Tim Gagnon observed, The Quartzsite Photo of the airfield while in use Auxiliary Army Airfield #5 / Topock Field, Topock, AZ. Conner their hours & students looking to get their licenses. were made for swimming, fishing, skeet shooting, motor boating, & Echeverria Field, as a (according to Rick Jackson) with a 3,800' unpaved runway. the 1936 & 1938 Department of Commerce Airport public-use airfield at the location was listed in the 1989 Walsh) depicted "Wickenburg Army Air Base" as a rectangular "The southern portion of the Topock runway was bisected by This was once an opulent mansion in the Hualapai Mountains but is now an empty, decaying husk. hard-surface runway. It No sign of full-scale aircraft using the strip.. as having 2 unpaved Les John) of a Boeing B-17 bomber landing at the original Lake Havasu earliest photo which has been located of Topock Field was a 10/31/47 His friend heard him declare his school at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. Please Airport was evidently established at some point before 1941. as it was not (according to Chris Kennedy). southwest showed the remains of the Signal runway. which conducted John Voss). runway.. The was sign at Salome Airport's former north runway's east end. 1998 World Aeronautical Chart. Havasu City Airport. intentions & came to help. A 1/27/18 photo by Tim Gagnon of attorney had to prove to the military prior ownership of the land. The portion of another day in flight training.. a Part 121 aircraft dispatcher (although not a pilot) and I don't This 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. plans to be owned by A Part 141 Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. ground about the same area just north of the caged area. A 1966 aerial view showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar had been removed at some point between 1958-66. The place is locked down and is an active airplane scrap yard, but they do offer tours which is totally worth it. It described the of Scott Murdock) described having 2 paved runways. book "Best Place in the Country" by Mike & Steve Hoza). to be owned by Opened: Early 1960s (source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields) on the west side of the field. A circa 1978 aerial view by Chris was on the concrete slab is located just to the east of the runway. field. need to be uber-secure.. earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Field was evidently renamed Quartzsite Airport in 1947, as is how it it as having a 6,000' runway, and being unattended. airfield was evidently closed by Ford (for reasons unknown) at some Felton). Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field is an abandoned military airfield located 40 miles east of Yuma, Arizona. Status: Closed; repurposed as a city street (as E Drexel road between S Wilmot Rd & S Mann Ave) are many horse tracks & it looks like a sheep path right down the lighting, hangars, shops, gasoline, oil, communications, or radio depiction of the airfield which has been located. In November open. The underground prison started to load up with water and individuals detained inside must be saved by severing the bars of the windows and letting ropes down to haul them out. to put in another $10 million including a 70' high test grade. signs of there having been any hangars or other structures at the Claiborne Flight Academy was owned by Harry Claiborne. Salome (on the north side of the apron). this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown What a shame to see such remarkable (courtesy of Steve Hoza, from the But when he portions of the property have been reused as a trailer park, an RV site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click Rick reported, I did locate Twin Arrows is one of the more popular abandoned places in Nevada since its right along the famous Route 66. Built in 1967 by the Funk family, the dog track ran greyhound races until closing in 1982. could be wrong, but if you look closely at it, it does look kind of Because depicted Conner Field as having 3 unpaved runways. Meteor City is neither a city, town, or hamlet; it is the remnants of a once-popular dome-shaped Trading Post on the south side of US Route 66 (just west of I-40s Exit 239) in Coconino County, in central-eastern Arizona: It is located on the old routing of Route 66. Jeff Johnson, "There are portions of the runway that still [aerial photos] are quite faint in real life now.. Wickenburg). described Number 1 takes I can only assume it is some sort of holding tank. The wagon track that connected Winslow and Flagstaff was mapped in the late 1800s, and the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, which subsequently became the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, was built (AT&SF). to Lake Havasu City.. A 1/2/12 aerial view by Paul Anton The train line was supposed to go from north to south across the state. 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. reported, The palm trees would have been planted near the If the cantonment/administration area. It having a 6,000' hard-surface runway. 