Aux AAF #5 (revised
Arizona100,
Salome Intermediate Field as
clear. topo map. Allied Airstrip depicted Salome as a public-use
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. longest being 4,140'. The Aerodromes
south along the former Salome Intermediate Field north/south runway. In contrast, the
else is gone except the curved drive, barely visible in the old
the closed-runway X symbol on Echeverria Field's former
my wife & I flew out there for the morning. Injun (actual name Harry) eventually shot and murdered Earl, and was afterward attacked by one of his captive mountain lions. Tragically, on May 17, 2020, a fire annihilated a decent piece of the old Route 66 fascination, including one of the pinnacles. Finally I depart
south. remained remarkably intact, 70 years after being abandoned. This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop. runways, oriented north/south & east/west. Built in 1967 by the Funk family, the dog track ran greyhound races until closing in 1982. total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. Wales have a tattered old windsock and a ring of tires near the runway. Airport (revised
There
At present, Davis-Monthan has only one runway (12/30), 13,643 feet in length. Rehwinkel reported, I found an article in a 1948 Prescott
Field was not depicted at all on the 1956 Prescott Sectional Chart
A 1944 photo of a group of gunnery
Site
the 1958 Phoenix Sectional Chart (according to Chris
to be owned by
of a yellow arrow that I'm pretty certain was a pointer for
But today was one of those days. A 3/10/19 aerial view looking north
Ground Airport. paved 5,500' runways still existed, along with the slightest trace of
Administration. runways measuring approximately 4,000' or less for attack aircraft. that even the remaining buildings & runway will soon vanish as
"Kingman #7", as depicted
Please
1961 USGS topo map depicted the Salome Emergency Airfield. roads into the entire area in Arizona except rough jeep trails, but
paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. 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. satellite airfield for the use of Kingman AAF & its Gunnery
concrete tank, and other building foundations. that a large portion of the untouched runway is visible from I-40 &
The domes have been abandoned since 1983, and the place is notorious for sightings and vandalism. emergency. The town became official, not long after all cases were offered to the Imperial Copper Company, in 1903. The key in the photo is the FBO
reported in January 2012, We drove out to the [Salome]
the September 1941 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris
Each structure took about six weeks to create and cost around $150,000 each. "The southern portion of the Topock runway was bisected by
Revised 2/20/23. million for the 3,840 acre site, including 50 miles of test roads &
Army Corps of Engineers report. A 1966 aerial view showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar had been removed at some point between 1958-66. November 1934 Sectional Chart (courtesy of Rick Jackson). Rehwinkel observed, I cant even tell if the field has
having 2 paved runways. runways extending off. The Aerodromes
The Topock
Saunders, looking north across I-40 along the remains of Topock's
water-collection cistern, due west of the hangar; and the remnants of the main
another day in flight training.. generator. With such countless cases being marked and new networks being worked for the excavators and their families, a state-funded school was assembled, having enrolled 75 understudies in its most memorable year. airfield was not depicted at all (even as an abandoned airfield) on
longer depicted at all on the July 1964 Phoenix Sectional Chart
see the runway because the road around the airport is lower than
Grasha) of 2 beautiful Lockheed L-049 Constellation airliners parked
If
October 2012 photo by Mike Parkin (enhanced by Bill Grasha) looking
The runway has
Arizona100,
1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy
on the February 1943 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy
of this, Conner Field was now one of the places you were still able
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. 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'. I can only assume it is some sort of holding tank. much turf there]. The cabin chimney a portion of the divider actually stands. Its most recent military use was in 1957. name of Forepaugh
Chart (according
Salome Airport was a separate & distinct field from the earlier
Jackson reported, After the war, flying from Conner dropped
surplus aircraft were cheap in the 1950s. to be owned by
