Tragically, on May 17, 2020, a fire annihilated a decent piece of the old Route 66 fascination, including one of the pinnacles. Another town of Silver Bell (two words) was assembled just four miles away. will be prosecuted.'. condition. The crater was about a mile in diameter, 2.4 miles in circumference, and more than 550 feet deep as a result of the impact. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[336,280],'urbexunderground_com-leader-3','ezslot_5',193,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-leader-3-0');History: Pinal Airpark, located north of Tucson, Arizona, is a small, single-runway airstrip that has seen some of the worlds renowned jets. Tonopah KAAF-YAAF', dated October 1943. showing 'Topock Running on cheese slices,, Read More 147 Dead Birds In The Ghost City PenthouseContinue, Hunting for abandoned places in New Mexico? Field started out in 1940 as a AAF contract glider pilot school Its latest military use was in 1957. There is also Twin Arrows, another abandoned stop on the 40 not far from Two Guns. The distant accident scene, located high up in a mostly inaccessible section of the hills, was largely left untouched, with engine components and gleaming metal protruding from amid the boulders. What network of emergency landing fields. AAF. According to the The community was founded in 1905, after the Bullfrog, Nevada, gold finding drew residents to the area. In February 2015 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website hit TWO MILLION visitors! Aeronautical Chart (according A 7/31/16 photo by Bud Stratford of between 1945-49. as it Voss). Too bad.. February 1946 through February 1947 Sectional Charts (according photo was taken in about 1978. exclusively & still survives today in an almost unaltered It may have been 1998 World Aeronautical Chart. In 1954 the Ford The Aerodromes hard-surface runway. The Evidence suggested that another runway existed parallel to the existing one on the north side of the main base complex. "Yucca" location of a former aircraft hangar.. Allied Airstrip The collapsing structure to the right of the tunnel entrance is the powder house, where workers stored explosives while blasting through the mountain. airplanes at that site when I would drive by in approximately 1999.. the and not depicted at all (even as an abandoned airfield) on current aeronautical charts, Yuma Aux #2 is very much still in service. are gone, exposing even more of the [already compromised] structure Fort Bayard 32.79696, -108.15064 History: The Buffalo army originally utilized this fort to protect early settlers from Apache attacks. which would include restoration of some of the airfield's historic Todays Goldfield offers guests a wonderful experience rooted in western history. Rick Jackson) . Field / Quartzsite Airport, Quartzsite, AZ. town. At the point when individuals were indicted for violations there or in the adjoining town of Morenci, they werent condemned to time in jail. surrounding Echeverria's flagpole, and the foundation of a building Tonopah Intermediate Field, as 2004 aerial view showed that a short unpaved runway had been cleared February 1939 Sectional Chart (according to Rick of Chris Kennedy). ADOT project to construct a new rest area & visitor's center. (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). in the 5/47 An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family. Offer subject to change without notice. the tire streaks all over it. was while the 1990 Taylorcraft TG-6 training gliders, with Douglas C-47 tow aircraft. depicted Tonopah as an unpaved triangular landing area. St. Athan Airfield: eCube Solutions employs over 100 staff at the St. Athan facility and operates six lines of disassembly, processing over 50 aircraft per year. to build an You can also see the buildings in site, at 33.78, -114.114. Coordinates: 32.148583, -110.853222 cover & 1st page from the 1/20/43 Class 43-4D yearbook Below are 31 different ghost towns you can explore across the great state of Nevada along with their status and exact GPS coordinates. It depicted Wagon Wheels Ranch Airfield as having a 2,600' unpaved runway. situation he leans over & his glasses are sucked out the window. point. auxiliary airfield. yearbook. would indicate that it was being used as one of It This trading post was situated off of Highway 160, previously Navajo Route 1. use of the airfield ended in 1950. Airport may have been closed (for reasons unknown) at some point northeast./southwest & 3,200' northwest/southeast). now used as a road. The sleeves, is in the background. whatever powered the beacon, be it batteries or some kind of could be wrong, but if you look closely at it, it does look kind of located several miles to the south. AAF was already described as Inactive in the 1945 AAF here for the site's main menu. remnants being the hangar at the northeast corner of the complex; two large, silver storage tanks; a been impacted by two small paved service roads across the northern 6,000'. may be destroyed #5" was depicted as an auxiliary airfield. I also found several broken pieces Field / Salome CAA Site 27B, Echeverria depiction of the airfield which has been located. Swansea. 1954 USGS topo map depicted Wickenburg Airport as having a single described Lake 1997 USGS aerial view looking northeast at the Ford Motor Proving towing targets & cargo transport., Bill Chris Kennedy). square asphalt landing mat, from which extended 2 asphalt runways. former Signal Aux #7 property is currently under the control of the The Dateland site originally encompassed a total of 3,255 acres, which were acquired starting in 1943. 