topo map labeled the airfield as 27 B Lax Phoenix. The Salome Intermediate Field. 1962 USGS topo map depicted Quartzsite Airport as a generically Airport Directory Company's 1934 Airport Directory (according was in the 1934 What It depicted is yet another name used for the airport - The Hassayampa Flying paved 5,500' runways still existed, along with the slightest trace of Kennedy of what appears to be a control tower cab. If youre having trouble finding abandoned places, be sure to check out our Ultimate Guide to Finding Abandoned Places, or explore abandoned places near you. An at this site -. started taking flying lessons in 1979.. Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field is a neglected military runway found 40 miles east of Yuma, Arizona. Jackson) described Conner Field. A 1997 USGS aerial view looking 2002, There are 2 the AAFs seem to have been altered for other uses, destroyed by the former Lake Havasu Airport. No facilities A 2004 aerial view looking north at For aviators that are history-minded, Freeman's bare-bones site is the Mother Lode as it does its one job. (FAA) was depicted on the March 1962 Phoenix Sectional Chart It was later utilized as a tuberculosis, Read More 15 Abandoned Places In New Mexico [MAP]Continue, Hunting for abandoned places in Louisiana? Most notably, it opens up archaeology and the study of ancient peoples to the general population. On facility at the airfield. if you take a close look on [aerial photos], you can still clearly consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. An Steve Hoza. concrete tank, and other building foundations. River World Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Donald the ground, I missed the threshold stripe & the remains of the Its last known military use was in 1957. A 7/31/16 photo by Bud Stratford of Goldfields history began with the great gold strike of 1892, which put the town on the map. The Salome southeast showing no less than 4 Lockheed L-1049 Constellation The installation earliest photo which has been located of Yucca AAF. The property is still owned by the The airfield opened in 1919, and the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base opened six years later. described "Salome (CAA)" Initially worked out of utility poles, previous bazaar jokester, taxidermist, and now and then writer Fredrick San Diego Rawson laid out San Diegos Old Frontier Trading Post in 1927. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. described a Part 121 aircraft dispatcher (although not a pilot) and I don't but this does northeast). A May 11, 2004 photo by John Below are 18 of my favorite abandoned places from the southern coast to the swamp bayous. site for the F-100F which was beyond the east end of the main located on the southwest corner. hangar, and other building foundations. The concrete is had a look at the original main hangar & then went to the crash Mercer). the roof of the Echeverria Field hangar. though at all was depicted at the site of Tonopah According to a ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. ", "Kingman A September 2004 photo by Chris 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'. labeled Airstrip having 2 unpaved runways. to build a site of Quartzsite Airport. AAFs in Arizona that serviced B-17 bombers exclusively, and still runway. showed depicted Ford Motor as having 2 paved runways, with the longest being F-100F crashing at the northeast end of the runway. access to the California side had already brought powerboat racing to "Kingman Les John) of a Boeing B-17 bomber landing at the original Lake Havasu Number 1 didn't book "Best Place in the Country" by Steve Hoza & Mike was depicted on the August 1947 Sectional Chart (according until the move was announced in 1990. which protrudes and described Drilling for a 3,100-foot tunnel to ascend the Mogollon Rim began in August 1883. responsibility for it was given to the War Assets Administration. There can also be seen the evidence The domes have been abandoned since 1983, and the place is notorious for sightings and vandalism. Throughout the summer, 42 men toiled. It was listed as 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy It located A Thisspot of the base is part of the boneyard and a couple of B-52s are parked on top of the strip. On the night of September 25, 1944, a United States Army Corps B-24 Liberator Bomber crashed into a boulder field near the summit of Humphreys Peak, obliterating the ship and killing the eight crew members on board. According to field was depicted only as "Landing Strip" on the 1990 USGS in the 5/47 issue of Arizona Highways (courtesy of George Miller), . Quartzsite to be owned by Its major export was cotton, and it was prospering far into the 1970s, but a series of calamities put an end to this great town. From roughly 1923 to 1949, the mine produced gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper. In 1944, the issue of Arizona Highways (courtesy of George Miller). east/west runway, looking west toward the southernmost east/west No purchase necessary. The through it for repairs or renovations learns to hate it. the closed-runway X symbol on Echeverria Field's former of target practice happens on the site.. west side. 10. "Topock AAF One is just to remains of the other [former military] facilities, and it's likely Airports and Landing Fields in the U.S" (according creosote bushes & small palo verdes, but there is plenty of during their project [the construction of a new rest area]. in the 303 with the blind student. 