| Madras Municipal Airport | |
| Iata: | MDJ |
| Faa: | S33 |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Madras |
| City-Served: | Madras, Oregon |
| Location: | Jefferson County, near Madras, Oregon |
| Elevation-F: | 2,437 |
| Elevation-M: | 743 |
| Pushpin Map: | Oregon |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Madras Municipal Airport |
| Pushpin Label: | MDJ |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| R1-Number: | 16/34 |
| R1-Length-F: | 5,091 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,552 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 4/22 |
| R2-Length-F: | 2,701 |
| R2-Length-M: | 823 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2019 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 8/27/2019) |
| Stat1-Data: | 10,735 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 54 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Madras Municipal Airport, 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. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport.[2]
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]
Madras Municipal Airport covers an area of 2098acres 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).
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.