# Forgotten airports **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-airports/652769 "2013-03-12T23:46:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-airports/652769/41 "2013-03-14T16:16:59Z")
Detroit City Airport has always lived in the shadow of the much larger & nicer Detroit Metro Airport, but it used to have regular passenger flights. These days, it only hosts private planes, and given Detroit’s financial troubles, it’s conceivable that it might be closed for good in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-airports/652769/42 "2013-03-14T20:44:43Z")
Looking at those old desert strips makes me wish I had a Cessna 170 to fly to them in. (Who am I fooling? I so want something that flies, I can taste it!) And it makes me miss the desert, and the exploring I’d do on weekends. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-airports/652769/43 "2013-03-15T01:44:40Z")
If you look at a map of [Cosmo Park](http://www.columbiasoccerclub.net/cosmo.html)in Columbia, Mo it’s easy to see the old runways have been turned into roads and parking areas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-airports/652769.md?page=2)