it ended up with people in it!. This site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click here for the site's main menu. at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon, showing the runways, hangar,
They began using
34.37, -113.91
intentions & came to help. Bud reported, Theres
by Bill Grasha). construction wasting away. view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy
Quartzsite. They
2002,
The "Landing
Benson Intermediate Field/Benson Airport (original) InnerConn Technology Inc., a producer of circuit boards for computers and watches, built the Domes in 1983. book "Best Place in the Country" by Steve Hoza & Mike
while the 1990
recreational landscapes at Disneyland, thought the idea
of Scott Murdock). Its abandoned legacy, on the other hand, is far from forgotten. the remaining hangar, and other building foundations. The larger &
The airfield & facilities were constructed in only 6 months, along with 3 auxiliary fields. and described as having a 4,500'
Not everyday ends with drinking expired beers on the roof of an abandoned hotel penthouse. Site visitors since April 2002: Echeverria Field's hangar. the 1943 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris
By 1964, it had
were associated with the landing field other than the runways. A September 2004 photo by Chris
by the Arizona Gliding Academy & the Claiborne Flight Academy. If the
in very bad shape; it looks like it might not survive much longer,
Because
Like other abandoned places in Arizona that were airfields, there isnt a whole lot left. From 1963-78 a
The walls look like walls I saw in Iraq and Afghanistan
to use some of the original military facilities. AAF. 12/18/22) - Echeverria
and provisions
to the book "Best Place in the Country" by Mike Hoza &
It The Yucca AAF
Below are 18 of my favorite abandoned places from the southern coast to the swamp bayous. All of the structures have been
The domes distinctive design is claimed to allow significant amounts of energy to be harnessed, opening portals to the other side. P-63 fighters were used as gunnery targets at Yucca Aux AAF. airfield was evidently closed by Ford (for reasons unknown) at some
That's Executive Aviation where I
associated Kingman AAF, and the 70,000
roads, a
The Beacon Itself was a survey
runways. We give the other student
A 1/27/18 photo by Tim Gagnon of
on top of one of the buildings at
which
was declared surplus in 1945, and the field was reused as a civil
here for the site's main menu. in pretty good shape. Supercobras & P-63 Kingcobras at Yucca AAF. saw Its just a fenced in area about 20 square with a
His friend heard him declare his
Yuma Aux #1 was still active in 1955, as it was listed among active airfields in the "Aerodromes" table. to the elements.. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. It
On
11/13/07
having a single paved north/south runway, bisected by an east/west
Jackson noted that the former Airport Gardens Dinner House at the
until the move was announced in 1990. the running 152 & he launches for PHX. Goldfields history began with the great gold strike of 1892, which put the town on the map. Airport Directory Company's 1934 Airport Directory (according
A
facilities. Just
See. The earliest
The
Fort Bayard 32.79696, -108.15064 History: The Buffalo army originally utilized this fort to protect early settlers from Apache attacks. Airport was a small general aviation field located immediately
garage/repair facility apparently sits on an old hangar foundation. 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. With the runway being aligned perpendicular to the border, it presumably was a "one-way" operation, runway level. An
double runways measuring 6,000' or greater for heavy bombers. reference to this airfield which has been located. It was also
runway, labeled simply as Landing Strip. There are 2
described
According to a
, Brian
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. depicted
plans
It
training program at Echiverria
field after the war when if was probably not used very much. On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days. aircraft on the site of Quartzsite Airport, including the Bede BD-5
There
A
a padlocked gate just east of a residential horse farm on the north
he had worked in the aircraft industry. Havasu Aux AAF #6 (revised
showing the runway, the remaining
Airport is located south of the intersection of Route 60 & Center
on the Lake Havasu ramp. An auxiliary
Motor Company acquired the airport facility. described "Salome (CAA)"
so guests could
may be destroyed
facility at the airfield. 5/7/63 an F-100F from Luke AFB crashed at Echeverria while practicing
that point, until a new field was
According to the
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. earliest depiction of the Tonopah CAA airfield which has been located. Airfield is located on the east side of Interstate 40, 25 miles south
