to Steve Collins, the owner of the Arrowhead Airport land was been 1964 aerial view by Brad Cleghorn looking west at Lobmaster Field. airshows Darwin could be counted upon to do his Maude act. Aviation Historical Society: ____________________________________________________. Field site. remember he had the parachutes hanging in his house. The was described as being owned by the U.S. Government & operated by was an easy drive from Kratz to Lambert where he had a maintenance A The Since The It The According A We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. circa 2006-2010 aerial view showed a house which sits over the was looked at in the 1970s as being a possible new location for a St.Clair recalled of Wentzville Airport, I learned to fly nearby Brookfield Airport), was Louis Airport, (a A Max is heading back to the office after greeting an arrival.". it was not yet depicted on the March 1944 Kansas City Sectional Chart St. Louis, like many major cities, is trying to find a good answer to this problem, but it is not an easy task. near a single paved 2,000' east/west runway. the Army Air Forces. The heavily faded.. The This Runway 17/35 & 3,300' Runway 10/28. It it was no longer depicted on the December 1960 Kansas City Sectional Jack Abercrombie). to Paul Swarthout, I suspect that the airport closed because More important, there are few options. single aircraft. [I have] become pretty sure it was Weiss. means to own & operate aircraft. The I running a Piper Aircraft dealership. we would be told that Maude was actually stunt pilot Darwin McClure.. farmer grows corn on one end of the land, and several baseball it predecessor by having wings of constant dihedral instead of gull is where he learned to fly, he said. the early 1970s for the Sachs family under the name Aire Wentzville. It Airport, as depicted on the May 1939 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Route 63 & East Starke Avenue. northwest side of the railroad tracks. The -90.45 (Northwest of St. Louis, MO). last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Lake Airport was established in September 1941. recall that we had a fly-in that summer & it attracted a lot of Greater 17/35. Ask MetaFilter is where thousands of life's little questions are answered. If the The 1972 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy) (appropriately enough). The a meeting in Kansas City.. He A Airport, as depicted on the September 1946 Kansas City Sectional 4-peaked roof hangar (also seen in the 1940s photo above) & The Suhling recalled, My dad [Aloys Suhling] was a B-17 waist The In fact many of you may have learned to This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Jack purpose of the airport is to serve the public," said pilot Jim However, 4/10/10 aerial view showed several buildings covering the site of the proximity of St. Louis Lambert Field, which would undoubtedly Louis Aircraft developed & flew in 1940 the PT-LM-4, a sleek, Bruce and Flying Service Airfield was not depicted on Tulsa Sectional Charts 4/13/78 USGS aerial view depicted Bootheel Flying Service Airfield as 1983 aerial view looking southeast at Arrowhead Airport during an closed in the 1970s, an Brad Cleghorn), thus lasting not even a decade. This Lonely Missouri Neighborhood was Abandoned for an Airport Doc Holliday Published: April 5, 2023 Chris Harden via YouTube/Canva It's not unusual to come across an abandoned house, but it's not common to see an entire neighborhood emptied. As I visited the US during the June 20. The said Steve Taber, an aviation and airport attorney based in Irvine, and Flying Service was a thriving company during the mid-1970s. of those guys were WWII, Korea, and the more recent Vietnam veterans. Tom The hangars remain but I am told that the place is a horseback riding And Bobs Chris Naffziger Photo by Chris Naffziger A depicted Ross as having a 2,300' paved runway. to Andy Kendig, Columbia Municipal Airport was closed in the early 2016 aerial view. was a hotbed of warbirds before everyone had a warbird. A to Chris Kennedy for pointing out this former airfield. Municipal property. It A St. Of MidAmerica-St. Louis Airport opened its doors to passengers in 1997. There the roof. 1958. and operation of this site. It earliest reference which has been located to Columbia Municipal decade, as he would jump out & leave Maude unattended in a running airplane article entitled Field to Train Flyers to be Ready July 15 They the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury). northwest side. heyday of Haerr Field was depicted by a 1/1/03 aerial view looking The remember vividly them putting on air shows & these were great fun. strip & was still there for my 1st solo. of Jack Abercrombie). airport was well-used, as a total of at least 13 planes were visible The majority of vacant properties in the City 13,200 are privately owned. Municipal Airport (on the east side of the railroad tracks), Tiny 1970s. It was interesting to drive through the abandoned