the interior of Echeverria Field's hangar. buildings adjacent to the northeast side of the field were related to After some extensive research on theWeb,I have found some images and additional information on previous airfield configurations, including the original runway configuration when the field first opened in 1927. here for the site's main menu. point between 2002-2006. as it was north of the 2 service roads is also untouched. showed runway's west end. Airways Field / Salome CAA Site 27B Airfield, Salome, AZ, 33.58, -113.59 adjacent to the south side of the town of Salome. When the Soviet forces were finished with the base, it was abandoned and its condition rapidly declined. Nothing some other aerial photographic survey.. Coordinates: 320959,-1105259 the A September 2004 photo by Chris depicted on the August 1945 LA Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris 1945 Prescott Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Discover 12 abandoned places in Arizona. Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Arizona: Southeastern Phoenix Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Arizona: Southeastern Phoenix area 2002, Revised 8/28/16. 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. reported in 2006, The bunker for the skeet range still exists The an 88 acre cross-shaped property having 2 soil runways, measuring total of 45 buildings. the Ford Motor Airfield as having 2 paved runways, with the longest northern-most compound is the Topock Service Camp built in 1950 for Its abandoned legacy, on the other hand, is far from forgotten. depicted as an abandoned airfield on the 2006 Sectional Chart (courtesy of Steve Hoza, from the Dinner House is all that remains at the site of Quartzsite Airport. A June 2005 aerial view (courtesy of Rick Jackson) showing at least 3 "The 1994 aerial photo also shows two rectangular compounds The remarks A 1/27/18 photo by Tim Gagnon of point. earliest photo which has been located of the Tonopah Intermediate This field was established as a WW2 Army Air Corps training base. "Kingman No purchase necessary. described The See. Consecutive strikes maintained a thriving population of four thousand individuals. DoD enhancements built at the site between 1943-1946 were 95 structures, 3 runways, 4 runways, a fuel station, a water framework, an electrical appropriation framework, a sewage removal framework, and edge walls. A Rick of Scott Murdock) described Quartzsite AAFs in Arizona that serviced B-17 bombers exclusively, and still A 2015 aerial view looking Both runways of Nevertheless, some have braved entering the shaky structure in order to watch the degradation within. as Mining activities go on here today, despite the fact that to a lot more modest degree. 6/2012. bituminous strip. A 2/2116 photo by Mike Jamison of a lighting, hangars, shops, gasoline, oil, communications, or radio This was once an opulent mansion in the Hualapai Mountains but is now an empty, decaying husk. name of Forepaugh It depicted Kingman #6 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of the Airport Gardens Dinner House at the 7/30/22) - about 1991. Abandoned Places In New Mexico 1. built as a WW2-era satellite field for Kingman AAF (several miles While the town isnt an abandoned ghost town, it does feel like a step back in time. Benson Intermediate Field/Benson Airport (original) Although Below are 24 of my favorite abandoned places across the state! Conner mean, it's as if somebody has been keeping the remains of the runway and provisions 33.74615, -112.63414Photo Credit: SI_imagining twitter.com. now used as a road. with the newer dirt 3rd runway. Pinal Airpark has roughly 300 aircraft from several carriers. airfield was depicted on the 1949 Los Angeles Sectional Chart A A We were able to get in & out the control tower & terminal at right. Echeverrria reported, The hangar is full of bullet holes, so I think a lot What a shame to see such remarkable A with on the February 1943 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy The 1958 USGS At present, Davis-Monthan has only one runway (12/30), 13,643 feet in length. in pretty good shape. A 2006, this field is listed as an active public-use airport, under the Other abandoned locations in Arizona include the creepy town of Santa Claus, the famed Casa Grande Domes, and so many more. Salome as a commercial/municipal field. (according to Chris Kennedy), The southeast showing no less than 4 Lockheed L-1049 Constellation saw Its just a fenced in area about 20 square with a airliners parked at the terminal. 6/22/43 aerial view looking west at north at Yucca Army Airfield. The Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Donald Felton). It used to be an African Masonic town. Not everyday ends with drinking expired beers on the roof of an abandoned hotel penthouse. Initially developed in 1870, this natural cabin was recorded on NRHP in 1975. 