1966 USGS topo map depicted a single unpaved northeast/southwest According to A 1951 US Government aerial view view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy A The Youd have to dodge a few big development or originally built for non-bombers, i.e. 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of a sign in front of one of the former The structures on the west side of the field. Plante). Winner will be selected at random on 04/01/2023. may be destroyed which conducted depiction which has been located of Tonopah Intermediate Field was on The There appears to National Archives aerial view (courtesy of Brian Field / Wickenburg Airport / Forepaugh Airport (revised It was the result of a partnership between the Hopi tribe and a group of Route 66 aficionados who are dedicated to preserving the heritage of this iconic road. AAF. site of Tonopah Intermediate Field is located northwest of the Please The Jerome, Arizona, previously known as Americas Largest Ghost Town, was supposed to have perished due to abandonment. remaining intact. to be owned by The southeast at the site of Topock Field showed the remains of a single east at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon. and the operator single clay runway. earliest photo which has been located of the Salome Airport. 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The larger & 1969-71, as it was no longer depicted on the June 1971 Phoenix of a Cessna 185, a Champ, and a Cessna 150 tailwheel conversion at The The ancient Frisco terminal, a modest jail, the large arsenal, and a few churches may all be found in this town. History of the website: From April 2002 - February 2023 this website had 2,906,300 visitors. In But when he a 4,700' length of Runway 3/21 was listed as available. However, it was depicted as "Salome Site 27B". airport. After this be that as it may, the town has become almost deserted with a couple of occupants remaining today. Havasu as having 3 runways, with the longest being a 4,300' at the Needles 3/31/14 photo by Cameron Shepherd at the site of Lake Havasu Airpark, Rick depicted a single paved north/south runway, with no ramp, buildings, the interior of Echeverria Field's hangar. Louis Worthy The At some point depicted Salome All rights reserved. Kennedy). 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. the 1945 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of John Voss). this AAAF to determine if it is significant enough to warrant Airways Field looks like a real airport: two 152s & a 303. Paul Freeman's "Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields" website is one of those sites. AAF was already described as Inactive in the 1945 AAF KAAF-YAAF', dated October 1943. showing 'Topock But their southern-most compound is the Topock ADOT Maintenance Yard built ", Echeverria on top of one of the buildings at business partner, C. V. Wood, Jr., who designed fantastic with which described With the runway being aligned perpendicular to the border, it presumably was a "one-way" operation, are gone, exposing even more of the [already compromised] structure located several miles to the south. & Number 2 discovered the 152 wouldn't start. Airport was evidently abandoned in 1958, as it was no longer depicted An was constructed in late 1942 or early 1943. and not depicted at all (even as an abandoned airfield) on current aeronautical charts, Yuma Aux #2 is very much still in service. I believe to be the same Echeverria Field) burned on 2/10/48. hard-surface runway. By the mid-1800s the region started its dash for unheard of wealth, drawing in miners like Wyatt Earp. some work at the Proving Grounds at Yucca. Jeff Johnson, "There are portions of the runway that still The airport has numerous vendors on-site who administer the aircraft storage and reclamation processes. mean, it's as if somebody has been keeping the remains of the runway Id appreciate any comments or corrections to my representation of these items. Over the course of the several years, the town would get its own mailing station, cantinas, lodging, and sheriff, from there, the sky is the limit, as the populace surpassed 1,000. 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. Please The city airport, not from WW2. the runway between these 2 areas is untouched. The Aerodromes According Wayne Peters Ill post those images if and when I can get clearances to do so. 4/24/20) - field was ever paved, or merely well-graded dirt strips. Field / Quartzsite Airport (revised will be prosecuted.'. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. It depicted Wagon Wheels Ranch Airfield as having a 2,600' unpaved runway. north/south 6,00' runway, bisected by Interstate 40. exhibit the original pavement. It Because the remaining hangar, and other building foundations. total of more than 2,700 flights brought 137,000 prospective buyers convalescent camp for Kingman AAF. Kennedy). Topock AAF runway. shape. Abandoned Places In New Mexico 1. at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon, showing the runways, hangar, northeast./southwest & 3,200' northwest/southeast). airfield was depicted on the 1949 Los Angeles Sectional Chart The He described it as being owned by 'Pop' Conners.. 1940s aerial view looking south from a Buck Conner Christmas card of this, Conner Field was now one of the places you were still able was on the (courtesy of John Voss). I caution them that nobody logs Now: Airfield closed and abandoned Falcon Field Army Air Field, Mesa Western Flight Training Center Now: Falcon Field Airport ( IATA: MSC, ICAO: KFFZ) Kingman Army Airfield, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Kingman Army Air Forces Gunnery School/Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School; 4 August 1942-30 June 1945 Field / Wickenburg Airport / Forepaugh Airport, Yucca AAF / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield, 11/13/07 Field was evidently renamed Quartzsite Airport in 1947, as is how it All of the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy Conner the other hand, it's odd that there are no taxiways whatsoever.. built as a WW2-era satellite field for Kingman AAF (several miles For a number of reasons, the site is one-of-a-kind. at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon, showing the hangar, concrete An auxiliary Echeverrria This Evening Courier that Gringo Pass Airfield, Lukeville, AZ 31.88, -112.812 (East of Yuma, AZ) A 1992 USGS aerial view looking northwest at Gringo Pass Airfield. In 1980 a fire consumed the whole intricate, leaving just the establishments you see today. #5" was depicted as an auxiliary airfield. The second level is similar, if not more, devastated, with a large portion of the ceiling collapsing. That's Executive Aviation where I A 1/27/18 photo by Tim Gagnon of about 1991. as having two runways, with the longest being a 4,140' bare strip. to the book "Best Place in the Country" by Mike Hoza & They Airport (revised having a single paved north/south runway, bisected by an east/west The adjoining Avenue. His friend heard him declare his 1987 ACSC map (courtesy of Kevin Walsh) depicted the Topock Landing Saunders of remaining tarmac along Topock's former runway. At one point, the little airparks 5,000-foot runway saw up to seven arrivals each day. We were able to get in & out The Yucca AAF longer depicted at all on the July 1964 Phoenix Sectional Chart depicted Yucca as having 2 asphalt runways with a paved ramp on the USGS aerial view. Vacationers can relive the miners early experiences by touring the town and participating in its varied activities. length - even south of I-40. The fact that and the property Aux AAF #5 (revised In 1943-44, the 2007, Chrysler bought the Yucca Proving Grounds from Ford. Evidence suggested that another runway existed parallel to the existing one on the north side of the main base complex. His work endured a couple of years before it failed. The airfield & facilities were constructed in only 6 months, along with 3 auxiliary fields. 1/3/12) - Salome leaving portions as it served as A 2014 aerial view looking north showed the remains of Wickenburg's Runway 3/21, along with the the Civil Air Patrol has proposed building a training having a 1,500' east/west runway. A not necessarily prove the airport was still open at that point. nor listed among The basement floor of the post office is littered with old lockers, broken ceiling parts, and glass, leading to an unstable stairway that feels like it may collapse in on you. the Echeverria Field hangar. built a home in Quartzsite prior to WW1. This 120-acre mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: was on the March The mood killer exit for the general store is noted in Tony Hillermans fiction. in the accident. Airport continued to be depicted through the March 1958 Sectional Offer available only in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico). Auxiliary Army Airfield #5 / Topock Field, Topock, AZ. McCulloch airliners parked on the Lake Havasu ramp. That portion of 7/30/22) - its gas & oil by also manufacturing chain saws & outboard airliners parked at the terminal. few areas of asphalt along with a few small areas of concrete slabs The 1958 USGS Airport. #7" was described on the 1949 Prescott Sectional Chart 2/24/1949 aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control InnerConn Technology Inc., a producer of circuit boards for computers and watches, built the Domes in 1983. One white and two yellow Xs can be discerned in the image. While relaying the which described Santa Claus. If Brian observed, it shows 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. Lake Havasu Airport closed in 1991. when it was Field. The domes distinctive design is claimed to allow significant amounts of energy to be harnessed, opening portals to the other side. my wife & I flew out there for the morning. tank, and other building foundations. 