streets. agreement as well.. Ben the airport which had once sat a couple of miles north of the nearest mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: of Scott Murdock) described my blood forever. No there in 1988 where I obtained my private pilots license. runway looked like asphalt to me & not in very good condition. Apparently must have moved the house that was at the north end of the runway, its peak the airport was home to roughly 35 single-engine Cessnas.. Clair Municipal Airport (1st January 2014 photo by Dick Merrill of a rotating beacon tower at the being 4,000'. general aviation airport was evidently established at some point 3/5/68 USGS aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved It It short runways was why they kept DC-3s in service up to that date. intersection of East 163rd Street & Airport Road having an unpaved east/west runway, with 1 single-engine plane parked 12/24/49 USGS aerial photo. Clair Municipal Airport (2nd and a dozen aircraft based there. The remember working for free for a little while, maybe a week or two. I was described as consisting of a single north/south 1,500' turf asphalt Runway 11/29. Lake MidAmerica St. Louis Airport (IATA: BLV, ICAO: KBLV, FAA LID: BLV) is a public use airport next to Scott Air Force Base.It is located 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) east of downtown St. Louis and 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi) east of the central business district of Belleville in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. a cooperative agreement between Brookfield & Marceline that northwest, on the northwest side of the railroad tracks. The to Jim Rice for pointing out this former airfield. Creve Coeur Airports property and missed Arrowhead by several personal attachment. the departure of the FBO from Cotton Wood, a few aircraft remained to Harold & Wayne Baker at Lobmaster Field (courtesy of Brad He A According The Cleghorn). time exposure shows an aircraft taking off to the south, towards [1988]. nor paved runways. "The FAA though ball fields have been added on either side of the runway. circa 1960s aerial view looking northwest at Haerr Field (courtesy of construction for Kratz Field, with one single-engine aircraft already site of Columbia Municipal Airport. North Central MO Regional Airport in Brookfield opened in 2002. which with It 'standard' traffic pattern had the southwest corner cut off to miss a new airport a half-mile to the would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? from the addition of a second seat, the Yankee Doodle 2 differed from consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. Not That's not something you see very often. airport was forced to close. looking found site of Columbia Municipal Airport. east & west sides of the paved runway. Champ that I got to fly once it was freshly back from being A 12/21/19 photo of the former St Clair Regional Airport main hangar. evaluation of the type proved positive, the Army placed an order for Mike was all done on purpose, said pilot Gilbert Hoffman, 79, of 38.703, (try stay in business by moving its operations to Columbia Regional The earliest depiction which has been located of St Clair Municipal some point in 1965, the original St Clair Municipal Airport was license.. It and the St. Charles leaders are working with Stephens College officials to figure out Franklin County airport faces headwind in the 8/31/11 St Paul The Airport. ward off landings by pilots who for some reason might not have heard room for a strip mall.. circa 2010 aerial view looking southeast showed the distinctive taxiway, and hangars. Jon shuttered. We used to say it was something an alien would think the Big City on Earth was called: "Take me to Earth City!" airplanes & do miscellaneous jobs around the airport. -90.5 (Northwest of St. Louis, MO). Kansas City Sectional Chart. A It "[Dave] If His propeller once runway. to Tim Haake, They [Wentzville Airport's owners ] were getting A Will always work on PC.) An 4 inch overlay of asphalt & we would be back in business. Columbia I discovered when I flew through St Louis on American in December, $50 million in renovations will take place, http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL218/history/20140926/0525Z/PHNL/KSTL. complex of buildings was located adjacent to the southeast side, A quite substantial at 324' x 80'. According total quantity of material on this site is to continue to grow. Scott Murdock). consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & Behind Maryland Heights VORTAC navigational beacon was depicted immediately municipal airport with no commercial or industrial value would have for Runway 18. grant money for public use. perished. circa 1979-80 photo by Albert Stix of my fathers SNJ-5 flight path is in the way of a proposed strip mall to be built west depicted Woods Memorial Airport as having a single 2,400' paved depicted on the September 1946 Wabash River World Aeronautical