Airshow of the Cascades

The Airshow of the Cascades is an annual event held in August at the Madras Municipal Airport in Central Oregon. It started in a field outside of Madras in the 1970s and draws around 10,000 people with around 150 aircraft on display.^[1]

Airshow of the Cascades
Genre	Air show
Dates	August
Frequency	Annually
Venue	Madras Municipal Airport
Location(s)	Madras, Oregon
Coordinates	44°40′13″N 121°09′18″W
Country	United States
Established	1970s
Attendance	10,000
Website	www.cascadeairshow.com

History

The show began in the late 1970s at rancher Ron Ochs's alfalfa field near Madras.^[2] In 2000, the airshow moved to the Madras Municipal Airport.^[1] Planes from the Erickson Aircraft Collection became part of the show in 2014 when a new museum housing the collection opened at the Madras Airport.^[3]

There was no airshow in 2020.