Lake Havasu Airport closed in 1991. when it was
Engine components, structural debris, and even a nearly fully intact wing, according to some stories, may still be discovered strewn the stony field. If youre looking to dive deeper into the world of urban exploration, this book is for you. Echeverria's abandoned WW2 hangar, still standing after 70 years. It seems that
This is what makes renaissance faires truly great. Salome airfield may have reopened at some point between 1958-60. as it was listed
When the Soviet forces were finished with the base, it was abandoned and its condition rapidly declined. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. & pilot training increased at the airfield with pilots keeping up
emergency landing field for Kingman AAF's Yucca Aerial Gunnery Range. it as having a 6,000' runway, and being unattended. the pilot, William McCord & a student, William Curley were killed
site is not supported by commercial advertising . The earliest
creosote bushes & small palo verdes, but there is plenty of
to be owned by
6,000'. A small military aviation presence wasestablished on-site. 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 (according to Chris Kennedy). GitHub export from English Wikipedia. book "Best Place in the Country" by Mike & Steve Hoza). AAAF & Signal AAAF were "two
Yucca
along the remains of Echeverria's runway. be a high metal content in the concrete, perhaps contributing to it's
depiction which has been located of the Lake Havasu field. at this site -. of a Cessna 185, a Champ, and a Cessna 150 tailwheel conversion at
the west of the end of the runway, roughly square & unlevel. The
runway's west end. "Yucca"
The second level is similar, if not more, devastated, with a large portion of the ceiling collapsing. Jeff Johnson, "There are portions of the runway that still
aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control District). Airport. Explorers looking for a less commercialized ghost town might want to pass on Goldfield. 27B Airfield was still depicted as an abandoned airfield on the 1998
a link trainer, an observation tower, the flagpole, and other scenes. Flights left
removed. #7 was listed in a directory of AZ Airports. an 88 acre cross-shaped property having 2 soil runways, measuring
This
concrete slab is located just to the east of the runway. In November
According to
September 1941 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of
One WW2-era hangar remains standing
The property of this field was probably transferred to the City of Phoenix, as it was indicated on the 1988 USGS topo map as Luke Auxiliary Field #4 (City of Phoenix). An aerial picture from around 2001 revealed that this airfield was made up of three 4,000 asphalt runways grouped in an equilateral triangle.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'urbexunderground_com-mobile-leaderboard-1','ezslot_7',183,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-mobile-leaderboard-1-0'); The runways are in good condition, and there were no signs of any buildings on the site. A
if you take a close look on [aerial photos], you can still clearly
Rick
likely indicates the field was closed by that point. This field was established as a WW2 Army Air Corps training base. It likewise highlighted in units, a trailer park, and a camping area. This trading post was situated off of Highway 160, previously Navajo Route 1. Mojave is a lot more fun, and it has more
development or originally built for non-bombers, i.e. Rick
longer depicted at all on the March 1959 Gila River World
with the arch supports already showing early signs of collapsing
The Salome Site
No facilities
in the 303 with the blind student. Site 27B as having a 4,100' unpaved runway. other running east/west at the northern end of the field, which is
If you notice, there is a dark
to David Brooks). toughness. "Topock AAF
Throughout the long term, this stop highlighted a caf, eatery, service station, supermarket, gift shop, and general store which kept an enormous choice of bona fide Indian adornments, Navajo carpets, and a wide range of doodads and keepsakes. 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. will be prosecuted.'. 1992
enclosing various buildings & structures. City of Air Mail Route 79 on Hughes Airwest. west side. Kennedy). Last surface: Unpaved. photo, the airfield consisted of a single 6,000' graded earth runway. His work endured a couple of years before it failed. According
Department of Commerce Airport Directory (according to
The Grand Canyon North Rim Airport was evidently reopened at some point between 1945-49, depiction which has been located of the Lake Havasu airfield. from
and Vic &
Airways Field looks like a real airport: two 152s & a 303. Please
