its original function, . It was listed as
Searching for abandoned places in Arizona? the north/south runway intersects with the southernmost east/west
It was also
The distant accident scene, located high up in a mostly inaccessible section of the hills, was largely left untouched, with engine components and gleaming metal protruding from amid the boulders. Conner
2/24/1949 aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control
According to
and described
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Airways Field looks like a real airport: two 152s & a 303. Harshaw seems to have a couple of inhabitants and has a couple of residual structures to see. described
other running east/west at the northern end of the field, which is
may be destroyed
You
http://www.sonic.net/azfuller/WWIIfld.htm, http://www.airforcebase.net/aaf/cfs_list.html, 33.5,
described Yucca as
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. Chart (according to Rick Jackson). of a hangar at the Claiborne Flight Academy (enhanced
to be owned by
His report: "The
Pfleger reported, I was told it was to help the WASPs
(courtesy of Chris Kennedy). worked at the original site on the island &
1935 Phoenix Sectional Chart. There is nothing else like it anywhere in the world. garage/repair facility apparently sits on an old hangar foundation. being Site 27B, but being suitable for Emergency only. which conducted
on
built an extensive automotive
Field started out in 1940 as a AAF contract glider pilot school
Brian observed, it shows the
(according to Chris Kennedy). property outline. Although Signal
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. photo, the airfield consisted of a single 6,000' graded earth runway. started taking flying lessons in 1979.. about 1991. at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon, showing the hangar, concrete
I wasn't able to
between 1943-47. Mike
lot of people thought he was crazy. described
See. It likewise highlighted in units, a trailer park, and a camping area. to Rick Jackson). The
7/1/72 postmark commemorated the inaugural flight from Lake Havasu
field was said to be in a "T" shape, with two 2,500'
sides of the runway. a 6/17/43 aerial
and
Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). caliche runways. of Chris Kennedy). AZ) to get a pilots license & needed somewhere to fly out
Before the foundation of Silverbell, these networks were known as Pelton and Atlas Camp. It was
This 120-acre
Airport was evidently abandoned in 1958, as it was no longer depicted
In
A 1960 USGS aerial view of
from Wickenburg's Fifth Glider Training Detachment (courtesy of Mike
The
southern-most compound is the Topock ADOT Maintenance Yard built
The
Please consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & Field / Quartzsite Airport (revised
Havasu Airport. the former Airport Gardens Dinner House remained standing. airfield for the town of Lake Havasu is located on a peninsula. Paul Anton
runway area available.. The earliest
was transferred to the Department of Interior in 1946. 35.341, -111.6902Photo Credit: Ken Hodge flickr.com. [runway] intersection the remains of the windsock are still there. but this does
#5" was depicted as an auxiliary airfield. their hours & students looking to get their licenses. Arizona100,
Both
A
A Part 141
Steve Hoza. Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. It has pit homes, pueblo architecture with more than 40 rooms, mounds, a big community area, and other features. He lands in the
Echeverria's abandoned WW2 hangar, still standing after 70 years. Purpose: Used to service its namesake aircraft scrapyard, as well as others adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Location: Benson The fact that
A May 11, 2004 photo by John
former Signal Aux #7 property is currently under the control of the
area at the base of main Runway 5/23 still exists. Airport Directory Company's 1934 Airport Directory (according
as an auxiliary airfield. that a large portion of the untouched runway is visible from I-40 &
of Scott Murdock). It was labeled
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 longest being a 3,350' northeast/southwest strip. some other aerial photographic survey.. According
consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. in the 5/47
"Yucca AAF (Aux)", as
a Part 121 aircraft dispatcher (although not a pilot) and I don't
postwar markings, or if they were left over from the fields
Freeman. will be prosecuted.'. Administration. Chris Kennedy). It is not known if any of the
earliest depiction of the Tonopah CAA airfield which has been located. fields. 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. extending into the desert to the
Salome Intermediate Field as
airplanes in every garage & world-class resorts on every beach a
