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Madras Municipal

S33 · Madras, Oregon · Jefferson County · map

Madras Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City, 3 miles northwest of Madras, Oregon, 2,438 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 5,091 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).

The airport

Codes
FAA S33
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
City
Elevation
2,438 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, 9:00 am to 2:00 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
hangar, tiedown
On the chart
Seattle sectional
Magnetic variation
16E
In the FAA's files since
December 1938

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 3

16340422H1N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
16/345,091 × 75 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
04/222,701 × 50 ftAsphalt, fair
H1100 × 100 ftAsphalt
  • Runway 34: VASI, four boxes on the left
  • Runway 22: road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.8
Redmond and center (remote transmitter) Low126.15
S33 and aWOS-3PT132.425

Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 541-475-0494.

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 Madras from the FAA register

22 aircraft are registered to owners in Madras, Oregon: 19 piston singles, 3 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Cat-Ag Aviation LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Oregon.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 3 fatal

2025-03-26WPR25LA120 · Piper Pa-22 N1418C · accident · no injuries
2019-07-22WPR19LA198 · Cessna 172 N3761L · accident · minor injuries
2019-03-15GAA19CA169 · Cessna 152 N64895 · accident · no injuries
2018-10-18GAA19CA032 · Piper Pa24 N6263P · accident · no injuries
2017-08-19WPR17FA185 · Rich Wheeler Express Ct N246TM · accident · 1 killed
2016-08-27WPR16FA169 · Boeing A75N1(Pt17) N999PP · accident · 1 killed
2010-12-01WPR11LA068 · Taylorcraft Bc-65 N23619 · accident · no injuries
2005-06-25SEA05LA128 · Ellsberg One Design N555TE · accident · 1 killed
1986-10-02SEA87LA008 · Cessna 172N N4693J · accident · no injuries
1983-08-13SEA83LA175 · Pitts S-1S N8067 · accident · minor injuries

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

  • Estabd prior to 1959.
  • Activate runway end identifier lights runway 34; VASI runway 34; mril runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency
  • +5 feet fence 190 feet from runway end 228 feet R.
  • Tlof dimensions 100 an X 100. Fato dimensions 162 an X 162. Safety area dimensions 24 an X 24. Primary ingress/egress; 164/344 degreess.
  • Runway 04/22 marked with white reflectors.
  • Deer, coyote and cougar on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -20C.

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.