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KS33 · Madras Municipal Airport

ICAO · US · 10 NTSB events

ID KS33 FAA S33 Elev 2,437 ft Lat 44° 40.21' N Lon 121° 9.30' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 5,091 ft. Max gradient: 0.29%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
16 180° 5,091 ft 75 ft Asphalt (good) Yes 0.14%
34 360° 5,091 ft 75 ft Asphalt (good) Yes 0.14%
04 055° 2,701 ft 50 ft Asphalt (good) No 0.29%
22 235° 2,701 ft 50 ft Asphalt (good) No 0.29%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 1 frequencies

  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KS33 on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 2 matched · 8 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL RWY 34; VASI RWY 34; MRIL RWY 16/34. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL RWY 34; VASI RWY 34; MRIL RWY 16/34. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (2)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL RWY 34; VASI RWY 34; MRIL RWY 16/34. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT REIL RWY 34; VASI RWY 34; MRIL RWY 16/34 - CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    DEER, COYOTE AND COUGAR ON & INVOF ARPT.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (8 sentences)
  • ·FOR CD CTC SEATTLE ARTCC AT 253-351-3694.
  • ·COLD TEMPERATURE AIRPORT.
  • ·ALTITUDE CORRECTION REQUIRED AT OR BELOW -20C.
  • ·TLOF DIMENSIONS 100 X 100.
  • ·FATO DIMENSIONS 162 X 162.
  • ·SAFETY AREA DIMENSIONS 24 X 24.
  • ·PRIMARY INGRESS/EGRESS; 164/344 DEGS.
  • ·RY 04/22 MKD WITH WHITE REFLECTORS. +5 FT FENCE 190 FT FM RY END 228 FT R.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Tags

City-County Airport

Source: OurAirports community

IATA · MDJ

NTSB events

10 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

10

since 1982

Fatal

3

30.0% of total

Last 5 years

1

≈ 0.2/yr

Last 10 years

6

≈ 0.6/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 13,974 ops in 2012

2024 total

10,735

10-yr total

107,860

2024 mix

AC/AT 6% · GA 93% · Mil 1%

Events / million ops

55.6

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

16.69

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=5

  • Loss of control 2
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Gear-up landing 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1

All time · n=10

  • Stall / spin 2
  • Loss of control 2
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1
  • Hard landing 1
  • Midair / near-midair 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Gear-up landing 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2025-03-26 Piper PA-22 · Loss of control · day →
2019-07-22 Cessna 172 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2019-03-15 Cessna 152 · Loss of control · day →
2018-10-18 Piper PA24 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2017-08-19 Rich Wheeler Express CT · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2016-08-27 Boeing A75N1(PT17) · CFIT · VMC · day →
2010-12-01 Taylorcraft,Cessna BC-65,185A · Midair / near-midair · day →
2005-06-25 Ellsberg One Design · Stall / spin · day →
1986-10-02 Cessna 172N · Hard landing · VMC · day →
1983-08-13 Pitts S-1S · Weather · VMC · day →

Designees in OR

CFI Flight Instructors 995 A&P Mechanics 2,693 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 25 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 5 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 5 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 4 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 15 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 13 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 58 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 6 Schools Flight Schools 42 FBO Fixed Base Operators 44 Clubs Flying Clubs 19 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 9 EAA EAA Chapters 16

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Blake Thomas Segoria Redmond OR 25 nm
Karl Dean Cotton Redmond OR 25 nm
Randy Whitson Steel Redmond OR 25 nm
Andrew Reischauer Bend OR 37 nm
Gregory Michael Cyr Bend OR 37 nm
Hayden Ellis Vardaman Bend OR 37 nm
Robert William Grubb Bend OR 37 nm
Russell Thomas Ward Bend OR 37 nm
Douglas Scott Holzman Hood River OR 64 nm
Stacy Jean Grabb Hood River OR 64 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Luis Eduardo Pla Madras OR 0 nm
Randy Whitson Steel Madras OR 0 nm
Joshua Daniel Fisher Madras OR 0 nm
Miguel Angel Marin Villagrana Madras OR 0 nm
Trevor William Stellrecht Crkd Rvr Rnch OR 18 nm
Steven Ralph Denton Terrebonne OR 19 nm
Royden Stewart Chick Terrebonne OR 19 nm
Michael Lee Peters Terrebonne OR 19 nm
Francis Edgar Deroest Jr Powell Butte OR 22 nm
Charles Clifford Griffin Powell Butte OR 22 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Long Thanh Le Madras OR 0 nm
Robert Martin Berg Madras OR 0 nm
Leonard Paul Hellwig Madras OR 0 nm
Donald Arthur Mckee Madras OR 0 nm
James Ellsworth Martinelli Madras OR 0 nm
Douglas James Bonfield Madras OR 0 nm
Jeffrey Ryan Bennett Madras OR 0 nm
Jordan Wayne Abbe Madras OR 0 nm
Zachary Seth Gates Madras OR 0 nm
Stephen Douglas Casper Warm Springs OR 8 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Western Aircraft Propeller Service Inc.
Sandy, OR
 63 nm
Pacific Coast Avionics
Aurora, OR
 77 nm
Columbia Helicopters, Inc.
Aurora, OR
 77 nm
Val Avionics, Ltd.
Salem, OR
 81 nm
Twin Oaks Aircraft Maintenance
Hillsboro, OR
 88 nm
Northwest Aircraft Maintenance, Inc.
Hillsboro, OR
 92 nm
McCormick Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Yakima, WA
 117 nm
Evergreen Airworks
Puyallup, WA
 154 nm
Baker Avionics, LLC
Grants Pass, OR
 162 nm
Chief Avionics, Inc.
Grants Pass, OR
 162 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.