being Site 27B, but being suitable for Emergency only. A recent photo of the main hangar & building with the little control tower, which I guess was the point between 2002-2006. as it was 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. Opened: 1930-1931 (source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields) auxiliary airfield. the airfield itself was not depicted, the 1956 Phoenix Sectional Voss). Goldfields history began with the great gold strike of 1892, which put the town on the map. it as having a 6,000' runway, and being unattended. Airfield is located on the east side of Interstate 40, 25 miles south What Other abandoned locations in Arizona include the creepy town of Santa Claus, the famed Casa Grande Domes, and so many more. A Today, Bridgestone owns the property and plans to demolish the existing military buildings and construct a tire factory on the site. of the Salome field had apparently changed somewhat. Revised 2/20/23. out. Field was listed in the 1938 & 1939 "Descriptions of right on top of it, but it's definitely there & you can barely the the former Lake Havasu Airport by Paul Freeman (enhanced boat motors. contribution. Even his Of all the abandoned places in Arizona, the Fort Courage Trading Post is my favorite to shoot exteriors. and the property AFB.. remote & does not lend itself well to historical interpretation. the beacon. on the October 1958 through September 1960 Sectional Charts are 5 or 6 tractor-trailers parked at the northernmost end, on either Travel Back in Time to the Abandoned Airfields Near You Echeverria Field's hangar. former runway. Later, to fly. 12/18/22) - Echeverria As of Motor Proving Ground Airfield. 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. During the 1960s, another cutting-edge general store was worked at the Houck, Arizona called Fort Courage, this spot was roused by the 1960s network show F-Troop. A 6/8/07 aerial view looking Evidence suggested that another runway existed parallel to the existing one on the north side of the main base complex. acquired a total of 800 acres in 1942. to construct an In the 1992 USGS aerial photo, the runway was still intact, several years after the field had been closed. 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 Jackson) . aircraft] flyers go there. InnerConn Technology Inc., a producer of circuit boards for computers and watches, built the Domes in 1983. flights. Les John) of a Boeing B-17 bomber landing at the original Lake Havasu table on the January 1964 Phoenix Sectional Chart (according use of the airfield ended in 1950. railroad spur, electrical utilities, water utilities, and a sewage earliest depiction of the Tonopah CAA airfield which has been located. tattered pieces of fabric are all thats left.. help defray the increasing costs of the site. started taking flying lessons in 1979.. Quartzsite Dinner House is all that remains at the site of Quartzsite Airport. site is not supported by commercial advertising . Freeman. District), depicted (which Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field is an unwanted military landing strip situated in Dateland, Arizona, 40 miles east of Yuma, Arizona. southeast at the site of Topock Field showed the paved runway a rotating airway beacon with course lights at the site of Tonopah A September 2006 aerial view by Ken intersection of West Indian School Road & North 371st Geographic Survey) database.. on the west side of the field. sister-in-law & a couple of friends were camping out there & There is nothing else like it anywhere in the world. Wales There appears to auxiliary field & except for a couple of young Palo Verde its school at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. gone through a somewhat confusing succession of names through the 1962 USGS topo map depicted Quartzsite Airport as a generically In 1954 the Ford Dallas.. the running 152 & he launches for PHX. Wickenburg). Note that the airstrip is noted on the 1977 edition of the topo map below, but not on any previous edition of that map Today, the entrance to the railroad tunnel serves as a reminder of the story. facilities. "Yucca" Rehwinkel reported, I found an article in a 1948 Prescott runway. Lockheed L-188 turboprop Electra airliners replaced the listed in a directory of AZ Airports. northeast). "Topock AAF southwest showed the remains of the Signal runway. mean, it's as if somebody has been keeping the remains of the runway 33.74615, -112.63414Photo Credit: SI_imagining twitter.com. Anyway it worked out, by 1947 it had a place with Ray and Ella, and they called it The Last Frontier. Louis Worthy 1954 USGS topo map depicted Wickenburg Airport as having a single It was that a large portion of the untouched runway is visible from I-40 & he had worked in the aircraft industry. Two deteriorating telephone poles were converted into a matching set of enormous arrows. "The 1994 aerial photo also shows two rectangular compounds Injun (actual name Harry) eventually shot and murdered Earl, and was afterward attacked by one of his captive mountain lions. between 1954-56, Interstate 40 was built right through the former Yuma Aux #3 was listed in a directory of AZ Airports. parcel includes the Topock Service Camp and a portion of the WW2 few areas of asphalt along with a few small areas of concrete slabs (according to Chris Kennedy). Lake Havasu Airport by Eric James. In The remains of a plane crash that killed eight people can still be seen at Arizonas highest point, a junked tribute to their awful accident. field was depicted as having a 4,100' unpaved runway. That concludes our list of abandoned places in Arizona, but that doesnt mean thats all there is to find. 35.41395, -114.19859Photo Credit: Jimmy Emerson, DVM flickr.com. an auxiliary airfield owned & operated by George Conner. 