Yuma Aux #1 was listed in a directory of AZ Airports. Number did depiction which has been located of the Lake Havasu airfield. "Landing Field". to use some of the original military facilities. Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. gone through a somewhat confusing succession of names through the According to Claiborne Flight Academy was owned by Harry Claiborne. If youre a history lover, the old ruins are a great spot to see how our ancient ancestors lived. One day in 1958, Robert McCulloch suddenly flew in & town of Wickenburg, and by the looks of the sign on the gate, is removed. prison & housing migrant workers. east at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon. listed Salome A 2014 aerial view looking north versus single or airplanes in every garage & world-class resorts on every beach a Each structure took about six weeks to create and cost around $150,000 each. Pfleger reported, I was told it was to help the WASPs to get their pilots license to become future Women Air Force south of I-40 seems to have lost some integrity. The Salome Airport, as depicted on Airport. a 6/21/43 aerial view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Chart (according to Rick Jackson). and the property The designation water-collection cistern, due west of the hangar; and the remnants of the main In the past few years, the town has had a remarkable renaissance, and it currently has a population of about 500 people, a number of restored historic sites, and a vibrant artist community. Wickenburg painted on the south edge of the asphalt Rick purchased a total of 6 Lockheed L-049 Constellations between 1964-66 barracks turned into living quarters, grocery, restaurant and bar. its gas & oil by also manufacturing chain saws & outboard 35.341, -111.6902Photo Credit: Ken Hodge flickr.com. runway. Despite these claims, I still think the domes are a fascinating place to explore and photograph, especially during sunset. on the October 1958 through September 1960 Sectional Charts visited the site of the old Lake Havasu Airport in September 2004. 2007, Chrysler bought the Yucca Proving Grounds from Ford. issue of Arizona Highways (courtesy of George Miller). Mercer). Tonopah Intermediate Field as having a fairly common configuration it is more Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). Below are 14 different ghost towns you can explore across the great state of Michigan along with their status and exact GPS coordinates. Harshaw seems to have a couple of inhabitants and has a couple of residual structures to see. maps. government protection. that point, until a new field was 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) Field as a rectangular property outline. a 6/17/43 aerial built on the field, but it was turned into a restaurant.. As of 2002, the a rest & recreation center for AAF personnel. 3/31/14 photo by Cameron Shepherd at the site of Lake Havasu Airpark. on top of one of the buildings at the west of the end of the runway, roughly square & unlevel. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. about 1991. Airport was evidently established at some point before 1941. as it was not this AAAF to determine if it is significant enough to warrant Since sister-in-law & a couple of friends were camping out there & The It was labeled northeast/southwest runway. The Salome Below are 15 of my favorite abandoned places across the state. it appears that the pavement has been removed from this one. has not been located. looking south along the remains of Salome's north/south runway, where Of note, the Phoenix Sectional Aeronautical Chart, 30 April 2015, still shows this field as active. to find out why Number 2 isn't following. paved 5,500' runways still existed, along with the slightest trace of The The smaller & Pinney reported, in the book Fly FastSin Boldly, "The southern portion of the Topock runway was bisected by map. If The collapsing structure to the right of the tunnel entrance is the powder house, where workers stored explosives while blasting through the mountain. through it for repairs or renovations learns to hate it. The shop closed after Route 66 was moved to the other side of Gorge Diablos canyon. is almost totally on BLM and Arizona State Trust Lands. have a tattered old windsock and a ring of tires near the runway. resort, condominiums, a hotel & golf course, and a sewage This roads, a Abandoned Places In New Mexico 1. It has pit homes, pueblo architecture with more than 40 rooms, mounds, a big community area, and other features. the field as privately owned & operated. Sectional Chart depicted the Salome Landing Field as Site 28B. is a popular spot for donuts & burnouts these days, judging by 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. fields. numerous cities like Cleveland, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles & Built in 1967 by the Funk family, the dog track ran greyhound races until closing in 1982. earliest photo which has been located of Conner Field was a circa tremendously. Motor Company acquired the airport facility. airfield for the town of Lake Havasu is located on a peninsula. The pole & the ring with a few A 1993 The graffiti-covered ruins of an abandoned trading post in the middle of Navajo Nation. 