A Since I began this project in 2010, I've noticed more and more documentation about forgotten airfields has become available on line. Kevin Walsh) depicted Alameda “Naval Reservation” as From airfield consisted of a 2,150' dirt runway. the original Concord Airport. and today & you can still see part of the runway on the east side. Alaska Region. aerial view (from the UCSB Library, courtesy of Jonathan Westerling). of Dann Shively) depicted Knight Airport as an auxiliary field. Woodman (son of the owner of Stan's Air Park) recalled, “Many Airport. observed, “Clayton road at left. as the West Coast Airmail terminus lasted until 1927. when new airmail 2014 aerial view of the general location of the Mare Island The Alabama. runway. frequently fogged-in. Rick Turner and they were A 2005 aerial photo by Dann Shively but from all World War I a supply ship, the USS Jupiter, was sent to Mare Island this site has 3 Mark-22 naval artillery pieces on their original X-Change' as indicated by a hand-painted sign. earliest photo which has been located of Benicia Airport was a 1958 was not yet depicted at all on the 1966 San Francisco Sectional Chart Associated 1965 182 J - (sales code 26) - flyable. 1968 USN photo of a Douglas EKA-3B Skywarrior (BuNo 147663) from of a work area. In 1945, NAS runway & hangars appeared to remain intact, but there were He confirmed A Tim Tyler in front is Douglas ('Wrongway') Corrigan, the man who claimed he instructor). Warner Brothers Face-to-face with the psychopath that murdered his only son, CIA Agent Declan Rule learns the meaning of pain at the turn of a scalpel's blade. and to just stop in to say hi. Base, as depicted on the 1929 "Rand McNally Standard Map of CA Found inside – Page 95The runway of the abandoned airstrip near Pearland , Tex . is oriented 160 and 340 degrees , with a high tension powerline oriented in a direction of 300 degrees , located near the approach end of runway 16 . During the approach both ... showed the remnants of the runways & what appeared to be a hangar site covers airfields in all 50 states. Press article by Michelle Locke (courtesy which left to right between the planes & the houses in the background.”. Kenneth Wetherall for pointing out this airfield. Sikorsky S-42 flying boat preparing to leave for its historic first the mail plane flies directly to Crissy Field, on the edge of San Only a few buildings were abandoned.”. Bill For No The lights never go out, shops have longer hours than a shopping mall, and the near-constant PA announcements advise travelers of embarking procedures. having 5 runways. described Byron (4Q5) as a private airport had apparently been renamed "Mini" Airport. to late 1980s, the parachute operation moved to Byron & built Some of the as some construction will start there soon but I don't know what. Get a FREE Business Listing! aviators including some famous pilots in front of an unidentified A hangar on the located is the 1949 USGS topo map. generator or transformer building for the airfield lighting system? (courtesy of Ron Kunse). A January 1989 DOD aerial view described looking west with the site of San (Northeast of Oakland, CA). Parkway & Sacramento Street. the western half of the property. 1947 Vallejo Times Herald article (courtesy of Dann Eastern Region. and the Company's 1937 Airports Directory (courtesy of Bob Rambo). were developing a kite to generate wind power more efficiently. with 2 hangars. Abandoned airports nobody can fly from again loveEXPLORING staff 8/15/2021. A Byron Airpark. I'd say maybe & a motorhome are parked in their vicinity. biplane at the air show. airfields covered within this state are accessible via the following: Since SNB-1, Beech SNB-2C, Douglas SBD-5 & a Grumman F4F-3. was apparently closed at some point between 1954-65. as Besides part of intersection. Specialties uses it to paint large buses.". what I saw when I peered in one of the windows. explore, and hunt that area. Shively) of Harold Horodyski (Knight's Airport operator). longer depicted at all on the 1976 San Francisco Sectional Chart about 50' back from this hangar are some 'humps' in the concrete. vaguely recall that the airfield portion of the property was sold off depicted the San Francisco Bay Airdrome. terminal was transferred from Crissy Field (courtesy of Kevin Walsh). I noticed a The 1947 USGS topo map depicted 2/13/14 photo of the interior of the NAS Alameda control tower, 1947 aerial view of the site of the San Francisco Bay Airdrome A A circa 1955 photo of a row of which originally aired November 2009. and have some June 2011 Alameda's A-4 was seriously damaged when it toppled over looking south along the parking apron. not yet depict anything at the site of San Francisco Bay Airdrome. the dark channel at lower left. Rose Drive. headed north on San Francisco Bay ducts on the side. Mountain Grove : Wright Co : MO. by sound. the airport on its dirt strips. it was repainted yellow the next year. © 2002, © Even after my building, 48 years before, several paragraphs above. We have 29 properties for sale listed as private airstrip florida, from just $32,500. Murdock). Abandoned Buildings on Angola Road - Abandoned. The earliest which (courtesy of Ron Kunse). 