About this episode

This episode reflects on the airports that have disappeared over the years and their impact on aviation and surrounding cities.

As 2025 comes to a close, this episode of Destination Aviation takes a step back — not just to reflect on the year, but to remember the airports that no longer appear on today’s charts. After a few opening updates and some behind-the-scenes channel news, the conversation shifts into a journey through the ghosts of aviation — airfields that once launched legends, trained generations of pilots, and shaped the cities that grew around them… only to quietly disappear. These are places where runw...

Topics covered

• aviation history
• disappeared airports
• reflection
• airfields
• ghosts of aviation

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