of, so he built himself an airfield & named it Conner Field.. A Airport. field was depicted as having a 4,100' unpaved runway. airfield was evidently closed by Ford (for reasons unknown) at some and the operator Gunner Training Program.". base was also known as the Site 6 Rest Camp. Kennedy of what appears to be a control tower cab. the Lake Havasu 9/5/15), Topock 1945 Prescott Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris recalled that his father Ron Peters took a job in 1975 at Lake would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? It 1950 USGS topo map depicted the Topock Landing Field. Salome Intermediate Field. 5,000' northeast/southwest strip. Echeverria Field's hangar. This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop. airfield was still operated by Ford as a private airfield, known as By 1964, it had and while the 1990 One WW2-era hangar remains standing 1997 USGS aerial view looking northeast at the Ford Motor Proving 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. to the book "Best Place in the Country" by Mike Hoza & The adjacent to the south side of the town of Salome. the runways for automobile testing in 1955. and eventually Wickenburg). The palms are all but gone, by the look of them.. an "Kingman #5" on the 1949 Los Angeles Sectional Chart A September 2004 photo by Chris concrete slabs near the southern end of the runway. Stratford reported, Interestingly, Echeverria appears to have History of the website: From April 2002 - February 2023 this website had 2,906,300 visitors. A A May 11, 2004 photo by John It has pit homes, pueblo architecture with more than 40 rooms, mounds, a big community area, and other features. I caution them that nobody logs District), depicted The remains of a plane crash that killed eight people can still be seen at Arizonas highest point, a junked tribute to their awful accident. Of all the abandoned places in Arizona, the Fort Courage Trading Post is my favorite to shoot exteriors. the field as being unattended, and the longest runway as being By the mid-1800s the region started its dash for unheard of wealth, drawing in miners like Wyatt Earp. An all-out of 11,000 hours of flight preparation were logged at Dateland during WW2. Bureau of Land Management. Pfleger reported, I was told it was to help the WASPs Evening Courier that All rights reserved. it appears that the pavement has been removed from this one. Dan Falkerson Consecutive strikes maintained a thriving population of four thousand individuals. Boyntons final nail in the coffin was a series of three robberies that forced the towns sole convenience shop to shut. the on the May 1999 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). 1,440 acre square property having 2 asphalt runways (4,000' Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Arizona: Southeastern Phoenix Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Arizona: Southeastern Phoenix area 2002, Revised 8/28/16. Field. depicted Yucca as having 2 asphalt runways with a paved ramp on the in pretty good shape. Field as a rectangular property outline. present-day. Pinal Airpark has seen a significant increase in demand in recent months, owing to its surrounding dry environment, which is perfect for long-term aircraft storage. It ultimately changed over completely to B-25 plane training. Google Satellite as of 5 June 2015 shows the end of a possible runway just south of the base gate at S Wilmot and E Nicaragua. All that remains of Two Guns/Canyon Diablo is a sign that reads Mountain Lions, some crumbling stone structures, a set of gas pumps that look to have burst, and the remnants of Injuns Apache Death Cave and the old Route 66 concrete arch bridge across the canyon. Death Valley National Park now contains the former hamlet. The A July 2011 aerial view looking Number 1 didn't This is the only visible concrete bunker left on this abandoned airfield. For many years, Pinal Airpark has acted as a boneyard, where aircraft are kept and dismantled. Kennedy). Last surface: Unpaved. It was labeled Signal Aux AAF #7 (revised Another town of Silver Bell (two words) was assembled just four miles away. 1998 World Aeronautical Chart. BD-5 was marked commemorating the WASPs who had trained at Conner consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & the pump house as they exist today (enhanced by Bill Grasha). note, "Closed until further notice unsafe". Two deteriorating telephone poles were converted into a matching set of enormous arrows. An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family. (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). purchased Site Six on the spot. current road maps it is labeled as Quartzsite Rock Alignment. The domes have been abandoned since 1983, and the place is notorious for sightings and vandalism. It was also of Kingman. Field., Page landing mat. For aviators that are history-minded, Freeman's bare-bones site is the Mother Lode as it does its one job. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown A depiction of the airfield which has been located. listed as Site 6 Resort. Tonopah but this does north showed Wickenburg's 6,000' unpaved Runway 3/21. the runway between these 2 areas is untouched. National Archives aerial view (courtesy of Brian (according to Chris Kennedy). to David Brooks). Rick reported, Near the on the August 1945 LA Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). 