Madras Municipal Airport
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Madras Municipal Airport (Template:Comma separated entries), 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] In mid-2015 the airport's north hangar, which was built during World War II, was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[5]
Facilities and aircraft
Madras Municipal Airport covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". at an elevation of 2,437 feet (743 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 16/34 is 5,091 by 75 feet (1,552 x 23 m) and 4/22 is 2,701 by 50 feet (823 x 15 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 27, 2019, the airport had 10,735 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per day: 94% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 54 aircraft based at this airport: 38 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 8 jet, and 1 helicopter.[1]
See also
References
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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
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- 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
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- 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