Narrative:

Departed VFR with no flight plan; however contacted [ATC] (equivalent of tower at the airport) and let them know our intended destination and that we had received the ATIS and that we were VFR. Transmission was acknowledged and taxi instructions were provided.the flight occurred in VFR conditions; extremely clear day with mountain winds; nothing unexpected.called on [airport] frequency 10 miles out; 3 miles out and on long final. Arrived overhead at 5000 feet (airport is at 600 feet) circling landing due to experience in the mountains with afternoon valley winds blowing. Also the area is reasonably remote so wild life is a real issue. Circled down looking for wildlife and obstacles or anything unexpected. Nothing was seen on the runway; all was clear. Landed into wind and used 1st 3rd of runway only. No issues; obstacles or any events of note.taxied to apron and parked. Upon parking was approached by an individual who was painting lines on the runway (was not on runway on approach was clear of runway at the non-active end).he informed us that the runway was temporarily closed for 2 days via NOTAM. It's such a quiet airport that it didn't occur to me that it would be closed without visual markings indicating such on the airport. There was no such visual indication. My reconnaissance was such that I was sure there was nothing on the runway when I landed however I was in the wrong for not checking notams for the airport. The manager of the primary operator of the airport came and spoke to me; I apologized and he agreed that there was no actual conflict with the individual painting the lines; but the airport wouldn't be open again for 36 hours. I amended our planned departure to ensure no conflict. I was embarrassed by my failure to check notams; something I would have done without thinking in the us; but failed to in this instance just due to the quiet nature of the airport.

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Title: C210 pilot reported discovering the airport was closed after landing as a result of not checking NOTAMs.

Narrative: Departed VFR with no flight plan; however contacted [ATC] (equivalent of tower at the airport) and let them know our intended destination and that we had received the ATIS and that we were VFR. Transmission was acknowledged and taxi instructions were provided.The flight occurred in VFR conditions; extremely clear day with mountain winds; nothing unexpected.Called on [airport] frequency 10 miles out; 3 miles out and on long final. Arrived overhead at 5000 feet (airport is at 600 feet) circling landing due to experience in the mountains with afternoon valley winds blowing. Also the area is reasonably remote so wild life is a real issue. Circled down looking for wildlife and obstacles or anything unexpected. Nothing was seen on the runway; all was clear. Landed into wind and used 1st 3rd of runway only. No issues; obstacles or any events of note.Taxied to apron and parked. Upon parking was approached by an individual who was painting lines on the runway (was not on runway on approach was clear of runway at the non-active end).He informed us that the runway was temporarily closed for 2 days via NOTAM. It's such a quiet airport that it didn't occur to me that it would be closed without visual markings indicating such on the airport. There was no such visual indication. My reconnaissance was such that I was sure there was nothing on the runway when I landed however I was in the wrong for not checking NOTAMs for the airport. The manager of the primary operator of the airport came and spoke to me; I apologized and he agreed that there was no actual conflict with the individual painting the lines; but the airport wouldn't be open again for 36 hours. I amended our planned departure to ensure no conflict. I was embarrassed by my failure to check NOTAMs; something I would have done without thinking in the US; but failed to in this instance just due to the quiet nature of the airport.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.