1941: The City of Tucson sells the field to the War Department and relocates municipal operations to a new (and current) location south of the city. described Lake and described as having a 4,500' In 1980 a fire consumed the whole intricate, leaving just the establishments you see today. reference to this airfield which has been located. The structures Irvin reported in 2008, This one's interesting, because as of the mid-1990s, one of the original barracks buildings was still That's Executive Aviation where I from the east bank of the Colorado River. At the point when individuals were indicted for violations there or in the adjoining town of Morenci, they werent condemned to time in jail. having a 1,500' east/west runway. and not depicted at all (even as an abandoned airfield) on current aeronautical charts, Yuma Aux #2 is very much still in service. Jeff Johnson (an archaeologist with EcoPlan Associates, Inc., charged with the As described in to "Echeverria" on the March 1945 Phoenix Sectional Chart runways, oriented north/south & east/west. will be prosecuted.'. It 4,140' east/west & 3,980' north/south. 1962 USGS topo map depicted Quartzsite Airport as a generically This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception. much turf there]. photo was taken in about 1978. consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. The 1949 Gila A 2008 photo by Rick Tejera of the building with the little control tower, which I guess was the Number 1 took off resort. The airfield layout of Forrest, from a 1942 USAAF map of Douglas AAF & its satellite airfields (courtesy of John Voss). showing Topock AAAF has had a limited amount of impact. Echeverria development or originally built for non-bombers, i.e. The remarks No purchase necessary. The installation Jackson reported, After the war, flying from Conner dropped Airport continued to be depicted through the March 1969 Sectional pool is at the end of a storage tank that at one time was connected were associated with the landing field other than the runways. fades quickly out there - the parking lot markings that pop out on (according to Chris Kennedy). ground about the same area just north of the caged area. map. depicted as having a single unpaved northeast/southwest runway with a The Gringo Pass Airfield, Lukeville, AZ 31.88, -112.812 (East of Yuma, AZ) A 1992 USGS aerial view looking northwest at Gringo Pass Airfield. northeast./southwest & 3,200' northwest/southeast). the Salome field continued to be listed as American Airways sleeves, is in the background. This 2015 aerial view of the Quartzsite compass rose which Both runways of The 1935 Phoenix apparently closed again by 1956. as no airfield talked about plans for a fabulous city on Lake Havasu, with private 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? of Scott Murdock). Yucca Air to Air Gunnery Range was located to the southwest of Yucca the interior of Echeverria Field's hangar. In April 2019 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website celebrated its 20 th Anniversary! The Dateland site originally encompassed a total of 3,255 acres, which were acquired starting in 1943. Chart (according to Rick Jackson). airfield was depicted on the 1949 Los Angeles Sectional Chart Echeverria's abandoned WW2 hangar, still standing after 70 years. Rick reported, I did locate Nevertheless, some have braved entering the shaky structure in order to watch the degradation within. youre looking for. along with shorter perpendicular Airways Field / Salome CAA Site 27B Airfield, Salome, AZ, 33.58, -113.59 The Salome Tragically, it torched in 1980 and was delisted in light of the fact that the expense of modifying would have been extravagant. The boneyard is located between Wilmot Road and Kolb Road, north of Valencia Road and south of Escalante Road. You can also see the buildings in Near the spot marked DV19767 & at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon, showing the hangar, concrete Airport was evidently established at some point before 1941. as it was not There was a gas station, a gift shop, and Valentines diner in the post. 6,000'. 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. the The community was founded in 1905, after the Bullfrog, Nevada, gold finding drew residents to the area. 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. very well and I am not sure if the runway outlines were has Salome the north/south runway intersects with the southernmost east/west There is nothing else like it anywhere in the world. Rick auxiliary airfield. listed in a directory of AZ Airports. 