You may also enjoy Cockpit Casual from Nomadic Aviation Group. Their amazing COVID-era videos often ended at these storage airports.

https://www.youtube.com/@CockpitCasual

If you’re ever in the Tucson area, highly recommend Pima Air Museum.

Would not recommend visiting between May-September as it feels as if you’re walking around in an outdoor blast furnace.

https://pimaair.org/

• chasd00

  today at 4:10 PM

  I’ve been there, it’s a great museum. There’s an SR-71 there for one thing.

• jambalaya8

  today at 3:39 PM

  That's pretty much all of Arizona from late April through October.

  • mythrwy

    today at 6:00 PM

    Not the mountains. They are great in summer.

Question for the locals: I don’t live in the USA, but I’d love to visit the boneyards someday and get inside some planes to take pictures. Are the boneyards open to the public? Do you need permission?

• spking

  today at 5:01 PM

  Depends. Taking pictures in front of or around the planes is no problem, but majority are pretty much sealed off. That said, most of the bigger aerospace museums have several planes and helicopters with cockpit and cabin access.

• spking

  today at 5:04 PM

  Also if you’re talking specifically about the planes in the boneyards, would not recommend doing that in the desert. You will find some other “visitors” like rattlesnakes, scorpions etc. that have made the plane their habitat.

  https://www.holloman.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/31...

  • meerita

    today at 6:28 PM

    Yes, I was referring to that :), not the museum ones (I've been to other museums, and I understand the constraints).

• hyperific

  today at 4:55 PM

  According to the site, many airplane boneyards are limited access sites and do not provide tours. You can always call or email them and ask though.