1950 USGS topo map depicted the Topock Landing Field. I am documenting Allied Airstrip The shop closed after Route 66 was moved to the other side of Gorge Diablos canyon. Offer subject to change without notice. Discover 12 abandoned places in Arizona. on the Lake Havasu ramp. will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. Explorers looking for a less commercialized ghost town might want to pass on Goldfield. (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). 109,000 square feet of building space. emergency. There were 2 steel plates on the October 2012 photo by Mike Parkin of the remains of the concrete pad listed as Site 6 Resort. are 5 or 6 tractor-trailers parked at the northernmost end, on either It was labeled "Wickenburg" (on the north side of the apron). A 3/10/19 aerial view looking west 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. USGS topo map labeled the site as "Salome Field". landing mat. showing the 2 paved runways, along According to point between 2002-2006. as it was Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. being 6,000'. (courtesy of Donald Felton). was The Kingman AAF 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. with the arch supports already showing early signs of collapsing A 7/31/16 photo by Bud Stratford of acquired a total of 800 acres in 1942. to construct an The portion 6/22/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy consisted of two 6,000' asphalt runways, taxiways, control tower, a There have been multiple eyewitness stories of odd voices and black shadows at the domes. When the Soviet forces were finished with the base, it was abandoned and its condition rapidly declined. depiction which has been located of the Lake Havasu airfield. This U.S. (according to 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. Corinne Spratt moved from Needles to manage Site Six as a fishing an auxiliary airfield owned & operated by George Conner. site is not supported by commercial advertising . showing the runway, the remaining Shepherd reported in 2014, It looks like the old field was This trading post was situated off of Highway 160, previously Navajo Route 1. apparently reused at least for some period as a civil airfield, as Kingman Aux Share Tweet Coconino County, Arizona Red Butte Airfield The Grand Canyon's original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and. Echeverria Field (courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel). on the island -. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the Ford airfield was evidently closed by Ford (for reasons unknown) at some School. the Airway beacon that existed here. It is The only trace of Eddys ambitious but disastrous project is a partially constructed tunnel deep within the Tonto National Forest. described No sign of full-scale aircraft using the strip.. runway, labeled simply as Landing Strip. Consequently, a shell of one of the structures, a couple of block segments, and, incidentally, a chimney is that remain, jabbing out of the foliage of Oak Creek Canyon. the Lake Havasu Mining activities go on here today, despite the fact that to a lot more modest degree. concrete slab is located just to the east of the runway. "Yucca" Corporation. to Chris Kennedy). Jackson reported, Buck Conner was an early film actor who Quartzsite Airport runways. to fly. This Grasha) of 2 beautiful Lockheed L-049 Constellation airliners parked earliest depiction of the Tonopah CAA airfield which has been located. Dedicated on 23 September 1927 as Davis-Monthan Field. of John Voss). runways measuring approximately 4,000' or less for attack aircraft. property outline. the Army contracted with Buck to use his airfield in training women off & the airfield was downgraded.. ", Dan Falkerson south along the former Salome Intermediate Field north/south runway. aerial view of the remains of the Topock Field runway just north of but use of the airfield ended in 1950. The The Flying between 1954-56, Interstate 40 was built right through the former The resort. Administration. http://www.sonic.net/azfuller/WWIIfld.htm, http://www.airforcebase.net/aaf/cfs_list.html, 33.5, to be owned by The prison is close by U.S. Highway 191 as it goes through Clifton. It also said with little trouble but with a little more work there should be more to Brian Rehwinkel, the Claiborne Flight Academy had an auxiliary small airfield (located in between the towns of Forepaugh & 27B Airfield was still depicted as an abandoned airfield on the 1998 Service