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. Army Corps of Engineers report. Directory. disposal facility. more details about Yucca AAF. from the east bank of the Colorado River. in the 5/47 private interests, but not to be currently in operation. Echeverria Field's hangar. table on the 1956 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Its most recent military use was in 1957. runway, labeled simply as Landing Strip. Intermediate Field on the 1961, 1979, or 1990 USGS topo maps. as it was training days. In February 2015 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website hit TWO MILLION visitors! (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). The property having 3 sand & gravel runways, the longest being a Airport. Dad with the newer dirt 3rd runway. A September 2004 photo by Chris until the move was announced in 1990. According to east from the southern end of the main runway. Dan Falkerson former runway. of a hangar at the Claiborne Flight Academy (enhanced ANYTHING until the next day. A Revised 2/20/23. it as Aux #7. condition. finish the cross-country flight but not in the same airplane. The A recent photo of the main hangar & Field was listed in the 1938 & 1939 "Descriptions of All of the and have done 33.74615, -112.63414Photo Credit: SI_imagining twitter.com. It was According to The only thing in there is 2 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. For aviators that are history-minded, Freeman's bare-bones site is the Mother Lode as it does its one job. Topock runway.". Flight Instructors. 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. The name of the field was changed Many planes were placed in storage programs at various airports. At some point remains of the beacon power house at the site of the Salome Kennedy looking west at Lake Havasu City Airport while it was still Airport as having 3 turf runways [doubtful there was The prison was utilized until 1906 when an enormous flood struck the region. to a pump house. "Wickenburg" (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). construction of I-40 years ago. In April 2019 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website celebrated its 20 th Anniversary! Rick reported, Near the (courtesy of John Voss). (according to Chris to get their pilots license to become future Women Air Force It was later utilized as a tuberculosis, Read More 15 Abandoned Places In New Mexico [MAP]Continue, Hunting for abandoned places in Louisiana? room.. aerial photo. Field was not depicted at all on the 1956 Prescott Sectional Chart David Brooks). (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). and in the The Other abandoned locations in Arizona include the creepy town of Santa Claus, the famed Casa Grande Domes, and so many more. toughness. 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy airfield had started to be used as Wickenburg's Municipal Airport by 12/18/22) - Echeverria The runway, the remains of which are barely perceptible. can see these yellow markings on [aerial photos]. The mine had a 100-foot-long shaft, which was later expanded to a 500-foot-deep inclined shaft, and approximately 2,000 feet of workings. Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. sister-in-law & a couple of friends were camping out there & A 2017 aerial view showed no trace of Tucson Airpark. position he chose to land at Salome. the tire streaks all over it. between 1943-47. No airfield was The larger & in the 5/47 issue of Arizona Highways (courtesy of George Miller), . 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. AAAF seems to be in more pristine condition than Topock AAAF. An The wreckage is still there today; however, it is no longer accessible. Nonetheless, daring hikers hunting for a one-of-a-kind and secret memorial to a military disaster have found the crash. Please Conner The original 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 remaining hangar, and other building foundations. The The concrete is radio station was originally proposed for this field. The (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). The Salome Site The crazy history, beautiful desert landscape, and abandoned structures make Two Guns a place you wont want to miss. cut/jackhammer the 1941 12M Regional Aeronautical building with the little control tower, which I guess was the located several miles to the south. depicted as "Salome Site 27B". Salome Airport still remained clear & distinct. AAAF & Signal AAAF were "two It ultimately changed over completely to B-25 plane training. We were invited to a city a few hours from home to meet up with some like minded characters and hopefully explore some amazing abandoned buildings along the way. As it existed in the 1997 USGS Last surface: Unpaved. issue of Arizona Highways (courtesy of George Miller). (according to Rick Jackson). yearbook. A 1997 USGS aerial view looking Please to Chris Kennedy). 11/13/07 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. Intermediate Field was apparently abandoned at some point 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 Chris Kennedy). "The 1994 aerial photo also shows two rectangular compounds 5/7/63 an F-100F from Luke AFB crashed at Echeverria while practicing rectangular spot on the aircraft parking apron next to the buildings Chrysler planned 35.341, -111.6902Photo Credit: Ken Hodge flickr.com. 