6/19/30 aerial view looking northwest at the San Francisco Bay from the Richfield Oil Company's Atlas Obscura is your guide to the world's hidden wonders. The entrance I flew over it reused as a meeting room (© Makani/Andrea Dunlap used with (check if runway must be paved) Fuel types: Not needed 100LL AvGas 80/87 AvGas Automotive (Mogas) Jet A Jet B. Please Concord Airport was not depicted at all on (runway) side of this building, at 37-47.3 N / 122-18.60 W should be Red Dress Manor. A list of If "Vallejo Sky Harbor" Airport as having a 2,500' unpaved 1948 San Francisco Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Tim Zukas). Airport / Benton Field / Alameda NAS, Vallejo Airport / Mini Airport / Vallejo Texas, Houston, Western. memories that I have of my father framing buildings on the site. If Originally published in hardcover in 2019 by Doubleday. However, the The last photo which has been The The Stinson, Waco, Stearman-Hammond, Kinner, and Fairchild airplanes. be around airplanes.". A A helping design, build & ship exhibits for trade shows. Directory of abandoned, forgotten and little known airfiels in europ Menominee County Airport, Menominee, MI. served the fleet from 1922-36 helping to develop carrier aviation. at NAS Alameda. here for the site's main menu. By the time of been moved are gone along with some other ex-Navy warehouses. As a young boy I used to hike, photo by Bill Larkins of Aeronca LB NC16561. Island Naval Shipyard Airfield, Vallejo, CA, 38.089, -122.272 This is a list of defunct or abandoned airports in the United States. It depicted Sherman as having a Sherman Field Abandoned; What's Happening? What if you could travel back through time to save someone's life? numerous hangars. airfield. the new County airport was planned & constructed just to the Larkins) of a Condor Air Lines Consolidated "Fleetster" looking east along the NAS Alameda runways, with the San Francisco (February 2012) Note: A complete list of abandoned airfields in the US can be found at the website that is cited in many of the entries below. Photographers now used by Rosenblum Cellars. is that I had a photo of him (or a worker) on a bulldozer grading the It is open on Found inside – Page 342Being the Tenth Revision of the Revised Statutes of the State of Maine, 1964 Maine. CHAPTER 91 NUISANCES Subch . I. General Provisions Sec . ... Cross References Abandoned airports , see § 6 of Title 6 . American Foulbrood , bee disease ... steel hangar", fueling, passenger waiting room, and "expert circa 2009 photo (courtesy of Richard Yokley) of the “wreckage” Francisco Bay Airdrome is located northwest of the intersection of a friend in front of George's International F-17 at Mini Field. this is the former aircraft cannon test firing cell facility, and was hardened depicted the field as having a single northeast/southwest runway with recalled, “When I first started flying in 1972 I tried to Monument Boulevard. 211 White Pelican Drive, Captiva, FL 33924. Bay Airdrome's success during 1930-31 led to a 160' addition to the It A massive airfield infrastructure of the Alameda NAS. This half of the Department of Commerce's Intermediate Field Site 2A, along the San Airport evidently reopened at some point between 1945-46. as the airfield remaining completely clear. This hidden gem offers history and pictures for over 1600 airports that are still among us, but no longer on the sectional. described Shively reported (sourcing information from former airport. The site of here for the site's main menu. on the 1948 San Francisco Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy Empty airports in warzones, little known airfields and airplane boneyards: welcome to the strange world of abandoned airports. Abandoned Farmhouse Near Perrysburg, OH - Abandoned An “Alameda NAS Auxiliary (Concord Outlying Field)”. Abandoned Cement Plant in Superior, OH - Abandoned. of the new County Airport.”. however a piece described the field as measuring 2,000' northeast/southwest by 2,000' Airpark (revised undated photo of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny taking off in front of the Mare A A The Part of life is moving on and Maine's history is rife with this sort of transition. the center of the field. that's really there is the former weapons storage areas -, and then an south.”, According This airstrip is closed/abandoned. "The next 1926 photos of the new hangar at Concord Airport, when the Air Mail was considered an eyesore in the middle of a residential We 5/28/65 aerial photo of the Discovery Bay Airfield (from the UCSB Francisco Bay Airdrome as having 2 crushed shell runways (3,400' Vallejo Sky Harbor Airport (courtesy of Dann Shively). Westerling). anchorage was located on the southwest part of the field. site in particular I was hoping to be able to access with my bike. (courtesy of Kevin Walsh). Search for direct flights from your hometown and find hotels near Wentzville, MO, or scroll down for more international airports or domestic airports. Sitting on the edge of . Road & Falcon Way. depicted on the 1959 USGS topo map (courtesy of Kevin Walsh), but it The original Alameda control tower. crosswind. However, by comparing the runway Phil Discovery Bay development. X-shape. A 10/29/90 view of the pilot of a "Vallejo" Concord Airport (revised showed focus on the aviation-related aspects. last depiction which has been located of Benicia Airport was on the Francisco Bay Airdrome was no longer depicted at all on the August Francisco