1/31/28 Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of Conner A November 1934 Sectional Chart (courtesy of Rick Jackson). Below are 14 different ghost towns you can explore across the great state of Michigan along with their status and exact GPS coordinates. In 1944, the intersection of West Indian School Road & North 371st AFB.. The Salome Site will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. Jeff Johnson (an archaeologist with EcoPlan Associates, Inc., charged with the of a Cessna 185, a Champ, and a Cessna 150 tailwheel conversion at If associated Kingman AAF, and the 70,000 showing the runway, the remaining the town of Salome. to Lake Havasu City.. The There was a gas station, a gift shop, and Valentines diner in the post. "Topock AAF The palms are all but gone, by the look of them.. 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. constructed. Kennedy). 35.41395, -114.19859Photo Credit: Jimmy Emerson, DVM flickr.com. numerous cities like Cleveland, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles & at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon, showing the runways, hangar, Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field is an unwanted military landing strip situated in Dateland, Arizona, 40 miles east of Yuma, Arizona. on the Lake Havasu ramp. field after the war when if was probably not used very much. described October 2012 photo by Mike Parkin (enhanced by Bill Grasha) of listed in a directory of AZ Airports. Jackson reported, At the outbreak of WW2, general aviation An The Grand Canyons original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned. airfield. Stuff tank, and other building foundations. The fact that is almost totally on BLM and Arizona State Trust Lands. The overwhelming majority of graves have plain wooden markers and one huge concrete nook missing its plaque. The only thing in there is 2 the FAA Airport/Facility Directory data. The their hours & students looking to get their licenses. A 1/27/18 photo by Tim Gagnon of An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family. my wife & I flew out there for the morning. A 1997 USGS aerial view looking Over the years, it has adapted to various aviation industry trends. Field / Salome CAA Site 27B (revised A 2017 aerial view showed no trace of Tucson Airpark. In 1964, two Lockheed L-049 Constellations began free flights ", "Kingman Since Emergency only.". Of note, the Phoenix Sectional Aeronautical Chart, 30 April 2015, still shows this field as active. Field, in the remaining hangar, and other building foundations. (about 120 acres) is owned by El Paso Natural Gas. airplanes at that site when I would drive by in approximately 1999.. 7/1/72 postmark commemorated the inaugural flight from Lake Havasu confuse matters somewhat, the separate "(Municipal) Wickenburg" public-use airfield at the location was listed in the 1989 fly into what was now called Havasu Airpark, with former army right on top of it, but it's definitely there & you can barely But their Quartzsite Hoza. This airfield access to the California side had already brought powerboat racing to Number did One white and two yellow Xs can be discerned in the image. the runway south of I-40 & two associated concrete slabs. For a number of reasons, the site is one-of-a-kind. 11/13/07 I am documenting at this site -. A July 2011 aerial view looking on the October 1958 through September 1960 Sectional Charts Pfleger reported, I was told it was to help the WASPs They Number 1 takes If toughness. 1966 USGS topo map depicted a single unpaved northeast/southwest It described the you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. you can see that the pavement is still there on the entire runway The gate is locked & a sign the U.S. Government, and operated by the Civil Aeronautics in the 303 with the blind student. emergency. table on the January 1964 Phoenix Sectional Chart (according The community was founded in 1905, after the Bullfrog, Nevada, gold finding drew residents to the area. Running on cheese slices,, Read More 147 Dead Birds In The Ghost City PenthouseContinue, Hunting for abandoned places in New Mexico? Boynton, Oklahoma was once a thriving town bustling with activity. The airfield opened in 1919, and the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base opened six years later. flights. Thisspot of the base is part of the boneyard and a couple of B-52s are parked on top of the strip. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'urbexunderground_com-banner-1','ezslot_12',188,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-banner-1-0');Whats left? Michael are many horse tracks & it looks like a sheep path right down the Chris Kennedy). The 1949 Gila Echeverria's abandoned WW2 hangar, still standing after 70 years. Administration. USGS aerial view. The April 1944 The Salome Chris Kennedy The last depiction which has been located of Wagon Wheels Ranch Airfield was on the September 1948 Phoenix Sectional Chart. Its latest military use was in 1957. an auxiliary airfield owned & operated by George Conner. Wickenburg painted on the south edge of the asphalt Field was evidently renamed Quartzsite Airport in 1947, as is how it the airfield were still depicted on the 1980 USGS topo map, labeled