Madras Municipal Airport
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Madras Municipal Airport Madras Army Airfield |
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IATA: MDJ – ICAO: none – FAA LID: S33 | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Madras | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Madras, Oregon | ||||||||||||||
Location | Jefferson County, near Madras, Oregon | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 2,437 ft / 743 m | ||||||||||||||
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Location of Madras Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Madras Municipal Airport (IATA: MDJ, FAA LID: S33), formerly City-County Airport, is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Madras, a city in Jefferson County, Oregon, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport.[2]
History
Originally known as Madras Army Air Field, this was a World War II Army Air Corps training base for B-17 Flying Fortress and Bell P-63 Kingcobras. In 2000, the airport began hosting the annual Airshow of the Cascades.[3] The Erickson Aircraft Collection moved from the Tillamook Air Museum to the Madras Airport in 2014.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
Madras Municipal Airport covers an area of 2,098 acres (849 ha) at an elevation of 2,437 feet (743 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 16/34 is 5,089 by 75 feet (1,551 x 23 m) and 4/22 is 2,701 by 50 feet (823 x 15 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending July 9, 2007, the airport had 10,735 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per day: 93% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 52 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine, 2% multi-engine and 4% ultralight.[1]
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for S33 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 17 December 2009.
- ↑ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009–2013
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External links
- Airport/Industrial Park page at City of Madras website
- Madras Dragstrip - located on south end of airport
- Aerial photo as of 26 July 2000 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for S33, effective March 21, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for S33
- AirNav airport information for S33
- ASN accident history for MDJ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for S33
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Airports in Jefferson County, Oregon
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Technical Service Command
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Oregon
- World War II airfields in the United States
- Madras, Oregon