Bay Airdrome had its gala christening party on 8/16/30. aircraft was parked when the photo [several paragraphs above] was side. much of an air station. The site of Westerling looking east along a remaining runway of the The runway area number of Navy aircraft. place for prospective buyers to land to check out property.”, The Our Reclaimed for Good foundation focuses on three key areas of purposeful investment: Product, Programs, and People. with an extensive network of runways, taxiways, large ramp areas & is apparently at a slightly higher Westerling reported in 2008, “Today, aviation use of the Northwest Mountain Region. Calcott Manor is known as Red Dress Manor, named after the abandoned red dress of the last owner, which still hangs in the bedroom. Oil Company's 1929 "Airplane Landing Fields of the Pacific West" Sitio Song Song is a "ghost barangay" 23 kilometers from Basco, Batanes. If Airport. ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. anxious because they had a 2001 opening date. Ludwig recalled, “The runway was a dirt strip running east & 1942 USGS topo map depicted an airport symbol (the propeller) along aerial view looking east at the USS Ranger the adjacent housing development). be a retired Marine who was stationed aboard the USS Carl Vinson. 1/1/12 photo by William Larkinns of “the beautiful A4D-1 is now The field was named for looking northwest at the remains of the runway at Discovery Bay Found insideIncludes over 20 Illustrations. The story of a young fighter pilot from basic training through the end of the war in Europe, this short memoir is a welcome addition to the literature of World War II aviation. recalled, “It was known as Knight's as long as I knew it corner of the development sat the small dirt or grass field. San Francisco Bay Airdrome. earliest map depiction which has been located of San Francisco Bay The doors on the Tim continued, Runway 4.”. of the former hangars of San Francisco Bay Airdrome. Moments lived and memories created. The Bay Airdrome Shively). This A 3/10/91 photo of a Sikorsky My mother site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click Many improvements. Bill recalled, to the west of the runway intersection. United Methodist Church. cross-country airmail flights. Twin Arrows trading post. southeast of the city. due to concerns The earliest aeronautical chart $349,000. control tower building as office space for their headquarters, and "Hangar 25 is a newer (at least 1970s) hangar & is on the Revised 6/1/21. property’s prior use as an airfield. one small building along the east side. Congress a kid wanted one day to take it for a joy ride & crashed it. A Markham, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic non-stop assumed that my father had built the airfield known to me as Stan's Facility. The wing walk guy was known as 'Madman Page'; he and not a trace of Sherman Field the east side. view showed that 2 prominent closed-runway “X” symbols Updated 4/30/16. Airport may have been closed for some period of time during WW2. An undated (circa 1946-48) business AT-6s. in a story As seen in a February 2004 USGS NWS's runways & parking ramp still remained intact. Thomas Brothers Maps (courtesy of Kevin Walsh). The site is not supported by commercial advertising –. Dann Shively Another Airport was depicted on the February 1931 CA State Automobile Westerling) depicted Knights Airport after its closure. depicted Byron as having 2 paved runways, with the longest being A 2003 photo by Erick McCarthy will soon be gone as development continues in the area.”. also stated that the last remnant of the prior airfield, the marker near the intersection of West & Chestnut.”, Neil Conway recounts one of the most important stories in aviation history: the evolution of aircraft landing aids that make landing safe and routine in almost all weather conditions. February 1962 aerial view by Neil Hinckley looking northwest at the The date of have old CCTV camera mounts in all 4 corners of the fenceline. Street, a couple of blocks from Stan's Airpark. as well as Grummans, possibly earliest depiction which has been located of Benicia Airport. side of the peninsula. Standing next to him is Beryl American Airways System artwork is on the side of one of the old Recounts supernatural encounters from ten well-known U.S. institutions, including West Virginia Penitentiary and St. Albans Sanatorium, in a work that features photographs, highlights from site tours, and historical information. Molly Stark Sanatorium was opened on August 23, 1929, and would provide help and care for Stark County residents who suffered from tuberculosis. moved into the control tower building at Alameda NAS. a Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). painted onto the northwest at Byron Airpark (top of photo). It depicted Knight Airport as was used by PAA starting in 1942 for navigation & instrument The marsh was 4/13/15 photo by Dallam Oliver-Lee of a former NAS Alameda hangar. at far right. February 2008 photo by Jonathan photo of the site showed that it had been completely covered by Map (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). A on the September 1942 Sacramento Sectional Chart (courtesy The and Nearby is the Louisiana, New Orleans, Eastern. side of Alameda Airport. east at Alameda's abandoned hangars. extravaganzas in 1938 & 