Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields

© 2002, © 2016 by Paul Freeman. Revised 12/11/16.



*** Dedicated in the memory of my father, Harris Freeman (1929-2010), who supported my interest in aviation ever since I was a little boy. ***



History & mystery combined.”

On the following pages, you will find information on vanished or abandoned airfields & their unusual histories.



As a pilot, a particular interest of mine has always been the abandoned airfields that dot the landscape of much of this country.

Both for their potential safety value to a pilot in an emergency,

and also for their sometimes fascinating history, this particular topic has always held my curiosity.

When I'm a passenger on commercial flights,

I've always found myself looking out the window, constantly looking for airfields below.

When I fly as a pilot myself, I've always tried to land at as many airports as possible,

to learn a little about each one.

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Please consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & operation of this site.

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This website contains descriptions & images of 2,143 airfields, in all 50 states.

The pages are organized by state:



Alabama

Updated 10/15/16

Illinois

Updated 12/3/16

Montana

Updated 10/9/16

Puerto Rico

Updated 11/26/16

Alaska

Updated 11/23/16

Indiana

Updated 12/9/16

Nebraska

Updated 10/6/16

Rhode Island

Updated 11/27/16

Arizona

Updated 11/21/16

Iowa

Updated 9/15/16

Nevada

Updated 12/10/16

South Carolina

Updated 11/27/16

Arkansas

Updated 11/19/16

Kansas

Updated 10/31/16

New Hampshire

Updated 10/11/16

South Dakota

Updated 11/27/16

California

Updated 12/3/16

Kentucky

Updated 10/28/16

New Jersey

Updated 11/22/16

Tennessee

Updated 11/22/16

Colorado

Updated 12/6/16

Louisiana

Updated 11/23/16

New Mexico

Updated 11/8/16

Texas

Updated 11/27/16

Connecticut

Updated 11/19/16

Maine

Updated 11/26/16

New York

Updated 12/10/16

Utah

Updated 11/12/16

Delaware

Updated 12/7/16

Maryland

Updated 12/11/16

North Carolina

Updated 11/15/16

Vermont

Updated 9/11/16

District of Columbia

Updated 7/23/16

Massachusetts

Updated 11/30/16

North Dakota

Updated 6/5/16

Virginia

Updated 12/4/16

Florida

Updated 12/4/16

Michigan

Updated 11/29/16

Ohio

Updated 11/23/16

Washington State

Updated 11/17/16

Georgia

Updated 11/23/16

Minnesota

Updated 11/3/16

Oklahoma

Updated 9/26/16

West Virginia

Updated 10/13/16

Hawaii & Western Pacific Islands

Updated 11/22/16

Mississippi

Updated 9/7/16

Oregon

Updated 12/8/16

Wisconsin

Updated 11/19/16

Idaho

Updated 11/23/16

Missouri

Updated 11/16/16

Pennsylvania

Updated 11/29/16

Wyoming

Updated 11/916

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That has caused it to often exceed bandwidth limitations

set by the company which I pay to host it on the web.

 

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On 12/5/15, the “Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields” website was featured on “CBS This Morning!”

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Comments about my page? Information you would like to contribute?

Contact the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com

If you have pictures or other historical information to help tell the story of these airfields, please send them.

If you have photographs to share, a few requests:

JPG format usually works the best.

Higher resolution photos are generally better.

Please specify the year the picture was taken, and the photographer (if you know that information).

Other items which can be used to expand the website's coverage:

old aeronautical charts, photos, or airport directories.

If you have items such as these & would consider donating them to the website,

please contact the author at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com

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In February 2015 the “Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields” website hit TWO MILLION visitors!

Thanks to all who have supported the website with historical material & financial contributions

over the past 17 years.

History of the site:

This site has been on the web since April 1999.

From April 2002 – December 2016, it had 2,247,600 visitors.

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Sources & other sites of interest:

www.airforcebase.net - Scott's USAF Installation Page.

www.airfieldsdatabase.com - David Brooks' detailed archive of information on southwestern airfields.

http://www.aahs-online.org/ - American Aviation Historical Society

All Along The Control Tower”, World War 2 Control Towers in the UK.

"United States Navy & Marine Corps Bases", Paolo Coletta.

"Forgotten Fields of America", by Lou Thole.

"Richard E. Osborne's World War II Sites in the United States".

"United States Naval Air Stations of World War II", M. L. Shettle, Jr.

"Virginia Airports" by Vera Rollo & Norman Crabill (published by the VAHS).

"Maryland Aloft" by Preston, Lanman, and Breilhan.

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