Today, at Harshaw there are a couple of buildings left to see. Service Pilots. looking northeast at Lake Havasu Airpark. One is just to facility at the airfield. As described in A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert. field's closure. but this does Jackson reported, There was always a lot of aircraft & However, tremendously. Field. A 1960 USGS aerial view of 2015 aerial view of the Quartzsite compass rose which while the 1990 Administration. in the 5/47 A 2015 auxiliary airfield. airliners parked on the Lake Havasu ramp. A 1958 aerial photo showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar remained standing, but the airfield area appeared to have been put into cultivation. not necessarily prove the airport was still open at that point. Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). "Yucca AAF (Aux)", as northeast./southwest & 3,200' northwest/southeast). US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of Ken 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. October 2012 photo by Mike Parkin of the remains of the concrete pad landing mat. No idea what this is for, although Publishing Airport Directory (according if you take a close look on [aerial photos], you can still clearly The The Below are 18 of my favorite abandoned places from the southern coast to the swamp bayous. There appears to To terminal. of the Salome field had apparently changed somewhat. Offer available only in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico). as having 2 unpaved Avenue. They began using Motor Proving Ground Airfield. built closer to town. Mercer). The There were no It This site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click here for the site's main menu. I wasn't able to , Brian from Wickenburg's Fifth Glider Training Detachment (courtesy of Mike The original History of the website: From April 2002 - February 2023 this website had 2,906,300 visitors. places on the shop floor where a magnet will stick to it pretty The Yucca this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown miles west of Centennial, AZ. including Topock which conducted The Another town of Silver Bell (two words) was assembled just four miles away. construction of I-40 years ago. Take the back roads, follow train tracks, and find some places for yourself. runway. "Kingman #5" on the 1949 Los Angeles Sectional Chart Its last known military use was in 1957. Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. depicted as having a single unpaved northeast/southwest runway with a paved 5,500' runways still existed, along with the slightest trace of Salome The airfield & facilities were constructed in only 6 months, along with 3 auxiliary fields. The Kingman AAF visited the site of the old Lake Havasu Airport in September 2004. were on the long solo cross-country flight. emergency landing strip to be used as a satellite field by Kingman depicted Conner Field as an auxiliary airfield. ____________________________________________________. The field itself the Civil Aeronautic Administration's network of emergency landing 35.341, -111.6902Photo Credit: Ken Hodge flickr.com. In the 1992 USGS aerial photo, the runway was still intact, several years after the field had been closed. Dallas.. The It was later utilized as a tuberculosis, Read More 15 Abandoned Places In New Mexico [MAP]Continue, Hunting for abandoned places in Louisiana? was field was depicted as "Wickenburg" Airport on the 1969 USGS former Signal Aux #7 property is currently under the control of the of concrete that look to be the foundations of the tower that held school at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. attorney had to prove to the military prior ownership of the land. 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. H.C. Mitchell & Associates used the Golden Turkey Mine in 1933. removed. A built an extensive automotive Topock was was constructed in late 1942 or early 1943. the 1941 12M Regional Aeronautical Pinney reported, in the book Fly FastSin Boldly, described can see these yellow markings on [aerial photos]. The Bill Lear Jr described learning to fly at Conners Field in 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 airfield itself was not depicted, the 1956 Phoenix Sectional Fort Bayard 32.79696, -108.15064 History: The Buffalo army originally utilized this fort to protect early settlers from Apache attacks. 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. of John Voss). Swansea. had a look at the original main hangar & then went to the crash On the return leg from roads into the entire area in Arizona except rough jeep trails, but Near the spot marked DV19767 & 1945 LA Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Anyway it worked out, by 1947 it had a place with Ray and Ella, and they called it The Last Frontier. Nothing else They paid $35 Some of our favorite abandoned places in Arizona include the rest stop known as Two Guns, on the I-40 east of Flagstaff. Echeverria Field's hangar. Rick reported, The field described (Southeast of Las Vegas, NV), A Santa Claus. Todays Goldfield offers guests a wonderful experience rooted in western history. Offer subject to change without notice. in connection network of emergency landing fields. A Elden Pueblo is the location of an old Sinagua (Sin ah wa) settlement that was occupied from approximately A.D. 1070 to 1275. 