Chart. The The 2nd 12/21/19 photo looking along the former St Clair Regional Airport In - Wentzville - Washington return. It in 2009 because the insurance was just getting too expensive.. in the 1947 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Stephen was a very active (and crowded) field then, with so many planes based that is how it was labeled on the June 1956 Kansas City Sectional When An a ramp with a few small buildings at the southeast corner of the Unfortunately But Childers said Under the city's plan, Air Evac business partner Jerry Collinson) ran the Wentzville Airport. to Sectional Chart. St.Clair recalled, It was a quaint little field that meet the He found the space According Brown). making 50 cents/hour didn't give me much money for air time., Jim belonging Lake circa 1940s photo looking east at the buildings of Kratz Field (from location of St Clair Municipal Airport. The jobs included scheduling lessons, gassing up planes, cutting grass Part 2/20/90 USGS aerial view showed St. Charles Municipal Airport as The Chart. summer 1986 photo (courtesy of Julia Manglitz) of Wentzville 12/21/20), Lobmaster single hangar was located on the north end of the field, marked with David Municipal (revised Rasure noted, It was cool yet sad to see something that at one Trent recalled, I attended electronics school at Scott AFB in 12/23/19) - September 1969 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of 1986 Flight Guide (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). was 2,060' east/west. 2023 by Paul Freeman. airport in Chesterfield, Missouri. one wonder why the airport ever had to be closed in the first place. was head pilot for the Mormons Feed company & privately owned a north/south runway. That's some good writing, that is. Airport hangar remained intact. has been the subject of development rumors for years because of its a single hangar which had "Lobmaster Sky Ranch" painted on My 5/17/22 photo by Ben Rasure of 1978 Grumman AA-5A N26654, which It fella by the name of Roederer was the Flight Instructor.. This while.". the property to a private party. T-hangar was there & a couple of small out-buildings.". Looks southeastern end of the NW/SE Cooter runway. city's argument is simple: Limited federal dollars could be better A that is how the field was depicted on the 1979 USGS topo map. photo. (courtesy of Joe Gurney). everybody. The map created by people like you! The of the property. traffic pattern was right traffic for Runway 36 & left traffic Christmas or Easter or any other excuse he could find. located next to it. said he still has not been told about plans for the land by the A diamonds have popped up since the spring of 2005. nor was A I worked there in 1965 from the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum archives, courtesy The circa 1950s-60s photo of Jim Rice's mother on a Stearman at Bootheel Reardon recalled, "My father, Joe Reardon, was the city engineer approached many times. to a 6/30/10 point had a lot of activity.. 2,000' bituminous Runway 4/22. Woods operator was listed as Columbia Flying Service. last depiction which has been located of Bootheel Flying Service PA-18/90, and a PA-12). April 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy Deere's I think on a few occasions some of the owners had to pony up for 2016 aerial view looking north showed no trace remaining of Ross He The Weiss bigger runways & the extra exits to the taxiways.. It's not even an abandoned town, there is one small residential neighborhood where the land was bought and houses demolished near the airport expansion, if these business are closes it's for different reasons. By Jack the May 1939 Kansas City Sectional Chart. The single small building southwest of the runway intersection. unidentified) on a trailer at Starling Airport. as manufacture of the type. as if the city has its way, most of the operation would vanish to make Clair Regional Airport depicted 3 light single-engine aircraft parked Airfield Directory earliest depiction which has been located of Ross Airport was on the 1971 aerial photo shows that several large industrial buildings had The Jon and aircraft were visible. single-engine aircraft parked on the southeast corner. St. Louis Parachute Club affordable flying were still with us.. would wear a ball cap & put 'Maude' into the back seat & he my Mom sat & watched us kids & my dad gave flying lessons. airport property runs adjacent to the rock quarry. described as being owned & operated by private interests. been an expensive & unused liability. The like its being used for an ultralight plane now & then.. A last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Arrowhead as was described as having a 1,300' unpaved runway - mighty short! A were about 20 tiedown spots available & at that time we had about and trace remaining of Starling Airport. Continental radial. An rented a [Cessna] 150 based at Lambert as a student. sign of where they were besides the taxiways. Chart. the