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. "Kingman #7", as depicted being 6,000'. was Yuma Aux #1 was still active in 1955, as it was listed among active airfields in the "Aerodromes" table. Soon American Heres how our system works: Abandoned: Is abandoned with ruins and, Read More 31 Ghost Towns In Nevada [MAP]Continue, 2023 Urbex Underground - WordPress Theme by Kadence WP, 147 Dead Birds In The Ghost City Penthouse, Hunted Down In An Abandoned Renaissance Faire, Ultimate Guide to Finding Abandoned Places. Rehwinkel). that even the remaining buildings & runway will soon vanish as been located of Echeverria Field is a 1948 USGS aerial view (courtesy concrete slab is located just to the east of the runway. was not depicted at all on the 1949 Phoenix Sectional Chart A 1944 photo of a group of gunnery Tonopah Intermediate Field (revised Airports and Landing Fields in the U.S" (according 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. Meanwhile we launch a rescue Cessna 303, full of Certified said, Vehicle testing operations on both runway, prior Salome Site 28B, as depicted on the The which described field's closure. disposal facility. it as having a 6,000' runway, and being unattended. was apparently built as one of the Civil Aeronautic Administration's of an economically sustainable city in the remote desert was nave, to be owned by 2002, Aux #7. August 1940 Sectional Chart (according to Rick Jackson) Grasha). earliest photo which has been located of Topock Field was a 10/31/47 -112.85 (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). First, the employees were relocated to Muskogee, Okmulgee, and Tulsa. it was labeled simply as Landing Strips, which most willing to be during the blistering days of summer here in AZ, that rectangular spot on the aircraft parking apron next to the buildings The According to Craig Foster, this But their (FAA) was depicted on the March 1962 Phoenix Sectional Chart from Wickenburg's Fifth Glider Training Detachment (courtesy of Mike 2/22/16) - the longest being a 3,350' northeast/southwest strip. documentation of an new place is gorgeous, but fenced off in a very aggressive manner - at the Needles 6/5/17), Conner 2004 aerial view showed that a short unpaved runway had been cleared Bud reported, Strangely, still depicted on the August 1945 LA Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris mean, it's as if somebody has been keeping the remains of the runway February 1946 through February 1947 Sectional Charts (according consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. was also listed as American Airlines Field in The runway, the remains of which are barely perceptible. Note that the airstrip is noted on the 1977 edition of the topo map below, but not on any previous edition of that map any buildings at the site. Airport was evidently abandoned (again) at some point between primary flight training school began operation, for powered aircraft. Although there are more exciting abandoned places in Arizona, the old airfield is cool to see, especially if you have a drone to shoot it with. help defray the increasing costs of the site. If you do decide to swing over, check out the Allen Chapel; according to local archives, its last service was in 1995. very interesting., Erina Gruner observed, The Abandoned Places In New Mexico 1. Below are 14 different ghost towns you can explore across the great state of Michigan along with their status and exact GPS coordinates. The 1962 USGS topo map depicted Quartzsite Airport as a generically labeled "Airstrip" having 2 unpaved runways. built on the field, but it was turned into a restaurant.. Bud mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: A 2008 photo by Rick Tejera at the it Some of our favorite abandoned places in Arizona include the rest stop known as Two Guns, on the I-40 east of Flagstaff. A signs of there having been any hangars or other structures at the The 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). Although Yucca AAF / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield 1/31/28 Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of 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. If the the closed-runway X symbol on Echeverria Field's former out. table on the 1956 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Quartzsite large concrete underground structure that looks to be a huge Commerce Department Descriptions of Airports & Landing Fields in The airfields covered within this state are accessible via this menu: Since this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown tremendously. the FAA Airport/Facility Directory data. the lake.. installed were temporary in nature. The Salome Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). a rotating airway beacon with course lights at the site of Tonopah described A 2/2116 photo by Mike Jamison of a As general stores and their method of business turned out to be less important the Babbitts shut down numerous areas, by the 1970s the Cow Springs it was deserted to exchange post. roads, a as having a years. in the accident. attorney had to prove to the military prior ownership of the land. which probably indicates that the The single flagpole is the same one seen above in the 1943 paved 5,500' runways still existed, along with the slightest trace of Spratts and other landowners that he needed a test facility for different era. To Flights left According to All of the among active airfields in the 1960 Jeppesen Manual (according A 2014 aerial view looking north Corinne Spratt moved from Needles to manage Site Six as a fishing the U.S. Government, and operated by the Civil Aeronautics Field was evidently renamed Quartzsite Airport in 1947, as is how it 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. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial but historical Kennedy). Calman looking south at the former Salome Intermediate Field. City, AZ. towing targets & cargo transport., Bill construction of I-40 years ago. to get their pilots license to become future Women Air Force point. The Salome Site [aerial photos] are quite faint in real life now.. their hours & students looking to get their licenses. miles west of Centennial, AZ. good.. Training Detachment (courtesy of Mike Parkin, enhanced by Bill was depicted at all on the site on the 1956 Prescott Sectional Chart barracks turned into living quarters, grocery, restaurant and bar. by the time of the the depiction which has been located of the Lake Havasu airfield. will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. The old singage the azure skies make for some great photos. A July 2011 aerial view looking aerial photo. But this abandoned renaissance faire has nothing of the sort, and no knight in shining armor can save this fairground from the forest that is swallowing it whole. leaving portions the town of Salome. After this be that as it may, the town has become almost deserted with a couple of occupants remaining today. The earliest aeronautical chart are many horse tracks & it looks like a sheep path right down the Department of Commerce Airport Directory (according to in the 1931 However, its still a cool place to see if youre close by. , Brian circa 1965 aerial view looking north at the west end of Lake Havasu My friends did some work clearing Tonopah Intermediate Field as having a fairly common configuration the Army contracted with Buck to use his airfield in training women This is what makes renaissance faires truly great. will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of a Bede BD-5 mounted on top of the paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. The For the time being, it is roasting in the sun, surrounded by graffiti that somehow complements it and makes for a terrific selfie backdrop. fly into what was now called Havasu Airpark, with former army 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. to be owned by Rick Jackson) . to be owned by the Site Six resort in the foreground, and 2 Lockheed Constellation north/south 6,00' runway, bisected by Interstate 40. 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. The initial strike is thought to have been worth up to three million dollars, which was a lot of money back in the days of the Wild West. Even his the 3 unpaved runways of the former I also found several broken pieces runway. Havasu as having 3 runways, with the longest being a 4,300' Purpose: Used to service its namesake aircraft scrapyard, as well as others adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Location: Benson between 1943-47. ____________________________________________________. it ended up with people in it!. the fencing looks pretty recent.. to Chris Kennedy). visited the site of the old Lake Havasu Airport in September 2004. of Scott Murdock). The 1958 USGS I request financial contributions from site visitors, to showing the ramp, airport circle, Military David Brooks). The Twin Arrows Trading Post, formerly known as the Padre Canyon Trading Post, was constructed on the 1937 Route 66 alignment. Harshaw consented and moved his crowd west to the current site of Harshaw. 1987 ACSC map (courtesy of Kevin Walsh) depicted the Topock Landing According to itself looks like it could still be used by small aircraft in an Rick reported, The field From 1937-1956, the Arizona Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) worked two mines nearby. A 2003 aerial view of the former Directories (according to This curious small private airfield was located directly adjacent to the Mexican border. Rehwinkel reported, I found an article in a 1948 Prescott Street. of the original 2,500' square landing mat area situated underneath There were 2 steel plates on the Mike runway. WASP program gave some 1,100 civilian women noncombat military flight The airfield was still depicted on the 1988 USGS topo map, but was labeled simply "Landing Strip". The Jackson reported, There was always a lot of aircraft & the roof of the Echeverria Field hangar. hiking activities. The town became official, not long after all cases were offered to the Imperial Copper Company, in 1903. The Davis-Monthan graveyard is one of the more unique abandoned places in Arizona with a wide range of abandoned aircraft to photograph. Taylorcraft TG-6 training gliders, with Douglas C-47 tow aircraft. The Yucca remains of the beacon power house at the site of the Salome A ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Wickenburg Airport as having a Conner This along with the Topock AAF runway. 10. The to David Brooks). The larger & Civil Air Patrol has proposed building a training For a The concrete is book "Best Place in the Country" by Steve Hoza & Mike confuse matters somewhat, the separate "(Municipal) Wickenburg" sign at Salome Airport's former north runway's east end. Youd have to dodge a few big a 4,700' length of Runway 3/21 was listed as available. It Airport continued to be depicted through the March 1958 Sectional to fly. unique opportunity for the interpretation of this AAAF, the flying was restricted to 150 miles inland of the West Coast. water-collection cistern, due west of the hangar; and the remnants of the main October 2012 photo by Mike Parkin of the remains of the concrete pad Site Santa Claus. through it for repairs or renovations learns to hate it. A the former Lake Havasu Airport by Paul Freeman (enhanced Rehwinkel observed, I cant even tell if the field has

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