Madras Municipal Airport

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Madras Municipal Airport
Madras Army Airfield
AMSL
2,437 ft / 743 m
Coordinates44°40′13″N 121°09′18″W / 44.67028°N 121.15500°W / 44.67028; -121.15500
Map
MDJ is located in Oregon
MDJ
MDJ
Location of Madras Municipal Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 5,091 1,552 Asphalt
4/22 2,701 823 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations (year ending 8/27/2019)10,735
Based aircraft54
Old hangar, plane, and mountains

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

Airport entrance marker

Originally known as Madras Army Air Field, this was a

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 2,098 acres (849 ha) at an

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

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ . Effective 10 August 2023.
  2. ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009–2013
  3. ^ Hale, Jamie (August 14, 2014). "'You can feel the heat on your face': Airshow of the Cascades brings explosive aerial action to Madras". The Oregonian. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  4. ^ Hale, Jamie (August 23, 2014). "The 2014 Airshow of the Cascades flies over scenic Madras (your photos)". The Oregonian. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. ^ Gill, Holly M. (8 July 2015). "Historic designation for hangar". The Madras Pioneer. Pamplin Media Group. Retrieved 20 August 2017.

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