Madera Municipal
MAE · KMAE · Madera, California · Madera County · map
Madera Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Madera, 3 miles northwest of Madera, California, 255 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 5,545 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 77 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 50,950 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KMAE · observed 1:55 pm PDT (20:55 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.59 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMAE 112055Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A2959 RMK AO2 SLP017 T02170061 58003 FZRANO $
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (FAT, 23 nm southeast), for use 20:00–03:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 180° at 7 kt; 6,000 ft: 170° at 9 kt, 7 °C; 9,000 ft: 200° at 20 kt, 3 °C; 12,000 ft: 210° at 27 kt, -3 °C; 18,000 ft: 240° at 27 kt, -14 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/7094 45NM NE MERCED, CA, Sunday, October 4, 2026 through Tuesday, October 20, 2026 UTC 35 nm northeast · a hazard on the ground (fire-fighting, a chemical spill, rescue work) · until 20 October
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA MAE · ICAO KMAE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Madera
- Elevation
- 255 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1943
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,545 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery | 119.45 | |
| Mae and automated weather (ASOS) | 134.725 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 559-674-1781.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 62 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 6 |
| helicopters | 3 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 50,950, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 700 |
| general aviation, travelling | 12,280 |
| general aviation, local | 37,870 |
| military | 100 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Madera from the FAA register
60 aircraft are registered to owners in Madera, California: 44 piston singles, 5 helicopters, 5 business jets, 3 piston twins, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- crop spraying, avionics, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Fresno Chandler Executive (21 nm southeast), Fresno Yosemite International (23 nm southeast), Merced Yosemite Regional (26 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Madera, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Madera Jet Center INC Madera Jet Center is an FAA Part 145 certified repair station and FBO located at Madera Municipal Airport in California.
Repair stations in Madera:
- Madera Jet Center INC Madera Jet Center is an FAA Part 145 repair station at Madera Municipal Airport in California that provides aircraft maintenance, aircraft management, interior modifications, parts support, and FBO services.
- Transierra Technology Transierra Technology is a FAA Part 145 repair station located at Madera Airport in California.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor; 3 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 6 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- James Eric Brannan private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fresno, CA (23 nm) · (559) 970-8147 · jim.brannan48@gmail.com
- Jimmy Louis Shamp private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fresno, CA (23 nm) · (559) 779-4406 · shampjs@sbcglobal.net
- Scott Richard Siemiller private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Winton, CA (34 nm) · (209) 201-2866 · siemiller@sbcglobal.net
- Daniel Robert Gudgel private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Gudgel Aviation Base · Lemoore, CA (44 nm) · (559) 696-9697 · d.gudgel@sbcglobal.net
All 17 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30; PAPI runways 12 and 30, runway end identifier lights runway 12, malsf runway 30 and wind tee - the common traffic frequency.
- Ultralight activity on and in vicinity of airport; ultralight fly pattern 500' above ground level northeast of runway 12/30.
- Fuel available 24 hours with automated credit card.
- Jet a single point pressure refueling available via truck.
- Overrun 200 feet an X 150 feet asphalt runway 12. Overrun 200 feet an X 150 feet asphalt runway 30.
- Rubber BUILD-UP obscureds centerline mrkg.
- Parachute jumping on airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Madera 60 aircraft · 44 piston singles, 5 helicopters, 5 business jets
- Madera Jet Center INC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Madera Jet Center INC · repair station
- Transierra Technology · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,094 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,552 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MAE.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 9, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.