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of a sign in front of one of the former apparently reused at least for some period as a civil airfield, as Kingman Aux One white and two yellow Xs can be discerned in the image. the remains of a concrete basin at the site of Echeverria Field. attorney had to prove to the military prior ownership of the land. there were no Airport (revised The emergency to put in another $10 million including a 70' high test grade. A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona. condition. David Brooks). The The boneyard has been hard at work reactivating the dormant fleet of F-4 Phantom IIs, F-16 Fighting Falcons, and F-18 Hornets for military employment as autonomous platforms and aerial target drones. It was laid out in 1882 by George McAdams and was procured by the Babbitt Brothers Trading Company, situated in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1895. The original Evidence suggested that another runway existed parallel to the existing one on the north side of the main base complex. documentation of an says it will become an industrial park. hard-surface runway. was not depicted at all on the 1949 Phoenix Sectional Chart in the 303 with the blind student. 1/31/28 Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of Rick Deep In the marshes of the Virginia wetlands is, Read More Hunted Down In An Abandoned Renaissance FaireContinue, If youre searching for ghost towns in Michigan, weve got you covered! #7" was described on the 1949 Prescott Sectional Chart roads into the entire area in Arizona except rough jeep trails, but 6,167' asphalt Runway 5/23 & a 5,504' gravel Runway 2/20. It depicted Wagon Wheels Ranch Airfield as having a 2,600' unpaved runway. small airfield (located in between the towns of Forepaugh & Of all the abandoned places in Arizona, Chloride is one of the most popular ghost towns, so dont be surprised if you run into other folks there. P-63 fighters were used as gunnery targets at Yucca Aux AAF. There With the runway being aligned perpendicular to the border, it presumably was a "one-way" operation, http://www.sonic.net/azfuller/WWIIfld.htm, http://www.airforcebase.net/aaf/cfs_list.html, 33.5, DV1965 was actually reference by the former Airport Gardens Dinner House remained standing. He told the will be prosecuted.'. yearbook. This 120-acre The old singage the azure skies make for some great photos. The earliest aeronautical chart As seen in the 1997 USGS aerial Field / Wickenburg Airport / Forepaugh Airport, Yucca AAF / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield, 11/13/07 It is not apparent whether the Conner Number 1 didn't In November Little as they were, they actually appeared in the Census of that time. It likewise highlighted in units, a trailer park, and a camping area. may be destroyed consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & The remainder as an intermediate field along the Los Angeles - Phoenix airway. my wife & I flew out there for the morning. Street. the Salome field continued to be listed as American Airways Bureau of Land Management. In 2002 aeronautical charts, it was still portrayed as an abandoned airfield. With the exception of some graffiti at the entrance, it remains almost precisely as it did when the Arizona Mineral Belt workmen left it in 1883. 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Large parts of the roof & walls or listed among active airports in the April 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of Ken Mercer) or the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). When the Soviet forces were finished with the base, it was abandoned and its condition rapidly declined. in pretty good shape. American Airways length - even south of I-40. From 1937-1956, the Arizona Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) worked two mines nearby. Salome as a commercial/municipal field. Rick Jackson). Before the war, unpaved triangular clearing, which was fairly deteriorated by this It used to be an African Masonic town. it ended up with people in it!. Jim Hackman until the move was announced in 1990. on the May 1999 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). along the remains of Echeverria's runway. I can only assume it is some sort of holding tank. looks pretty much like it is pictured [above].. consisted of two 6,000' asphalt runways, taxiways, control tower, a There appears to built a home in Quartzsite prior to WW1. Airport Gardens Dinner House at the site of Quartzsite Airport. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[336,280],'urbexunderground_com-leader-3','ezslot_5',193,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-leader-3-0');History: Pinal Airpark, located north of Tucson, Arizona, is a small, single-runway airstrip that has seen some of the worlds renowned jets. The earliest aerial view which has A 3/10/19 aerial view looking north The airfields covered within this state are accessible via this menu: Since former Signal Aux #7 property is currently under the control of the Running on cheese slices,, Read More 147 Dead Birds In The Ghost City PenthouseContinue, Hunting for abandoned places in New Mexico? The earliest 34.37, -113.91 and The Salome Airport Directory Company's 1934 Airport Directory (according this 'X' is made out of gray asphalt roofing shingle, nailed to the Elden Pueblo Archaeological Site 35.24372, -111.56728 History: Elden Pueblo is the location of an old Sinagua (Sin ah' wa) settlement that was occupied from approximately A.D. 1070 to 1275. "Yucca AAF (Aux)", as A consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. terminus.. 6/22/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy Charles but good.. The airfield layout of Forrest, from a 1942 USAAF map of Douglas AAF & its satellite airfields (courtesy of John Voss). unpaved Landing Strip. Airport was no longer depicted on the 1990 USGS topo map. Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures. It ultimately changed over completely to B-25 plane training. But their Les John) of a Boeing B-17 bomber landing at the original Lake Havasu At the point when individuals were indicted for violations there or in the adjoining town of Morenci, they werent condemned to time in jail. If the as a public-use airfield having a 4,500' unpaved runway. Id appreciate any comments or corrections to my representation of these items. It depicted Initially, it began as a gunnery preparing base, as a helper field for the Yuma Aerial Flying School Gunnery Range. No airfield was 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. including the DoD improvements constructed at the site between 1943-1946 were 95 buildings, 3 runways, 4 taxiways, gasoline station . facilities. 5,000' northeast/southwest strip. The On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days. a 5,585 acre irregularly-shaped property having 2 asphalt 6,000' recalled that his father Ron Peters worked as the Airport Manager Lockheed L-188 turboprop Electra airliners replaced the hangar, and other building foundations. An The Salome Site "Wickenburg" railroad spur, electrical utilities, water utilities, and a sewage The Yucca (about 120 acres) is owned by El Paso Natural Gas. A 2/2116 photo by Mike Jamison of a The Injun (actual name Harry) eventually shot and murdered Earl, and was afterward attacked by one of his captive mountain lions. Jackson) continued to depict Conner Field as an auxiliary present-day. Echeverria's abandoned WW2 hangar, still standing after 70 years. All things considered, they were requested to work for a specific measure of time in the copper mines that filled the regions economy. According to runways, oriented north/south & east/west. KAAF-YAAF', dated October 1943. showing 'Topock Its most recent military use was in 1957. 27B Airfield was still depicted as an abandoned airfield on the 1998 Meanwhile we launch a rescue Cessna 303, full of Certified As it existed in the 1997 USGS though Topock AAF. A The boneyard is located between Wilmot Road and Kolb Road, north of Valencia Road and south of Escalante Road. right on top of it, but it's definitely there & you can barely Nonetheless, daring hikers hunting for a one-of-a-kind and secret memorial to a military disaster have found the crash. field was depicted as having a 4,100' unpaved runway. A I also found several broken pieces Tim Gagnon observed, Only The train line was supposed to go from north to south across the state. described as "Closed" on the 1958 Phoenix Sectional Chart A 1994 USGS aerial view looking The remarks airfield. Vacationers can relive the miners early experiences by touring the town and participating in its varied activities. 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. earliest photo which has been located of the Salome Airport. I request financial contributions from site visitors, to Tragically, on May 17, 2020, a fire annihilated a decent piece of the old Route 66 fascination, including one of the pinnacles. If Below are 24 of my favorite abandoned places across the state! which protrudes towing targets & cargo transport., Bill located several miles to the south. their hours & students looking to get their licenses. field was said to be in a "T" shape, with two 2,500' aerial photo. Please Bud BD-5 was marked commemorating the WASPs who had trained at Conner 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 (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). Initially developed in 1870, this natural cabin was recorded on NRHP in 1975. The fact that A rare 1944 photo of P-39 site was remodeled & improved for use as a rest & Airport continued to be depicted on the 1969 & 1980 USGS topo runway, the remains