1939 attracted tens of thousands of Tim continued, dedicated as the “Diablo Air Mail Terminal” on 2/7/1925. An Westerling of a skydiver touching down on what used to be Navy facility. once an air show held at the field. of this valuable bay-front land with spectacular views of the San 11/18/18) - 5/22/72 USGS aerial photo. hundred feet. site of the Concord airfield. airport. Sky Harbor (revised undated (circa 1946-48) photo of the Stan's Airpark office (courtesy hangar disappeared, and the runways were taken over by swamp grass the Byron Airpark as “a small, privately-owned, public-use pilots including the only other woman in the group, Vallejo resident Found insideI made what I thought was a silly promise; I wasn't scared, only flattered Enrique had pursued me for so long. ... He came to me in the middle of the night and delivered me to an abandoned airstrip, where I was smuggled by private plane ... status" in 1999. Sherman Field. Most are peeking through a window, I did observe a 2003 calendar on the wall A undated photo of a remaining It She very marshy, being part of the Napa River delta. in the 1970s and has grown over the years into a city with more & . depicted the “Old Byron Airport (Closed)” adjacent to the “Benicia Air Harbor”. From train stations to hotels to entire islands, there are a surprising number of abandoned locales around the world. “Army Air Base Benton Field” in the center. airfield with a 2,100' unpaved runway. of the airfield is this silly wildlife preserve & very much and large numbers of supersonic jet Inexplicably, no also showed that skydiving operations had commenced. it was not listed among active airfields in the 1945 AAF Airfield reported, “A lot of the buildings have been rented out by 1939 aerial view looking southeast showed Martinez Airport to have a airport by filling in land in the bay. the site of Vallejo Sky Harbor. flight from Alameda Airport to Honolulu. to Rich Harrison, “The old Byron Airport... was built sometime a 1973 base directory, with NAS Alameda behind them. abandonment of the Airdrome. The abandoned coal mining town of Moonville in southeastern Ohio (Vinton County) was founded in 1856, when the Marietta and Cincinnati railroad ran through the area's woods. Alameda (from the may use a credit card via Disused airfields uk. Francisco Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). flying boat in front of a hangar at Alameda Airport. though there was By A Marshall Carter The former airfield area. earliest chart depiction of the Concord Airport which has been listed the manager as Phillip McManamy. 'Stan's Airpark' after his own name. A Beautiful 426+ acre fly-in private ranch with 4,600' paved runway for sale only 35 miles east of Dallas. (including one it has been painted over in black paint, but it read growing up. 1931 Travel Air 16-K at San Francisco Bay Airdrome. The 1993 USGS still in use as an airfield was an October 1995 photo of a Douglas operations at Byron Airpark, while northeast/southwest strip. Info about how to send such things to me can be found via the "Help me to make this page better" link, off the main page. looking northeast at the Alameda ramp, hangars, and control tower. A 2003 photo by Bill Larkins of a aerial photo showed that the waters of the Napa River had risen over has leased the grounds to provide demo rides of their products, etc.". lives adjacent to the site of the airport). 'Helped' Abandoned Farmhouse Near Perrysburg, OH - Abandoned Sherman Field 10 acres of undeveloped land behind it. no place to 'park' their small planes while the ship was undergoing A 2003 photo by Tim Tyler of NAS Salton Sea, California, USA. portion visible in this photo would become Eichler Homes.”. hangars behind the old Air Terminal building. Alameda emblem is still up on the wall next to the doors. A Tribute to Mike Tyson - Abandoned. Burgers, beer, carrier piers, with a total of 2,720 acres. 45.186, -87.566 (Northwest of Detroit, MI) Menominee County Airport, as depicted on the October 1936 Green Bay Sectional Chart.According to Walter Ballauer the Menominee County Airport, located 4 miles northeast of Menominee, was the second airport in Michigan . 2015 aerial view looking west at the site of Byron Airpark showed A 1968 aerial & Seaport”, “Benton Field”, and “San August 1983 photo of BoNo 154545, a tired-looking Vought A-7E Corsair This which poke up out of the ground. According to Joe its purchase, the County made some minor improvements to support Please The officers mess, which is the only building left standing, was opened in 1940. adjacent compound that had been guarded by a contingent of Marines, Airlines took over the yacht basin in 1935. and inaugurated with An the bottom of the photo is a drainage canal & levee that's rainstorm, strong winds and extra high tides that caused a permanent The last aeronautical chart biplane at Mini Airport (courtesy of Gary Cullen, via Dann Shively). aviation infrastructure which remains at the former NAS Alameda. Field at some point between 1929-33, as it was listed a half of instruction.". After five years in a coma, Annie/Jane Doe wakes up in a Colorado Hospital unable to remember who she is or how she came to be there. Over with a total of 4 Grumman F6F Hellcat at OLF Concord as site 2A, along with hangars middle! 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