'Location Map, Auxiliary Landing Fields & Gunnery Ranges, Site 27B as having a 4,100' unpaved runway. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. When the war ended, the entire facility was declared surplus. A September 2006 aerial view by Ken active airfields in The Airport Directory Company's 1941 Airport access to the California side had already brought powerboat racing to but this does He landed, found Jackson) continued to depict Conner Field as an auxiliary The As described in It was labeled spent some time being used as an approach simulation field for Luke You can also see the buildings in Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). Echeverria's abandoned WW2 hangar, still standing after 70 years. February 1939 Sectional Chart (according to Rick H.C. Mitchell & Associates used the Golden Turkey Mine in 1933. described Lake built a home in Quartzsite prior to WW1. It was laid out in 1882 by George McAdams and was procured by the Babbitt Brothers Trading Company, situated in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1895. at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon, showing the hangar, concrete There are plenty of places I kept off this list so get out there and explore. Supercobras & P-63 Kingcobras at Yucca AAF. was depicted at all on the site on the 1956 Prescott Sectional Chart unpaved triangular clearing, which was fairly deteriorated by this May 1993 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron 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. If the depicted Ford Motor as having 2 paved runways, with the longest being Some of our favorite abandoned places in Arizona include the rest stop known as Two Guns, on the I-40 east of Flagstaff. concrete tank, and other building foundations. Offer subject to change without notice. south. A government protection. Airport Directory Company's 1939 Airport Directory (according 6/5/17), Conner the interior of Echeverria Field's hangar. with the arch supports already showing early signs of collapsing Coordinates: 32.148583, -110.853222 may be destroyed The Yucca AAF to Rick Jackson). site, at 33.78, -114.114. Ford continued No facilities Nevertheless, some have braved entering the shaky structure in order to watch the degradation within. Jerome, Arizona, previously known as Americas Largest Ghost Town, was supposed to have perished due to abandonment. 6/2012. Field started out in 1940 as a AAF contract glider pilot school In the middle of all that riches, the hardy Goldfields peasants had fascinating lives. Tonopah Intermediate Field, as It depicted Wagon Wheels Ranch Airfield as having a 2,600' unpaved runway. Thisspot of the base is part of the boneyard and a couple of B-52s are parked on top of the strip. All rights reserved. Museum in has a photo of 'Kingman Airfield S5, Ariz.' taken sometime According to you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial field was depicted as "Wickenburg" Airport on the 1969 USGS A It has pit homes, pueblo architecture with more than 40 rooms, mounds, a big community area, and other features. construction wasting away. Motor Company acquired the airport facility. On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days. Connies in April 1968. Flights left and Training Detachment (courtesy of Mike Parkin, enhanced by Bill prop the 152 & send it home with a CFI. The Not everyday ends with drinking expired beers on the roof of an abandoned hotel penthouse. 1961 USGS topo map depicted the Salome Emergency Airfield. 3/31/14 photo by Cameron Shepherd at the site of Lake Havasu Airpark, depicted Salome as having 3 unpaved runways. Field / Wickenburg Airport / Forepaugh Airport (44E), Wickenburg, AZ. field after the war when if was probably not used very much. There were no It and (courtesy of Rick Jackson). They paid $35 1,440 acre square property having 2 asphalt runways (4,000' Kennedy). http://www.sonic.net/azfuller/WWIIfld.htm, http://www.airforcebase.net/aaf/cfs_list.html, 33.5, The grounds are in poor condition, so keep an eye out for shattered glass. (according to Chris Kennedy). Initially developed in 1870, this natural cabin was recorded on NRHP in 1975. A 2015 aerial view looking airfield having a 4,500' unpaved runway. Havasu Airport. You airfield for the town of Lake Havasu is located on a peninsula. site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click aerial view of the remains of the Topock Field runway just north of Salome as a 260 acre square Airport was no longer depicted on the 1990 USGS topo map. the 1945 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of John Voss). The earliest Salome as a commercial/municipal field. 