Built on the grounds of one of WWII's largest heavy bomber training bases, this aviation museum runs monthly ghost tours where staff and visitors report being tapped and hearing their names called near wartime aircraft.
31001 Magnuson Ave, Pueblo, CO 81001
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$
General admission; ghost tours may carry a separate ticket. See museum website for current pricing.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Airport tarmac and hangar floors; generally flat and paved.
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1945 · Built on grounds of Pueblo Army Air Base, one of WWII's largest heavy bomber training facilities · Training site for B-24 Liberator and heavy bomber crews during WWII · Preserves military aviation history of Pueblo and southern Colorado
The Pueblo Army Air Base was established during World War II as a major training installation for heavy bomber crews. At its operational peak, the base was among the largest of its kind in the United States, preparing crews for the B-24 Liberator and related heavy bomber aircraft that formed the backbone of American strategic bombing operations in Europe and the Pacific. Thousands of young airmen passed through the Pueblo installation during the war years.
After the war ended, the base was decommissioned and its grounds transitioned to civilian use, eventually becoming Pueblo Memorial Airport. The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum was founded on the former base grounds to preserve the military and aviation history of the site. According to its Wikipedia entry, the museum has grown to include a significant collection of military and civilian aircraft spanning multiple eras.
The museum is named in recognition of its location and the historical significance of the Pueblo Army Air Base to the broader narrative of American military aviation. The grounds retain the physical scale and open character of a wartime airfield, which shapes the visitor experience even absent explicit wartime exhibits.
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The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum has offered monthly ghost tours that have generated documented paranormal accounts from both staff and visitors. According to KRDO local television news, participants on the tours report being physically tapped on the shoulder when no one is nearby, and hearing their names called by a disembodied voice—two of the more specific and personal categories of reported paranormal experience.
The KRDO report from October 2021, and follow-up coverage by FOX21 local news, identified four spirits said to have been named through paranormal investigation: Mike, Anne, Don, and Steve. No historical identities have been confirmed for these names in the sources reviewed—they may be derived from investigation sessions rather than documented historical individuals tied to the base. This distinction is noted for attribution purposes; no claim is made here that these names correspond to verified historical persons.
The setting contributes to the intensity of the experience: large, dimly lit hangars filled with decommissioned aircraft from an era when the base saw the departure of tens of thousands of young airmen, many of whom did not return from combat missions. The museum's combination of genuine military history and a documented monthly ghost tour program makes it one of southern Colorado's more distinctive dark tourism offerings.
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Walk among decades of military and civilian aircraft on the grounds of the former Pueblo Army Air Base, one of WWII's largest heavy bomber training facilities, with exhibits tracing aviation history from the war era to the present.
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