An excellent non-commercial website I enjoy is:
http://www.members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/
Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields
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Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields
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I've spent some time surfing a similar site "Lost Airports of Washington"
http://www.pacificnorthwestflying.com/lostairports/wa/
This is a real comprehensive site focusing (for now) on Washington. It's a work in progress, the guy doing the site hopes to eventually include the rest of the northwest region. It's a neat format, there's a graphic of a map of Washington with a grid system overlaid on it--you click on what grid you want to explore,which opens a corresponding chunk of the Seattle sectional. You then click on a little red ball to open the information window for the individual lost airport which was where that ball is. He's pored over old sectionals & airport guides as well as satellite photo's to locate these old airport locations. He's put quite a lot of time into it & the site reflects that.
He also runs another website http://www.pacificnorthwestflying.com , with a forum for discussing flying destinations etc in the region. It's a pretty good site too, a lot of nosewheel types but other than that they seem OK.
Eric
http://www.pacificnorthwestflying.com/lostairports/wa/
This is a real comprehensive site focusing (for now) on Washington. It's a work in progress, the guy doing the site hopes to eventually include the rest of the northwest region. It's a neat format, there's a graphic of a map of Washington with a grid system overlaid on it--you click on what grid you want to explore,which opens a corresponding chunk of the Seattle sectional. You then click on a little red ball to open the information window for the individual lost airport which was where that ball is. He's pored over old sectionals & airport guides as well as satellite photo's to locate these old airport locations. He's put quite a lot of time into it & the site reflects that.
He also runs another website http://www.pacificnorthwestflying.com , with a forum for discussing flying destinations etc in the region. It's a pretty good site too, a lot of nosewheel types but other than that they seem OK.
Eric