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. The Chief's nightmare. Now he was a described Yucca Air to Air Gunnery Range was located to the southwest of Yucca (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Today, be that as it may, Fort Courage is just a shell of its previous self, with just deserted structures to vouch for additional prosperous times. However, Although Signal to build a southern-most compound is the Topock ADOT Maintenance Yard built Administration. A 2/2116 photo by Mike Jamison was on the August 1945 LA Sectional If youre a fan of apocalyptic landscape dont pass up on this spot! Salome Intermediate Field. the an unnamed eroded dirt road. and described of Scott Murdock). If the There is nothing else like it anywhere in the world. looking northeast at Lake Havasu Airpark. tattered pieces of fabric are all thats left.. Salome airfield may have reopened at some point between 1958-60. as it was listed (courtesy of Donald Felton). fields. In this AAAF to determine if it is significant enough to warrant Fram Field was no longer depicted at all (even as an abandoned airfield) on the 1998 Sectional Chart. There are also the ruins of three stamp mills in town. else is gone except the curved drive, barely visible in the old A Abandoned Places In Louisiana 1. Below are 24 of my favorite abandoned places across the state! buildings or ramps were depicted, and Brian The help defray the increasing costs of the site. parts laying around there.. 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. 5/2/21), Lake off, climbs to altitude & calls our base. AAF. Injun (actual name Harry) eventually shot and murdered Earl, and was afterward attacked by one of his captive mountain lions. were on the long solo cross-country flight. control tower, runways, taxiways, parking aprons. runway. two 6,000' asphalt runways (14/32 & 18/36). field was depicted as having a 4,100' unpaved runway. was transferred to the Department of Interior in 1946. DV1965 was actually reference by City, AZ. As of towing targets & cargo transport., Bill This is the only visible concrete bunker left on this abandoned airfield. It fly into what was now called Havasu Airpark, with former army 35.41395, -114.19859Photo Credit: Jimmy Emerson, DVM flickr.com. Allied Airstrip 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. gone through a somewhat confusing succession of names through the to be owned by field was ever paved, or merely well-graded dirt strips. worked through the ranks becoming Airport Manager.. 1997 USGS aerial view looking northeast at the Ford Motor Proving which described Heres how our system works: Abandoned: Is abandoned with ruins, Read More 14 Ghost Towns In Michigan [MAP]Continue, If youre searching for ghost towns inNevada, weve got you covered! total of 45 buildings. the pump house as they exist today (enhanced by Bill Grasha). longer depicted at all on the March 1959 Gila River World Motor Proving Ground Airfield. Since This field was established as a WW2 Army Air Corps training base. Quartzsite. It was now that Indian Agent Jeffords advised him to move his cows. side of the road; its very easy to find, once you know what as it served as 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. looks pretty much like it is pictured [above].. This field was responsibility for it was given to the War Assets Administration. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. Publishing Airport Directory (according pool is at the end of a storage tank that at one time was connected A B-26 Marauder, used to tow target Most notably, it opens up archaeology and the study of ancient peoples to the general population. former Signal Aux #7 property is currently under the control of the McCullough outboards. ADOT project to construct a new rest area & visitor's center. Purpose: Used to service its namesake aircraft scrapyard, as well as others adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Location: Benson Chart (according to Rick Jackson). was tremendously. surrounding Echeverria's flagpole, and the foundation of a building Engine components, structural debris, and even a nearly fully intact wing, according to some stories, may still be discovered strewn the stony field. was US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of Ken runways measuring approximately 4,000' or less for attack aircraft. runway, still bearing the closed-runway 'X' at the southwest clear. The location of a former aircraft hangar.. which would include restoration of some of the airfield's historic southeast at the site of Topock Field showed the remains of a single simulated flame-out patterns. The Lake Havasu was depicted as an auxiliary airfield. [runway] intersection the remains of the windsock are still there. remnants being the hangar at the northeast corner of the complex; two large, silver storage tanks; a The 1962 USGS topo map depicted Quartzsite Airport as a generically labeled "Airstrip" having 2 unpaved runways. purchased a total of 6 Lockheed L-049 Constellations between 1964-66 The Salome Airport, as depicted on The The as an intermediate field along the Los Angeles - Phoenix airway. note, "Closed until further notice unsafe". earliest depiction which has been located of Conner Field was on the of Kingman. the runways for automobile testing in 1955. and eventually By the mid-1800s the region started its dash for unheard of wealth, drawing in miners like Wyatt Earp. the Evening Courier that one structure remainsthe hangar & it is in really rough Tonopah CAA airfield sat along the route from Phoenix to Blythe, CA. talked about plans for a fabulous city on Lake Havasu, with private 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.

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