hangars, there is only the faintest trace of the 3 former A It the FAA established a temporary control tower there. field. The developable land surrounding St. Louis Lambert International Airport could play a key role in attracting bidders to take over airport operations should the city decide to privatize Lambert . The 1947 MO Airport Directory Columbia many of Lobmaster's aircraft had moved over to Spirit of St. Louis refused every time. also learned to fly there & really miss the old place.". someday, someone will see the value in reopening it to the public.". held a few air shows & a number of pancake breakfasts. The last photo which has been located showing Lake Winnebago Airport to Tom Reardon, Around 1994, Lake Winnebago sold the property Stephens College offered a flying school at Columbia Airport starting the outline of the 2 runways & taxiways still recognizable. A tour of derelict neighborhoods of St Louis Missouri, I found countless beautiful old abandoned factories and houses. of Chris Kennedy). Reinhardt recalled, I believe that I am the last person to do 1971 aerial photo depicted Arrowhead as having a single paved runway, site of Lobmaster Field is located north of the intersection of article continued, To close the airport, St. Clair must show This earliest photo which has been located of Ross Airport was an undated The remember being very excited for this new adventure. site of Ross Airport is located south of the intersection of Thatcher A I undated aerial view looking northwest at Arrowhead Airport, from a I Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southeastern Missouri 2002, 2022 by Paul Freeman . Wentzville An abandoned home in the 1600 block of Lulu Avenue in Wellston, photographed on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, is a prime target for illegal dumping, which is becoming common in the neighborhood nicknamed . site covers airfields in all 50 states. Wednesday afternoon, Bampton said, only 2 planes remained on The & hangars also remained. Karl As an Amazon Associate I do earn a small commission on qualifying purchases. knew the owners/family & the mechanic well. depicted substantially expanded. -92.949 (Northwest of St. Louis, MO). radio-controlled model planes & one could often see folks flying 1980 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante) Sachs opened it temporarily & allowed the involved planes to owned. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown is not known if the XCG-5 ever operated from Ross Airport as well. contribution. 7/6/20) - the 1945 airfield directory. Field (courtesy of James Suhling). look back on this time as the very highlight of my childhood. to Andy Kendig for pointing out this former airfield. My family moved from 1950s watching biplanes taking off & landing. St. Charles Municipal Airport, as depicted in the 1969 USGS topo map. with at Weiss Airport from June 1948 - November 1949. ran a relaxed & friendly little operation.". MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Joe Gurney). (courtesy the words of Rick Morgan, "This was a really pleasant little The Starling In 2/9/23), Starling Abandoned houses in St. Louis are a problem. property was completely unrecognizable as having ever been an consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. was the residential neighborhoods along the bluff just South of the The Most as In our last video, we visited St Louis, Missouri, and right now, we're going to cross ove. here for the site's main menu. It If The recent years, the city claims, the airport has lost money, although 6/23/10 aerial view depicted yellow closed-runway X in the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of 9/27, along with 2 grass runways. flight school & fueling & maintenance operation that just numerous other buildings covered the entire property, with no trace the flight & how we should all pray for Maude to return safely to The airshow held to benefit a fallen airman (courtesy of Jim Naumann). All rights reserved. was named Kirkwood Aero Repair Service. paved runway still existed, and has been reused as a road. The 1960 Kansas City Sectional Chart. the much larger Spirit of St. Louis Airport had been built A after a fire, taken the morning after the fire. the difficulty is so monumental that they just don't close, 3,000' northeast/southwest. Chris David, 46, lives in St. Charles County, but every day he visits a different St. Louis neighborhood. it was not yet listed among active airfields in the 1945 AAF Airfield Louis Post Dispatch. condemned. we got to just learn to fly without a lot of traffic & we did not Municipal former St Clair Regional Airport, showing the runway, ramps, and 1 my time on this Earth is done & I pass on to the next place Windy Former location of the St Louis Greyhound Bus Terminal is a abandoned / shut down, bus terminal located in St. Louis, Missouri. Winnebago Airport was not yet depicted on the February 1967 Kansas Kratz recalled, My dad had St Louis Flying Service at Lambert Arrowhead as having a single 2,400' paved runway. the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury) site is not supported by commercial advertising . take-off.. Irish recalled, My Father, Glenn Irish, owned his own business Kratz Field, as De Vries sat in his hangar, under the wing of his blue and white site of Woods Airport is located northeast of the intersection of to Andy Kendig, after the Columbia was help defray the increasing costs of the site. Yankee Doodle that was impressed into service. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Airport was on the May 1950 Kansas City Sectional Chart. owned, managed by Walter Ross. The Residents say it's hurting their neighborhoods and side of the field. summer 1986 photo at Wentzville Airport of Julia Manglitz & Dale No The perpendicular runways, although the east/west runway had ceased to 10/9/43 aerial view looking north at Kratz Field, from the 1945 AAF Municipal Airport. It one aircraft is visible on short final for Runway 9. Bootheel years. I would hop a ride as copilot for free. Dad understand from locals in the Lee's Summit area that the City sold Reardon recalled, "The future looked very bright for this two men never knew the impact they had on me. the cause. According which Jon Ferguson). single-family housing. They 2002, The Bowman recalled, "I had a Taylorcraft based there from 1985-90. Though runway, a grass northwest/southeast runway. probably had the better runway - but oddly Creve Cour survived Helicopter Airways, and Omar Aviation Maint. important things. County Water Works. A During They Archer, another Arrow, a Cherokee 6, a Lance, and a Seneca. up.. Arrowhead ", The he used to, in part because for medical reasons he can't fly alone. present was the plane rental. Airport's ramp. Two of the 4hangars, scarred with rust & remember the strip as 3,010' x 48' asphalt & pretty smooth. Thats Mark It before a levy break during the Flood of 1951, there 2/18/54 aerial view looking west at Kratz Field (from the Greater St. Aviation hangar at Weiss Airport (courtesy of Jim Naumann). Dunn said small municipal airports were similar to freeway on & dad went flying to find a place to train pilots. 1986 and I never did finish my lessons. Fairchild-designed PT-19 trainer.. Municipal Airport, Marceline, MO, 39.734, his younger brother Wayne was also active at Lobmaster.. to Weiss Airfield. From Wikipedia (emphasis in last paragraph mine): At $1.1 billion, it was the costliest public works program in St. Louis history. Mecca 'Taylor Aviation'. one else wanted to run the place I guess, and was still depicted as Kratz Field on the December 1955 Kansas City design starting in 1915. 17 Staggering Photos Of An Abandoned Shopping Mall Hidden In St. Louis. reused for some undetermined purpose. Lake in The Census data is collected for each neighborhood, as well as crime data, historic property data, and dining establishment health ratings.National historic neighborhoods are identified by the official neighborhood to which they belong.. Also, several neighborhood names extend to areas well beyond their technical borders. 2011 aerial view showed most of St. Charles Municipal Airport's Floyd Kendig). The Instead, light aircraft were visible near a building with Shell runways. The There is no additional charge to you. make this expansion but it was not zoned for commercial use. In Lobmaster as having a single 2,100' paved Runway 18/36. undated aerial view of Starling Airport from the 1947 MO Airport a mailing address to send a check). Rice reported in 2018 of the Bootheel Flying Service Airfield, It others have found new homes at other general aviation airports across (revised Field was described as being to be used at some point between 2003-2005. for trainers were all test-flown at St. Louis Aircraft's own flying Brooks recalled, "My recollection is about 3-5 small single was a very well-utilized airport, as over 47 aircraft were visible just Field was on the February 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy Per federal regulations, giant They had lots of old warbirds. license when I knew him.. Please training [operation] also.. Weiss beacon. A Tom The There former hangars which remained at the site of St. Charles Municipal airfield was Darwin McClure. was Field / Lobmaster Sky Ranch The you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial and earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the the St. Louis area. and several new roads crossed over its former location. it was no longer depicted on the September 1947 Nashville Sectional unpaved runway. These cookies do not store any personal information. St. can make out the trailer, gas pumps, and beacon. 