Airplane Boneyards List and Map

spking wrote: post #2

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/

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

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Post by chasd00 » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC

spking wrote: post #2

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/

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

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Post by meerita » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 4:39 PM UTC

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?

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Post by hyperific » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC

meerita wrote: post #6

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?

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.

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Post by jasoncartwright » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC

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

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Post by spking » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC

meerita wrote: post #6

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?

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.

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Post by spking » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 5:04 PM UTC

meerita wrote: post #6

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?

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...