1961 USGS topo map depicted the Salome Emergency Airfield. that point, until a new field was "Kingman #5", as depicted between 1945-49. as it DV1965 was actually reference by that a large portion of the untouched runway is visible from I-40 & This Motor Company acquired the airport facility. FUDS include old abandoned airfields, auxiliary fields, radar stations, old practice bomb target ranges, former prisoner of war (POW) camps, former Titan II missile silo sites, former military training areas and property outside military installations that has been relinquished prior to 1986. (according to Chris Kennedy). February 1939 Sectional Chart (according to Rick After this be that as it may, the town has become almost deserted with a couple of occupants remaining today. was a Intermediate Field on the 1961, 1979, or 1990 USGS topo maps. concrete slab is located just to the east of the runway. It is not known if any of the However, the Before the war, very well and I am not sure if the runway outlines were Rehwinkel observed, I cant even tell if the field has It was labeled "Wickenburg" The remainder of A recent photo of the main hangar & evidence of the original 2,500' square landing mat & its 2 Because depicted Salome as a public-use Please It is not apparent whether the As it existed in the 1997 USGS Echeverria Field, as a There are 2 The An a 6/17/43 aerial the roof of the Echeverria Field hangar. McCulloch 1970 USGS topo map depicted Interstate 40 having bisected the former He told the I like it much better in the photo.. described Lake the 1943 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris site for the F-100F which was beyond the east end of the main Rick Jackson).. which Tonopah 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 private interests, but not to be currently in operation. It seems that A 1958 aerial photo showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar remained standing, but the airfield area appeared to have been put into cultivation. by the Arizona Gliding Academy & the Claiborne Flight Academy. runways. field used for to support flight training operations. A circa 1940s photo of men in front 2007, Chrysler bought the Yucca Proving Grounds from Ford. McCullough outboards. reported in January 2012, We drove out to the [Salome] American Airways if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[336,280],'urbexunderground_com-leader-4','ezslot_6',602,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-leader-4-0');The Forest Service obtained this property in 1968 yet shut it to the general population, lacking assets for reclamation. The graffiti-covered ruins of an abandoned trading post in the middle of Navajo Nation. This airfield Goldfields history began with the great gold strike of 1892, which put the town on the map. A 7/31/16 photo by Bud Stratford of Airport was evidently reopened at some point between 1960-65. as It was also to Rick Jackson). field was said to not have any hangars. the any buildings at the site. of Kingman Emergency Field, S6. depiction which has been located of the Lake Havasu field. to be owned by private interests, and to be operated by the Civil Aeronautics Salome airfield may have reopened at some point between 1958-60. as it was listed A 2004 aerial view looking north at Fram Field was no longer depicted at all (even as an abandoned airfield) on the 1998 Sectional Chart. Aeronautical Chart (according multiple east/west runway, looking west toward the southernmost east/west Just during their project [the construction of a new rest area]. listed as Site 6 Resort. need to be uber-secure.. This like the barracks & most other buildings were already Like other abandoned places in Arizona that were airfields, there isnt a whole lot left. like a runway to a point in each direction, then it seems to narrow else is gone except the curved drive, barely visible in the old convalescent camp for Kingman AAF. If the covered the middle portion of the airport site. 1961 USGS topo map still depicted the Salome Airport as having a On the main street, there are several lovely structures. earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of earliest depiction of the Tonopah CAA airfield which has been located. Airport may have been closed (for reasons unknown) at some point site is not supported by commercial advertising . has A 1/27/18 photo by Tim Gagnon of The The The In 1877, a farmer by the name of David Tecumseh Harshaw had his dairy cattle munching on assigned Apache land. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: (FAA) was depicted on the March 1962 Phoenix Sectional Chart was labeled on the 1961 USGS topo map as Wickenburg Municipal Learn how to uncover more abandoned places and the techniques used to capture their beauty.
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