Where: Abandon Airports?

[RamblingRed]

This is kind of an odd question but I figure people around here really know this city well and might have an idea. Does anybody know of any abandon or unused airports/airfeilds in the DFW area? I need to see if I can find one where the runway is still pretty much intact, and there are decent roads in and out of it... it would be even better if the property was privately owned to make negotiations about using easier.

[epoh]

I don't know of any abandoned ones, but there are many small private airports in southwest tarrant county and into johnson county. I would imagine there is very little traffic at most of them.

[Champuu]

not sure what you are thinking of composition wise but closed or abandoned airports will have giant X's all the way down the run way just a heads up :)

champuu

[RamblingRed]

This is actually for an event I am thinking about putting... Hence my wonderings about open a city would be to let me use the property. I just liked the idea of this environment and figured somebody here might know of such a place.

[TxKent]

I've contributed a bit to this site - it's great.

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/Airfields_TX.htm

You can search the entire nation for abandoned and dis-used airfields.

[Dokk]

I was about to contribute the same website. Most of the abandoned airfields around the area have been "recycled" as in demolished and rebuilt upon. Good luck in your search.

Originally Posted by TxKent

I've contributed a bit to this site - it's great.

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/Airfields_TX.htm

You can search the entire nation for abandoned and dis-used airfields.

[RamblingRed]

Originally Posted by TxKent

I've contributed a bit to this site - it's great.

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/Airfields_TX.htm

You can search the entire nation for abandoned and dis-used airfields.

Thanks for the link! That stretch of runway underneath the DFW airport would almost be perfect... But getting permission to go on the property seems like it would be a nightmare because I assume it is owned by DFW.

I'll dig through this site and see if I can come up with something... If anyone else has any ideas please chime in.

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

TxKent that is a great link but I know of 2 more airports that were in Dallas, one was in Old East Dallas west of White Rock Lake and it was closed down in the 40's I believe and the second was one that was just west of Central Expressway and south of 635, where the Park Central Office Park is now and that closed in the 60's. Back in 1972 or so when that area was being developed I actually drove a car on the old runway before it was torn up, I don't think it had many if any hangars but was more of a general aviation fly in and out of location which during the 60's was just a hop skip and jump from TI. High School buddy grew up in the flightpath off of Coit Rd as a kid in the late 50's early 60's.

Right now there are few standing airports that are abandoned in the DFW area just because the liability of the buildings standing is so high. Airspace around here is at a premium because of DFW and a number of General Avaiation airports.
Here is a list of Dallas Airport and Heliports: http://www.airplanelistings.com/dir/.../Texas/DALLAS/

[TxKent]

Originally Posted by DEMDeepEllumMusic

...I know of 2 more airports that were in Dallas, one was in Old East Dallas west of White Rock Lake and it was closed down in the 40's I believe and the second was one that was just west of Central Expressway and south of 635, where the Park Central Office Park is now and that closed in the 60's.

This one?: http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/....htm#whiterock

I don't know about the other one. Just remembered seeing White Rock when I was surfing the site.

If there is something that isn't on the site, the site owner appreciates leads and updates. I've also sent him some images.

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

No I believe this other airport was west of the lake and it was just for small planes, may have seen a pic of it in the Dallas Public Library's History Section or on a map from the 20's/30's. For some reason I think now the location was built up in the 30's and not the 40's and we are talking basically an airstrip of under 1200 feet that an old biplane could land on . Somone in one of the threads on the Dallas History Message board http://www.dallashistory.org/cgi-bin...onfig.pl?index said that there was an airport at one time where the VILLAGE Apartments are now at NorthWest Highway and Greenville, I don't remember that one at all but probably a small general aviation one again that was killed off in the 50's/60's.

[n5wd]

Originally Posted by sarahsboy18

This is actually for an event I am thinking about putting... Hence my wonderings about open a city would be to let me use the property. I just liked the idea of this environment and figured somebody here might know of such a place.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries owns the old Eagle Mountain Marine Corp air strip (now known as Kenneth Copeland Airport 4TA2 is the identifier) in northwest Tarrant County. Much of the main runway is still relatively intact - they hosted some motorcycle rallies there in recent years, so the possibility of leasing it out is there.

Here's a link to the AirNav map data for 4TA2:
http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:...s&ct=clnk&cd=1

[jw001]

try using Google Earth and look around the area for all those X's.
Jeff

[Hogleg 44]

Originally Posted by n5wd

Kenneth Copeland Ministries owns the old Eagle Mountain Marine Corp air strip (now known as Kenneth Copeland Airport 4TA2 is the identifier) in northwest Tarrant County. Much of the main runway is still relatively intact - they hosted some motorcycle rallies there in recent years, so the possibility of leasing it out is there.

Here's a link to the AirNav map data for 4TA2:
http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:...s&ct=clnk&cd=1

The motorcycle rallies ceased to be there after a little girl was killed by a bike in the mid 90's. The latest rallies have been held at TMS.
I doubt that it can be leased. My Son-in-Law is a TV director there. I can ask him if he thinks they would lease it out, but it is used frequently for ministry air traffic.

[RamblingRed]

Originally Posted by Hogleg 44

The motorcycle rallies ceased to be there after a little girl was killed by a bike in the mid 90's. The latest rallies have been held at TMS.
I doubt that it can be leased. My Son-in-Law is a TV director there. I can ask him if he thinks they would lease it out, but it is used frequently for ministry air traffic.

That sounds like it could be really cool if it could be pulled off... This would actually be an auto show type event... so I don't know if that accident will pretty much knock it out. I am just trying to avoid the "parking lot" thing and also still get a unique location. I think I have a couple connections over there at KCM so maybe I can talk to them and see if it is a possibility as well.

Never hurts to ask I suppose...

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

http://www.google.com/maphp?hl=en&tab=wl&q=
If you pull up Banner Drive in Dallas, Tx and look at the hybrid map the airstrip ran north to south between what is now Banner (which crossed the strip location) and Churchill Way and about midway between Merit and Coit Road. Now this may have been designated the old park Cities Airport but I don't really think so sine that one was by Harry Hines. Now it is a possibility that what was known as OllaPadrida Mall had been part of the structures since they were older and left intact when the rest of the area was leveled.
http://www.google.com/maphp?hl=en&tab=wl&q= Now there also was one on Northwest Highway and Abrams road where the Medalion Shopping Center is now it was called Mustang Field at one time and had an aviation school operating out of it in the 40's.