Brookfield Memorial/Pershing Memorial -- Brookfield, MO, USA
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Zaphody3k
N 39° 45.906 W 093° 06.488
15S E 490737 N 4401691
An abandoned airport near Brookfield, MO.
Waymark Code: WMNFK9
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/06/2015
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The original airport for the town of Brookfield was located on the southwest side of the town.
Brookfield Memorial Airport was evidently established at some point between 1966-67, as it was not yet depicted at all on the February 1966 Kansas City Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy).
The earliest depiction of Brookfield Memorial Airport which has been located was on the August 1967 Kansas City Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). It depicted Brookfield as having a 2,600' paved runway.
Brookfield Airport was not yet depicted on the 1979 USGS topo map.
The 1980 Flight Guide (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted Brookfield Memorial as having a single 2,600' paved Runway 17/35 and a 2,200' unpaved Runway 7/25.
At some point between 1982-86, the field was evidently renamed as “Pershing Memorial”, as that is how it was depicted in the 1986 Flight Guide (courtesy of Chris Kennedy).
The paved Runway 17/35 had been slightly lengthened to 3,000', and the field continued to have a 2,200' crosswind unpaved Runway 7/25.
A Non-Directional Beacon navaid was depicted just northwest of the runway intersection
The airport was still listed as Brookfield Memorial in the 1982 AOPA Airports USA Directory (according to Chris Kennedy).
General Pershing Memorial Airport was evidently closed at some point between 2003-2004.
According to Ken Jay, the “reason for closure of this airport (and the nearby Marceline Municipal Airport) was a cooperative agreement between Brookfield & Marceline that provided for the construction & operation of a regional airport with a much longer runway & greater utility.
The closure of the 2 airports was a requirement of that agreement & also the sale of the Brookfield airfield property was part of this agreement as well.”
Details per "Abandoned & Little Known Airports" (
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