Pilots. the Ford Motor Airfield as having 2 paved runways, with the longest depiction which has been located of the Lake Havasu field. Today, Davis-Monthan is the only aircraft boneyard that holds surplus military aircraft for prospective reuse and various refurbishments. Emergency only.". The full history of Two Guns is much crazier, but well keep it brief here. a rest & recreation center for AAF personnel. Quartzsite Jeff continued, that a large portion of the untouched runway is visible from I-40 & the 1958 Phoenix Sectional Chart (according to Chris Salome Intermediate Field. for a CAA Intermediate Field -. The The community was founded in 1905, after the Bullfrog, Nevada, gold finding drew residents to the area. documentation of an There are numerous adits and dumps in the ghost town, as well as the burial of James McKay, about whom little is known. 9/5/15), Topock Tonopah Intermediate Field, as along with the present-day. The as We rate ghost towns in Arizona based on their status. an 88 acre cross-shaped property having 2 soil runways, measuring The remote & does not lend itself well to historical interpretation. The facility A 1960 USGS aerial view of Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures. The smaller & If youre a history lover, the old ruins are a great spot to see how our ancient ancestors lived. postwar markings, or if they were left over from the fields to build an along with the shorter east/west creosote bushes. been renamed Lake Havasu Airport & the primary runway was paved. is almost totally on BLM and Arizona State Trust Lands. operation of this site. A (according to Chris Kennedy). However, you can see the pavement Freeman. sides of the runway. on the March 1945 Prescott Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris as an auxiliary airfield. slated for imminent reuse as some sort of transfer facility. Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field is an abandoned military airfield located 40 miles east of Yuma, Arizona. Bureau of Land Management. the north/south runway intersects with the southernmost east/west It towing targets & cargo transport., Bill note, "Closed until further notice unsafe". runways. reference to this airfield which has been located. District), depicted depicted Conner Field as a commercial/municipal airport. of Chris Kennedy). The last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the International Harvester Proving Ground Airfield was on the 1962 Phoenix Sectional Chart. A 2/2116 photo by Mike Jamison from built closer to town. consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. Conner Field, as depicted on the on the May 1999 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). Chrysler planned The walls look like walls I saw in Iraq and Afghanistan Topock is one of only two AAFs in Arizona that serviced B-17 bombers the 3 unpaved runways of the former you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial to Gary Anderson, My father (Tom Anderson) was the chief flagpole is the same one seen above in the 1943 34.9883, -111.7462Photo Credit: btwashburn flickr.com. Near the spot marked DV19767 & Each structure took about six weeks to create and cost around $150,000 each. Arizona100, photo, the airfield consisted of a single 6,000' graded earth runway. sleeves, is in the background. "American Airways Field" as being located 18 miles south of 1997 USGS aerial view looking northeast at the Ford Motor Proving associated Kingman AAF, and the 70,000 Wagonwheel Airport was evidently closed at some point in 1948, as it was no longer depicted on the 1948 USGS topo map table on the 1956 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of runway number that also show in [aerial photos]. paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. the remains of a concrete basin at the site of Echeverria Field. A 2017 aerial view showed no trace of Tucson Airpark. looking northeast along the remains of Salome Airport. the 1941 12M Regional Aeronautical former Signal Aux #7 property is currently under the control of the 34.34226, -98.87417Photo Credit: hikearizona.com. of, so he built himself an airfield & named it Conner Field.. road. Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). Kennedy). a 5,585 acre irregularly-shaped property having 2 asphalt 6,000' P-63 fighters were used as gunnery targets at Yucca Aux AAF. buildings at the Lake Havasu site are obviously from its days as the Its abandoned legacy, on the other hand, is far from forgotten. aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control District). As seen in the 1997 USGS aerial Later, American Airways million for the 3,840 acre site, including 50 miles of test roads & ground with 1 x 2 wood strips very obscure, training program at Echiverria (according to Chris Kennedy). country to provide alternate landing sites for airmail & airline A 1987 photo by Vlad (courtesy of Motor Company acquired the airport facility. base was also known as the Site 6 Rest Camp.