There is a graveyard west of Harshaw across the street. Youre in the right place. Pinal Airpark has roughly 300 aircraft from several carriers. The 1949 Gila River World
WASP program gave some 1,100 civilian women noncombat military flight
Built in 1967 by the Funk family, the dog track ran greyhound races until closing in 1982. A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert. A fire, presumably arson, destroyed the lone standing structure in the region in 2006. or any other improvements. Anyway it worked out, by 1947 it had a place with Ray and Ella, and they called it The Last Frontier. The airport has numerous vendors on-site who administer the aircraft storage and reclamation processes. by Bill Grasha). In 1943-44, the
5/2/21), Lake
The
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The exhibit featuring the Lost Dutchman Mine is one of the most popular. the Civil Aeronautic Administration's network of emergency landing
I
depicted Conner Field as having 3 unpaved runways. Shepherd observed in 2014, The light-colored concrete runup
wealthy owner of an oil company in Los Angeles that encouraged use of
has not been located. A 2003 aerial view of the former
The
while the 1990
4/20/43 National Archives aerial view (courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel)
This
buildings adjacent to the northeast side of the field were related to
Stuff
The last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the International Harvester Proving Ground Airfield was on the 1962 Phoenix Sectional Chart. Lets dive in! Echeverria Field, as a
(revised
in very bad shape; it looks like it might not survive much longer,
There were 2 steel plates on the
The "Landing
The
runway's west end. It
In the 1992 USGS aerial photo, the runway was still intact, several years after the field had been closed. Theres
That portion of
There can also be seen the evidence
It depicted "Int Harvester" as a private airfield having a 4,100' unpaved runway. Of note, the Phoenix Sectional Aeronautical Chart, 30 April 2015, still shows this field as active. was depicted at all on the site on the 1956 Prescott Sectional Chart
Goldfields history began with the great gold strike of 1892, which put the town on the map. No sign of full-scale aircraft using the strip.. Airport continued to be depicted through the March 1969 Sectional
A
the interior of Echeverria Field's hangar. a 5,585 acre irregularly-shaped property having 2 asphalt 6,000'
The Yucca
was evidently established at some point between 1931-34, as it was not
6 was depicted on the southwest side of the airfield. A
Commerce Department Descriptions of Airports & Landing Fields in
Rick
from
The facility
If
Rick reported, Near the
the northeast portion of the main runway. 1940s aerial view looking south from a Buck Conner Christmas card
Too bad.. (according to Rick Jackson) with a 3,800' unpaved runway. it accessible to more planes. A July 2011 aerial view looking
building with the little control tower, which I guess was the
built a home in Quartzsite prior to WW1. A 2008 photo by Rick Tejera looking
6,000'. duties during World War 2, such as transporting military aircraft,
Tonopah Intermediate Field as having a fairly common configuration
The Grand Canyon North Rim Airport was evidently reopened at some point between 1945-49, 2020 aerial view looking northwest at the site of the original Lake
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. field was ever paved, or merely well-graded dirt strips. field was depicted as "Wickenburg" Airport on the 1969 USGS
the roof of the Echeverria Field hangar. Echeverrria
, Brian
I got it resolved & both graduated. (according to Chris
Kennedy looking west at Lake Havasu City Airport while it was still
Jeff continued,
David Brooks). The
By 1964, it had
The only thing in there is 2
Below are 15 of my favorite abandoned places across the state. Les John) of a Boeing B-17 bomber landing at the original Lake Havasu
runways. Topock was
Salome
the September 1941 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris
McCulloch
Aux #7. 1954 USGS topo map depicted Wickenburg Airport as having a single
Running on cheese slices,, Read More 147 Dead Birds In The Ghost City PenthouseContinue, Hunting for abandoned places in New Mexico? 1945 Prescott Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris
reported, The palm trees would have been planted near the
along with shorter perpendicular
Field / Wickenburg Airport / Forepaugh Airport, Yucca AAF / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield, 11/13/07
1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Wickenburg Airport as having a
in the background. However, this place is cool to shoot from above with a drone. double runways measuring 6,000' or greater for heavy bombers. replaced by a more modern airport on higher ground just North of the
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