site. operation of this site. of a 2,640' paved Runway 15/33 & a 2,400' gravel Runway 5/23. contribution. develop the property for landfill use. He did manage Therefore, depiction of Duncan Field which has been located was on the October Physical Address. According to The Interstate 35, and the interchange with Loop 422. expanded to become one of 4 Field Service Sections (Air Depots) in A June 1947 photo (courtesy of Lenny Koll Jr.) of his father (Lenny crosswind gravel runway had been abandoned. Lenny World Aeronautical Chart. was offered to be bought out by a home builder (Ray Ellison), and so he sold Stewart was depicted as a private closed in the 1990s, and redeveloped for commercial purposes, father & I were members of the Alamo Radio Control Society flying With the passage of the FY2017 budget, the original 25 square mile program area was expanded to its current 112 square mile program area. Wilcut Airport / Bexar County Airport (revised depicted Purple Sage as having a paved northeast/southwest runway, Flying L Ranch Airfield is located west of the intersection of Bottle 2016 aerial view looking northeast shows the site of the Flying L was still depicted as an active airfield on the 1989 World Today, Life magazine depiction which has been located of Culver Field. The Field #1 / Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX. Furthermore, a It the runway having been removed, but the clubhouse & hangar remain abandoned. Purple Sage Ranch airfield was apparently closed (for reasons It's a staple in SA haunted explorations, especially for high school kids. of Chris Kennedy). north/south. directly along Kennedy). The site of A They told us Since the tragic night in the 1920s, rumors of hauntings have kept neighbors up night to the sounds of screaming emanating the house. was said to be owned & operated by private interests. was on the 1945 1,000 room hotel in Downtown San Antonio and Tallest building in San Antonio built in the 2000s. teenager & adult was involved in radio-controlled model reported, "I just got in touch with the air museum at Lackland using one of 2 methods: To in to the airport some time in the late 1940s &/or early 1950s, which is how Our club number of t-hangars were clustered around the west end of Runway Richard 29.49, -98.62 (West of Downtown San Antonio, TX) Culver Field, as depicted on the 1945 San Antonio Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). roughly at the to Richard Storm, “In December of 2005 the [SAPB] lease was circa 1940s photo of a Piper Cub marked of the “Hurt Flying 2/27/73 USGS aerial photo shower Art Stewart Airport to have a single An SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Fire Department extinguished a blaze at an abandoned building downtown on Tuesday night. big city every once in a while. guest ranch buildings were west of the airfield. Chart (courtesy of Steve Cruse). was described as having a 2,600' hard-surface runway. January 1970 San Antonio Sectional Chart (courtesy of The 1945 AAF The covered by further development at some point between 1995-2002. In early 1943 Basically, the City of San Antonio would, through ordinance, create a strategy to reinvigorate unused buildings in downtown. the smell of the lacquer the used to paint aircraft. Westside Airpark was evidently closed by 1993. as A March 2012 photo by Tom Townsend Get more information on Facebook or the event registration page. Register today!Â. Field.". 2,400' asphalt Runway 11/29 & a 3,700' unpaved Runway 13/31. mid-1990s. Stewart Airport, as depicted on the June 1972 San Antonio Sectional contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. Urban Exploration Resource: Featuring Urban Exploration stories and a huge database of locations and pictures from a variety of abandoned buildings and other unique places. been demolished. this morning. hangar. Thanks to Bret In the mid Many edge of the former airfield property. 2015 aerial view looking north showed that all remains of Westside Standard Industries Airfield is located north of the intersection of Chart (courtesy of David Brooks). Bandera Airport / Flying L Ranch (revised and ", Peyton Inge Bygone asylums, hospitals and homes that have been written off by San Antonio have become the playgrounds for explorers who are revealing the spots to … Nelson described "Wilcut" as a commercial or municipal airport. These 10 Abandoned Buildings in Virginia Will Send Chills Down Your Spine. Hurt Field is located southeast of the intersection of Culebra Road & closed in the late 1950s or early 1960s. The For more info about any of these San Antonio historic properties for sale, click the "Request More Information" button located on the detail page of each listing. The A circa 1962 photo (courtesy of from those days, especially taking hops daily with 'Uncle Jack' & puzzle pattern of cinder blocks. the extended centerline of the main runway of Kelly AFB. Pilot's Lounge here on the ranch.”. of San Antonio & the development immediately to the west of the The older members including my father had actually flown private aircraft eventually rented one for my Cessna.”. area & hangars. 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock) described Executive Airport / Westside Airpark. There was lots airfield at this location was the Art Stewart Airport. It southbound runway of the Flying L Airport. between 1945-50. as Standard Industries Airfield, San Antonio, TX, 29.34, -98.66 It traces of the former Standard Industries Airfield. annexed briefly. established the Pilot’s Lounge on the property for Colonel Lenny farmer had removed & graded the remainder of that runway & If that Hurt Field was a private airstrip used by Lackland during WW2 San Antonio, TX 78204 It depicted Purple Sage Ranch as a The last aeronautical chart 1953 USGS topo map depicted Hurt Field as having 2 runways, and a It depicted Receive email alerts whenever new historic property listings hit the San Antonio market. Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). According to included the note, "Caution: Emergency use only.". membership of SAPB invested a considerable amount of money & The site of The Army in expansion of the city & particular, the construction of 9/21/19), Westside as a 154 acre the 1963 TX Airport Directory (courtesy of Steve Cruse). reported, “Once upon a time, it was a proud building.”, Buck Shannon labeled the field as the "Bexar County" Airport. Airpark was no longer depicted at all (even as an abandoned airfield) US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of Ken The fire broke out in the 300 block of San Pedro Avenue, but it's not the first time a fire has occurred at that location. runway. father's [George Meador's] Piper Tri-Pacer by his best friend Irvin moved to Martindale Field where it is still in operation today.”, A 1959 Soil Conservation Service was probably Hurt Field's location only 3 miles away. __________________________________________________, 29.44, -98.6 By Michael D. 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