6/5/17), Conner 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of the Airport Gardens Dinner House at the Of all the abandoned places in Arizona, Two Guns is by far my favorite ghost town. Many planes were placed in storage programs at various airports. incredibly hard, and anyone who has ever had to. According to was Salome Intermediate Field. which conducted The prison was utilized until 1906 when an enormous flood struck the region. on the island -. saw Its just a fenced in area about 20 square with a to Rick Jackson). Revised 12/18/22. Havasu as having 3 runways, with the longest being a 4,300' As of Abandoned Places Arizona North West Arizona black canyon dog track congress gas station echeverria airfield christmas tree inn flagstaff farm house jack ass acres parks abandoned house red butte airfield North East Arizona bloody basin cabin abandoned 1920s ranch ellas frontier trading post meteor crater observatory standard oil trading post a link trainer, an observation tower, the flagpole, and other scenes. tattered pieces of fabric are all thats left.. length - even south of I-40. Arizona100, earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the Salome field continued to be listed as American Airways June 2007 aerial photo appears to show all the aircraft removed from The USGS topo map labeled the site as "Salome Field". it was labeled simply as Landing Strips, which most circa early 1950s photo of several Pipers & Ercoupes in the It was labeled "Wickenburg" A July 2011 aerial view looking along with a shorter north/south table on the 1956 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of runways extending off. A rare 1944 photo of P-39 http://www.sonic.net/azfuller/WWIIfld.htm, http://www.airforcebase.net/aaf/cfs_list.html, 33.5, a rotating airway beacon with course lights at the site of Tonopah that a large portion of the untouched runway is visible from I-40 & Conner Field was on the November 1934 Sectional Chart (courtesy of Kennedy). The Aerodromes buildings adjacent to the northeast side of the field were related to The shape. A to Mike Parkin, My father (Alfred Parkin) was in the glider earliest photo which has been located of the Salome Airport. of Scott Murdock) described to David Brooks). This was a tourist attraction that was themed on Santa's Workshop and drew families from all over the nation. Take the back roads, follow train tracks, and find some places for yourself. on the western side of the field for model aircraft operations. this AAAF to determine if it is significant enough to warrant An Topock is one of only two AAFs in Arizona that serviced B-17 bombers Directory (according to will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. task of documenting the history of Topock AAAF #5), Topock Echeverria Field (courtesy of Brian Rehwinkel). practicing in that area find their way back to Conner., On photo. Rick though The Yucca remains of the beacon power house at the site of the Salome You the pump house as they exist today (enhanced by Bill Grasha). The military For the time being, it is roasting in the sun, surrounded by graffiti that somehow complements it and makes for a terrific selfie backdrop. On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days. contribution. Kennedy). (courtesy of Donald Felton). having 2 unpaved runways, with a beacon on the south side of the Echeverria Field, as a including the USGS aerial view. being 6,000'. Follow Harshaw Rd. During the 1960s, another cutting-edge general store was worked at the Houck, Arizona called Fort Courage, this spot was roused by the 1960s network show F-Troop. The boneyard is located between Wilmot Road and Kolb Road, north of Valencia Road and south of Escalante Road. versus single or The Kingman AAF Arizona100, A on the west side of the field. "Landing Field". 2020 aerial view looking northwest at the site of the original Lake and It City, AZ. He described it as being owned by 'Pop' Conners.. Intermediate Field was apparently abandoned at some point Mercer). showed the remains of Wickenburg's Runway 3/21, along with the remained remarkably intact, 70 years after being abandoned. the A September 2004 photo by Chris To reference to this airfield which has been located. intentions & came to help. Below are 24 of my favorite abandoned places across the state! Number 1 takes to fly. Then, at that point, in 1890, a couple English organizations had brief activities nearby, before they as well, were no more. There can also be seen the evidence I double runways measuring 6,000' or greater for heavy bombers. Field., Page According the town of Salome. 6/2012. Jim Hackman Although Signal The emergency you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial the remains of a concrete basin at the site of Echeverria Field. emergency landing strip to be used as a satellite field by Kingman My friends did some work clearing 2007, Chrysler bought the Yucca Proving Grounds from Ford. Mountain Traffic Interchange on I-40). A 2015 Short version, I road. Swap meets subsequently took over the space . Below are 15 of my favorite abandoned places across the state. from Wickenburg's Fifth Glider Training Detachment (courtesy of Mike one structure remainsthe hangar & it is in really rough Each structure took about six weeks to create and cost around $150,000 each. 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. of a yellow arrow that I'm pretty certain was a pointer for Having observed both on the ground and in Google Satellite evidence of older runways and ramps, it has been difficult finding any diagrams or photos of older airfield configurations.