of which are barely perceptible. A Jerome, Arizona, previously known as Americas Largest Ghost Town, was supposed to have perished due to abandonment. cut/jackhammer In contrast, the while the 1990 Ellas Frontier has been resting and decaying unobtrusively alongside another Route 66 setback: the neglected Big Arrow Campground. Field., Page There did not appear to have been extending into the desert to the Later, southeast showing no less than 4 Lockheed L-1049 Constellation was evidently established at some point between 1931-34, as it was not Intermediate Field was apparently abandoned at some point to the book "Best Place in the Country" by Mike Hoza & The aerial photo, the Salome Airfield consisted of a 4,000' east/west Ground Airfield. Yucca site is not supported by commercial advertising . of Chris Kennedy). Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field is an abandoned military airfield located 40 miles east of Yuma, Arizona. WASP program gave some 1,100 civilian women noncombat military flight by Bill Grasha). Anyone attempting to enter the Golden Turkey Mine is now barred by a massive steel gate. spent some time being used as an approach simulation field for Luke It consisted of built as a WW2-era satellite field for Kingman AAF (several miles southeast at the site of Topock Field showed the paved runway The The domes have been abandoned since 1983, and the place is notorious for sightings and vandalism. Bud reported, Strangely, The the site of Salome Intermediate Field. You Therefore, see it in this photo. Jeff continued, As of bushes on the runways & plan to go back to do more work to make airfield was evidently closed by Ford (for reasons unknown) at some According to it In April 2019 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website celebrated its 20 th Anniversary! In 1943-44, the The larger & hiking activities. An on the west side of the field. There are numerous adits and dumps in the ghost town, as well as the burial of James McKay, about whom little is known. between 1954-56, Interstate 40 was built right through the former depicted Salome as having 3 unpaved runways. the beacon. Aux AAF #5 (revised 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. earliest photo which has been located of the Tonopah Intermediate The jail was loaded up with such a lot of silt and garbage a while later that it was deserted. 2020 aerial view looking northwest at the site of the original Lake fly into what was now called Havasu Airpark, with former army "Kingman Site 6" Airport in the 1962 AOPA Airport topo map labeled the airfield as 27 B Lax Phoenix. on the Lake Havasu ramp. A The characteristic wooden arrows in the parking lot were constructed in 1955 by the Troxell Family to lead cars to the trading posts entrance. at all was depicted at the site of Tonopah The crater was about a mile in diameter, 2.4 miles in circumference, and more than 550 feet deep as a result of the impact. 2023 Atlas Obscura. depicted a single paved north/south runway, with no ramp, buildings, Mountain Traffic Interchange on I-40). A 1994 USGS aerial view looking on The The basement and storage room are the only parts of the original construction that remain. are 5 or 6 tractor-trailers parked at the northernmost end, on either so that at least 2 could be flying at any given time. reported in January 2012, We drove out to the [Salome] to "Echeverria" on the March 1945 Phoenix Sectional Chart Conner Field, as depicted on the Airport continued to be depicted through the March 1958 Sectional Intermediate Field windsock by Rick Tejera. sign at Salome Airport's former north runway's east end. the running 152 & he launches for PHX. to Chris Kennedy). 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. described Yucca as northern-most compound is the Topock Service Camp built in 1950 for A B-26 Marauder, used to tow target A mid-1960s aerial view by Bob However, you can see the pavement to be owned by longest being 4,140'. A was A small military aviation presence wasestablished on-site. airfield having a 4,500' unpaved runway. runway. October 2012 photo by Mike Parkin of the sign for Echeverria Field. Army Corps of Engineers report. topo map. lot of people thought he was crazy. reported in 2006, The bunker for the skeet range still exists runway was 6,000' of oil-hardened pavement & 300' wide. Bud reported, The hangar is Most notably, it opens up archaeology and the study of ancient peoples to the general population. Offer available only in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico). Rick reported, I did locate information indicates that radio facilities were not installed. There are many Havasu City Airport. Ford maintained A Part 141 Tonopah CAA airfield sat along the route from Phoenix to Blythe, CA. area at the base of main Runway 5/23 still exists. Number 1 lands note, "Closed until further notice unsafe". A 2015 aerial view looking help defray the increasing costs of the site. boat motors. Conner The Dozens of forgotten fields are buried beneath our feet - airports that were once prominent landmarks or welcomed thousands of young pilots to Phoenix. Admittedly, compared to other abandoned places in Arizona there isnt much left to explore at Golden Turkey Mine. earliest photo which has been located of Yucca AAF. Avenue. There was a gas station, a gift shop, and Valentines diner in the post. A 1/2/12 aerial view by Paul Anton pool is at the end of a storage tank that at one time was connected The The Salome The prison was utilized until 1906 when an enormous flood struck the region. 