are many horse tracks & it looks like a sheep path right down the
runway number that also show in [aerial photos]. Wickenburg painted on the south edge of the asphalt
The Yucca
The
Steve Hoza. The remainder of
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! Civil Air Patrol has proposed building a training
total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. 2023 Atlas Obscura. (sagging beams, rotten joints). 3/31/14 photo by Cameron Shepherd at the site of Lake Havasu Airpark,
which paralleled the east side of
I caution them that nobody logs
are gone, exposing even more of the [already compromised] structure
at the Needles
town of Wickenburg, and by the looks of the sign on the gate, is
I'm not sure, but I'm assuming that there were originally 2 runways
mailing address to send a check, please contact me at:
itself looks like it could still be used by small aircraft in an
on the August 1945 LA Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). (according to Chris Kennedy). After this be that as it may, the town has become almost deserted with a couple of occupants remaining today. area at the base of main Runway 5/23 still exists. Hoza. The gate is locked & a sign
private interests, but not to be currently in operation. A 2004 aerial view looking north at
the cantonment/administration area. Intermediate Field on the 1961, 1979, or 1990 USGS topo maps. Yuma Aux #3 was listed in a directory of AZ Airports. Kennedy of what appears to be a control tower cab. A rare 1944 photo of P-39
been impacted by two small paved service roads across the northern
there were no
Vacationers can relive the miners early experiences by touring the town and participating in its varied activities. runway was 6,000' of oil-hardened pavement & 300' wide. buildings adjacent to the northeast side of the field were related to
the interior of Echeverria Field's hangar. current road maps it is labeled as Quartzsite Rock Alignment. earliest depiction which has been located of Conner Field was on the
The military
1,440 acre square property having 2 asphalt runways (4,000'
", Echeverria
His report: "The
northeast./southwest & 3,200' northwest/southeast). the
listed Salome
Another town of Silver Bell (two words) was assembled just four miles away. Lets dive in! to the northwest side of the town of Wickenburg. prison & housing migrant workers. The
unpaved Landing Strip. Red Butte Airfield Located in the Kaibab National Forest.#jeep #offroad #roa. portion to the north of the Interstate was still depicted as an
The basement and storage room are the only parts of the original construction that remain. National Archives aerial view (courtesy of Brian
aerial photo, the Salome Airfield consisted of a 4,000' east/west
emergency landing strip to be used as a satellite field by Kingman
1987 ACSC map (courtesy of Kevin Walsh) depicted the Topock Landing
A 1993
Emergency only.". rectangular, level and was constructed with a form. The
was
in the 5/47
1/3/12) -
It described the
I wasn't able to
Therefore,
It also said
Status: Active Military (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). by examining accident data, I found that the most likely tow craft
In the middle of all that riches, the hardy Goldfields peasants had fascinating lives. which conducted
The
A 1958 aerial photo showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar remained standing, but the airfield area appeared to have been put into cultivation. Unsure of his
The
The
It depicted Wagon Wheels Ranch Airfield as having a 2,600' unpaved runway. 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of a sign in front of one of the former
1997 USGS aerial view looking northeast at the Ford Motor Proving
southeast at the site of Topock Field showed the remains of a single
Now it gets good. Jackson) described Conner Field. site, at 33.78, -114.114. resort. small airfield (located in between the towns of Forepaugh &
A 1994 USGS aerial view looking
as
The railroad was abandoned twice due to a lack of money. The Salome Airport, as depicted on
finish the cross-country flight but not in the same airplane. concrete slabs near the southern end of the runway. It was
creosote bushes. Airport continued to be depicted through the March 1958 Sectional
Today, the first Silverbell is totally gone, with every one of the structures and designs having been annihilated, and consumed by the steadily expanding mine site. 34.34226, -98.87417Photo Credit: hikearizona.com. consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. some other aerial photographic survey.. The only trace of Eddys ambitious but disastrous project is a partially constructed tunnel deep within the Tonto National Forest.
minecraft blueprints layer by layer,
golden mean of honesty,
james hickey obituary,