Skydive Madera
Madera Municipal Airport / Madera · near Madera / Fresno · Gold Country & Central Valley
Skydiving
At a glance
- Best season
- Year-round weekends (Sat-Sun); spring and fall beat the Valley heat
What is here
- Scenery
- valley
- Amenities
- Only dropzone serving Fresno (~20 min north) · Tandem, AFF & static-line progression · Club-style, small-plane character · Year-round weekend operation
- Best for
- The Fresno area's local jump
- Features
- Madera Municipal Airport, 20 min from Fresno · Cessna 182 club-style dropzone · Static-line program — a rarity now · 185-lb tandem weight cap
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- WEEKENDS ONLY (Sat-Sun) · Tandem weight limit 185 lbs — lower than most dropzones; confirm before driving out · No online booking — call ahead · Central Valley summer heat; morning loads best
- Beginner friendly
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Operators
- Skydive Madera
Skydiving detail
- Offerings
- tandem · learn · licensed
- Aircraft
- piston
- Altitude
- 10k
- Stature
- 2
- Jump notes
- The Fresno area's only dropzone — a small weekend club-style Cessna 182 operation at Madera Municipal Airport running tandems (~$215), AFF, and old-school static-line jumps over the San Joaquin Valley
- Stats note
- Cessna 182 (~10,000 ft class); weekends only; tandem weight cap 185 lbs — unusually low
- Experienced hub
- No
- Intl tip
- The Fresno area's only dropzone — a weekend club-style Cessna 182 operation with tandems, AFF, and rare static-line jumps. Note the 185-lb tandem weight cap (lower than most) and weekend-only schedule; call ahead rather than relying on online booking. Sierra crest views across the Valley on clear days.
The guide
Skydive Madera (the Madera Parachute Center) is the San Joaquin Valley's local dropzone and the only one serving the Fresno met…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Skydive Madera — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 36.988, -120.112