Abandoned Airports

[VictorBravo]

This may have been posted once before, but it's interesting enough to post again. There's a really great website with the history and photos of many abandoned and forgotten airfields, airports, military bases, etc. around the country. Please check this out and contribute any information or documentation you may know regarding these lost historical treasures.

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/

[KewFlyer]

Re: Abandoned Airports

Bill:
Checked out some of the airports in the State of Virginia and... there are still some in use, mostly by farms. Upperville still there and in use. Others have been consumed by civilization.

[mulwyk]

Re: Abandoned Airports

Great website, Bill

I used to drive past Lein field (in western SD) everyday for 10 years on my way to work in Sturgis. There was a faded old Piper Pacer (?) in an open hanger parked there, and every year the Pacer would list a bit more to the starboard side and the hanger would sag a bit more in the middle until one day the hanger and the Pacer were gone. Sad. I musta daydreamed a thousand times about buying that old Piper and flying it outa there.

[Pearson]

Re: Abandoned Airports

Bill,

I have been on that site before. It is awsome, but I couldn't find anything about the airport where I learned to fly.

Has anyone in Houston ever heard of Collier Field Airport? It was on Alabonson Rd just north of W. Little York Rd. A guy named Webb used to run it.