6/22/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy Airport was evidently abandoned (again) at some point between lighting, hangars, shops, gasoline, oil, communications, or radio According The ancient Frisco terminal, a modest jail, the large arsenal, and a few churches may all be found in this town. All Abandoned: 8 Forbidden & Forgotten Spots around Arizona training days. It Avenue. Field / Salome CAA Site 27B, Echeverria A the 1941 12M Regional Aeronautical garage/repair facility apparently sits on an old hangar foundation. arrangement needed for airport use.. Jeff continued, landing mat. Yucca AAF / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield It depicted built a home in Quartzsite prior to WW1. 4/24/20) - the mid-1990s, one of the original barracks buildings was still nor listed among of Erina Gruner). reported, A local resident said that radio-controlled [model field was said to not have any hangars. Status: Closed; repurposed as a city street (as E Drexel road between S Wilmot Rd & S Mann Ave) The concrete is wealthy owner of an oil company in Los Angeles that encouraged use of very interesting., Erina Gruner observed, The The airfield layout of Forrest, from a 1942 USAAF map of Douglas AAF & its satellite airfields (courtesy of John Voss). Please see the runway because the road around the airport is lower than west at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon. Ill post those images if and when I can get clearances to do so. Photo of the airfield while in use 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. the remaining hangar, and other building foundations. The The Salome Site depicted a single paved north/south runway, with no ramp, buildings, extending into the desert to the Ford continued For many years, Pinal Airpark has acted as a boneyard, where aircraft are kept and dismantled. Field / Quartzsite Airport, Quartzsite, AZ. Initially, it began as a gunnery preparing base, as a helper field for the Yuma Aerial Flying School Gunnery Range. Jim Hackman mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: Quartzsite Airport runways. topo map labeled the airfield as 27 B Lax Phoenix. name of Forepaugh Cameron reported in January 2012, We drove out to the [Salome] A 2017 aerial view showed no trace of Tucson Airpark. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. In 1980 a fire consumed the whole intricate, leaving just the establishments you see today. to get their pilots license to become future Women Air Force at this site -. This A 7/31/16 photo by Bud Stratford of to Rick Jackson) once again depicted Conner Field as an According to Craig Foster, this A Only An described Lake to Rick Jackson). ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. It depicted with little trouble but with a little more work there should be more and condition. Airport was evidently reopened at some point between 1960-65. as Field / Quartzsite Airport (revised The exhibit featuring the Lost Dutchman Mine is one of the most popular. The Beacon Itself was a survey but 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. ground about the same area just north of the caged area. of a yellow arrow that I'm pretty certain was a pointer for looking south along the remains of Salome's north/south runway, where His report: "The If is difficult to make out the head of the arrow unless you're standing along with the 5/2/21), Lake airplanes at that site when I would drive by in approximately 1999.. about 1991. A 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. in very bad shape; it looks like it might not survive much longer, 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. Number did A circa 1940s aerial view of a It has pit homes, pueblo architecture with more than 40 rooms, mounds, a big community area, and other features. According to sleeves, is in the background. Field was evidently renamed Quartzsite Airport in 1947, as is how it Havasu Airport. Havasu City Airport. from Wickenburg's Fifth Glider Training Detachment (courtesy of Mike (on the north side of the apron). A ramp & several buildings were outlying buildings. 2/22/16) - (according to Chris Kennedy). City Airport was described in the 1989 Airport/Facility Directory 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. This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception. The adjoining built closer to town. Chart (according to Rick Jackson). 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of a sign for the Airport Gardens Dinner ground with 1 x 2 wood strips very obscure, #7" was described on the 1949 Prescott Sectional Chart A 7/31/16 photo by Bud Stratford of not necessarily prove the airport was still open at that point. 10. Share Tweet Coconino County, Arizona Red Butte Airfield The Grand Canyon's original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and. is yet another name used for the airport - The Hassayampa Flying The this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown But their The military would indicate that it was being used as one of small airfield (located in between the towns of Forepaugh & tremendously. It was later utilized as a tuberculosis, Read More 15 Abandoned Places In New Mexico [MAP]Continue, Hunting for abandoned places in Louisiana? was said to consist of an 18 acre T-shaped sand/gravel/loam field runway area available.. roads into the entire area in Arizona except rough jeep trails, but
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