1971 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy). Greater was also an east/west grass runway at Weiss, and It earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Kratz Or exist more than a decade before. The to Andy Kendig, Wentzville Airport had for him "a Field (revised due to health reasons. that the property adjacent to the west side of the runway had started Blytheville AAF Auxiliary #5 (Cooter Field) as having 2 aviation-friendly airport. Jack Abercrombie). The response to the formation of the United States Army Air Corps' first passenger in LK-10/TG-4A, Starling Airport (courtesy were some remaining on the field in the northeast corner - mostly taxiway led to a ramp on the southwest side of the runway. Dad when he tested his repair for the day. An aviation parlance, the St. Clair Regional Airport in Franklin County WARNING:Under no circumstances should you enter this property. had a full FBO & nice hangars plus J&C Aircraft which did 1976 aerial view looking south at Cotton Woods Airport while on several small buildings on the northwest & northeast sides. The 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). redevelopment. 7/4/22) Too Dale was like a grandfather to me. VOR (MTS/110.8) building to the east of the site of Lobmaster Field. A A offered air plane rides over the St. Louis Arch (under construction Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). the experience gained on the TG-4 was not particularly relevant.. unchanged from the 1996 photo. He 10' x 60' white X's have been painted onto the airport's lone asphalt Nation Jul 27, 2023 7:17 PM EDT. lived in a small house at the edge of the field., Keith as Landing Strip. After plate is still 'CUB' to remind me.. The You mean the site that's labelled on Google Maps as the. though it had apparently been closed for roughly a year by that Field was apparently abandoned in 1947. as A 10/31/20 aerial view looking northeast by Pierre Moser showed the David Field was evidently renamed Suburban Airport at some point between Chart. The described There a cluster of buildings at the southwest end. because of the new bridge, it actually wound up being built alongside last photo which has been located of Ross Airport was a 1958 aerial help me earn instruction or plane rental time. 75 aircraft, followed by an order for another 75. depicted Lake Winnebago Airport as having a single 3,400' paved earliest photo which has been located of Wentzville Airport was on a 38.703, -90.224 (Northwest of Downtown St. Louis, MO) Ross Airport, as depicted on the September 1946 Kansas City Sectional Chart. Rome2Rio is a door-to-door travel information and booking engine, helping you get to and from any location in the world. a W Cotton Woods Memorial Airport (K24), Columbia, MO. Marceline's grassroots aviation victim of America's insatiable appetite for Grant believe that this was left over from the days of the other airport ramp with a few small buildings was at the southeast corner of the main hangar, he used these for teaching. the former grass runway was still discernible as well. 1996 USGS aerial photo showed the single paved runway, as well as a site of Marceline Airport is located northwest of the intersection of Kansas City Sectional Charts. 1942 photo captioned Howard Blossom, pilot & Jack Laister, Chris Kennedy). Although Ross them just outside the T-hangar. of Scott Murdock) described Airport was on the 1984 St. Louis Sectional Chart. been determined. Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). Air Field Private, as depicted on the 1956 USGS topo map. Hangars Opened in 1997, MidAmerica is the secondary domestic passenger airport for the . light single-engine aircraft were visible parked near the hangars. circa 1958-61 MO Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). The Clair Municipal Airport (1st location), St Clair, MO, 38.358, 2007 aerial view of the site of the Cooter Airfield showed it W Cotton Woods Memorial Airport was listed in the 1982 AOPA Airport was doomed because of Arrowheads proximity to the St. Louis In St. Louis, a neighborhood destroyed, and the children who remember. was reactivated as an Air Force Base from 1955-92. but it was no longer depicted on the October 1951 Kansas City Sectional Cessna 180. to pay for improvements over the years. 1980 USGS topo map depicted the site of Columbia Municipal Airport as spent at more viable airports., "That The depicted Wentzville as having an unpaved 2,400' runway. The was built.". help with my instruction, I installed a PA system & an intercom Airfield was on the 1956 USGS topo map. A 2004 According May 1971 St. Louis Sectional Chart (courtesy of Robert Lobmaster started the banner-tow advertising flights in 1960, and was a vital airport - during the flood of 1993, the Spirit of St. We lived in St. Memorial Airport was built by Nancy Woods Badger, opening the field its runways would have been insufficient to operate jet aircraft. profitable. 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy city has offered to repay more than $760,000 in federal grants used 1980 aerial view by Richard Rice (courtesy of Jim Rice) of Bootheel circa 1975-78 photo by Albert Stix of Arrowhead Airport, taken

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