Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields:
Northeastern Arizona
© 2002, © 2004 by Paul Freeman. Revised 5/16/04.
Transwestern Pipeline Airfield #3 (added 5/16/04) - Transwestern Pipeline Airfield #4 (added 5/16/04)
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Transwestern Pipeline Company Airfield #3, Leupp, AZ
35.3 North / 110.85 West (Northeast of Phoenix, AZ)
Transwestern #3 Airfield, as depicted on the July 1977 World Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
Photo of the airport while in operation has not been located.
This was one of a network of private airfields which were built (and subsequently abandoned)
along the Transwestern Pipeline Company's pipeline in Arizona & New Mexico.
Transwestern #3 was apparently built between 1976-77,
as it was not listed in the 1976 AOPA Airport Directory (according to Chris Kennedy).
The earliest depiction of the Transwestern #3 Airfield which has been located
was on the July 1977 World Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
It depicted Transwestern #3 as a private airfield having a single 5,000' paved runway,
running east/west along the south side of the pipeline.
Transwestern #3 was still depicted as an active airfield
on the November 1992 Phoenix Sectional Chart (according to Timothy Aanerud).
The Transwestern #3 Airfield was evidently abandoned at some point between 1992-97,
as the above 1997 USGS aerial photo clearly shows the runway as being marked with closed "X" symbols.
The paved runway otherwise appeared to be in fine condition.
The complex of buildings just northeast of the runway was a pumping station,
and there did not appear to have been any hangars or other buildings directly associated with the airfield.
The Transwestern #3 Airfield is located on the south side of Indian Route 15,
six miles east of Leupp, AZ.
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Transwestern Pipeline Company Airfield #4, Ganado, AZ
35.57 North / 109.38 West (Northeast of Phoenix, AZ)
Transwestern #4 Airfield, as depicted on the July 1977 World Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
Photo of the airport while in operation has not been located.
This was one of a network of private airfields which were built (and subsequently abandoned)
along the Transwestern Pipeline Company's pipeline in Arizona & New Mexico.
Transwestern #4 was apparently built between 1976-77,
as it was not listed in the 1976 AOPA Airport Directory (according to Chris Kennedy).
The earliest depiction of the Transwestern #4 Airfield which has been located
was on the July 1977 World Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
It depicted Transwestern #4 as a private airfield having a single 4,400' paved runway,
running northeast/southwest along the south side of the pipeline.
Transwestern #4 was still depicted as an active airfield
on the November 1992 Phoenix Sectional Chart (according to Timothy Aanerud).
The Transwestern #4 Airfield was evidently abandoned at some point between 1992-97,
as the above 1997 USGS aerial photo clearly shows the runway as being marked with closed "X" symbols.
The paved runway otherwise appeared to be in fine condition.
There was a cleared ramp area adjacent to the south side of the runway,
but there did not appear to have been any hangars or other buildings at the airfield.
The Transwestern #4 Airfield is located in an extremely remote area
(so remote that the nearby roads aren't even labeled on maps),
14 miles southeast of Ganado, AZ.
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