Aircraft boneyard

Boeing B-52s in storage or awaiting dismantlement in Arizona

Aircraft boneyard (or in the United Kingdom, Aircraft graveyard) is a storage area for aircraft that are retired from service. Most aircraft at boneyards are either kept for storage or have their parts removed for reuse or resale and are then scrapped. Deserts, such as those in the Southwestern United States, are good locations for boneyards since the dry conditions reduce corrosion and the hard ground does not need to be paved.[1][2] The largest facility of its kind, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, is colloquially known as "The Boneyard".[1]

Notable aircraft boneyards

Airport City Notes
Abilene Regional AirportUnited States Abilene, TexasContains many retired Saab 340 aircraft, primarily from American Eagle Airlines.[3]
Alice Springs AirportAustralia Alice Springs, Northern TerritoryThe first large-scale aircraft boneyard outside the United States.[4]
Davis-Monthan AFBUnited States Tucson, ArizonaHome of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, the 2,600-acre site contains nearly 4,400 aircraft.[1]
Kingman AirportUnited States Kingman, ArizonaLeases space to major carriers such as Delta, American and United and operates as an "active storage facility" offering both storage and repair services.[5]
Laurinburg-Maxton AirportUnited States Maxton, North CarolinaContains various former Northwest Airlines aircraft being stripped for parts by Charlotte Aircraft Corporation
Mojave Air and Space PortUnited States Mojave, CaliforniaHome to more than 1,000 commercial airliners.[1]
Manas International AirportKyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Soviet era aircraft began to appear after 1991.
Phoenix Goodyear AirportUnited States Goodyear, Arizona
Pinal AirparkUnited States Marana, ArizonaHome of Jet Yard, LLC and Aircraft Demolition, LLC
RAF ShawburyUnited Kingdom Shrewsbury, Shropshire From end of World War II to 1972.
Roswell International Air CenterUnited States Roswell, New MexicoContains the remains of several large passenger and cargo jets
Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International AirportCanada Saskatoon, SaskatchewanContains 23 old Fokker F-28 operated by Canadian Regional Airlines and Air Canada Jazz[6]
Southern California Logistics AirportUnited States Victorville, California

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Stephen Dowling (18 September 2014). "Secrets of the Desert Aircraft Boneyards". BBC. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. ↑ John A. Weeks III (2009-07-03). "Field Guide To Aircraft Boneyards". Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  3. ↑ "Airports, Bases, Airplane Storage & Boneyards near Abilene Texas". Planes of the Past. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Australia gets first plane 'boneyard' outside US". Traveller. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Associated Press (18 August 2013). "Kingman Airport carries right conditions for storing, repairing planes". ABC. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Photos: Airplane graveyard". 9 August 2013.


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