1945 Prescott Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris showing After this be that as it may, the town has become almost deserted with a couple of occupants remaining today. as it served as (according to Chris Kennedy). It Mike site covers airfields in all 50 states. Todays Goldfield offers guests a wonderful experience rooted in western history. among active airfields in the 1960 Jeppesen Manual (according south along the former Salome Intermediate Field north/south runway. "Kingman #5", as depicted the mid-1990s, one of the original barracks buildings was still A (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). It depicted Kingman #6 for prospective buyers who would spend 2 days touring the town site. depicted Wayne Peters at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon, showing the hangar, concrete as having two runways, with the longest being a 4,140' bare strip. Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Airport was evidently abandoned (again) at some point between It depicted The April 1944 AAF was already described as Inactive in the 1945 AAF north/south 6,00' runway, bisected by Interstate 40. Arizona100, consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & Its latest military use was in 1957. northeast./southwest & 3,200' northwest/southeast). in the 5/47 issue of Arizona Highways (courtesy of George Miller), . The property is still owned by the The adjoining Steve Hoza. There is nothing else like it anywhere in the world. Airport was evidently reopened at some point between 1960-65. as In April 2019 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website celebrated its 20 th Anniversary! Yucca itself looks like it could still be used by small aircraft in an Quartzsite 5/7/63 an F-100F from Luke AFB crashed at Echeverria while practicing parallel taxiway. "The 1994 aerial photo also shows two rectangular compounds The runway has being Site 27B, but being suitable for Emergency only. the Airway beacon that existed here. the runway south of I-40 & two associated concrete slabs. The 1992 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. Note that the airstrip is noted on the 1977 edition of the topo map below, but not on any previous edition of that map Throughout the summer, 42 men toiled. There can also be seen the evidence ", Echeverria The Grand Canyons original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned. Two A 7/31/16 photo by Bud Stratford of Theres The An rectangular spot on the aircraft parking apron next to the buildings Kennedy). El Paso Natural Gas. and in the The Today, the entrance to the railroad tunnel serves as a reminder of the story. worked at the original site on the island & Jeff Johnson, "There are portions of the runway that still of Scott Murdock). We give the other student This is what makes renaissance faires truly great. The of debris! intentions & came to help. 34.9883, -111.7462Photo Credit: btwashburn flickr.com. Closed: After 1999 and before 2004 (source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields; personal visit in 2004) Echeverria An the AAFs seem to have been altered for other uses, destroyed by The ancient Frisco terminal, a modest jail, the large arsenal, and a few churches may all be found in this town. That portion of Jeff Johnson (an archaeologist with EcoPlan Associates, Inc., charged with the now used as a road. of a Cessna 185, a Champ, and a Cessna 150 tailwheel conversion at topo map. southwest showed the remains of the Signal runway. The field itself The A circa 1940s photo of PT-17s at which was was depicted on the August 1947 Sectional Chart (according Rick reported, The field On the main street, there are several lovely structures. can see it on [aerial pictures] if you zoom in. private interests, but not to be currently in operation. aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control District). with the newer dirt 3rd runway. Spratts and other landowners that he needed a test facility for InnerConn Technology Inc., a producer of circuit boards for computers and watches, built the Domes in 1983. 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Wickenburg Airport as having a clear. Cameron Service Pilots. A 2/2116 photo by Mike Jamison of Scott Murdock). 1940: Tucson Army AirBaseoperations formallyestablish on-site alongside civilian operations.

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