Madras Municipal Airport-S33

Watched a little science this morning, a NASA test high altitude balloon launch

Really nice place. Totally out of the way little airport but also home of the Erickson aircraft museum. There are small private planes here, skydiving and some airshows.nnThe real gem is the WWII warbird collection...almost all of which flies!!!nnThey have multiple Ally aircraft....B17, B25, F4u Coursair, 2 German fighters, the plane from the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark...

I came to this airport in 2017 during the Total Solar Eclipse. Seemed like a great airport! I'm not going to judge it based on what it was like during the eclipse, because it was very much overcrowded. I appreciated that the airport was not such a long way from the town itself.

Specifically the Erickson Airfield Museum. Outstanding collection of, mostly airworthy, warbirds

City of Madras decided to turn it's airport fields into camping site and accommodate the visitors that came to see the eclipse, which is great, but after charging people $55 for tent spot and $25 for parking spot a night, they can at least provide more porter potties.nThere were only few for thousands of people that arrived and there was long line at all time, after one night it was so full that you simply couldn't use it anymore. Beyond disgusting.