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).
Weather right now KMAE · observed 2:55 pm PDT (21:55 UTC), 11 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 97°F (36°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.84 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 062155Z AUTO 31008KT 10SM CLR 36/12 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP099 T03610122 PNO 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.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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 5, 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.