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AK1 ·

Butte Municipal Airport

61.53030°N

-149.01801°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 7.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 17.3%

Butte Municipal Airport (AK1) is a small general aviation airport located in Palmer, AK, 36 mi north east of Anchorage. It features 1 runway measuring 1,806 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

1 installed

1,806 FT MAX

07/25

1,806 ft × 50

GRAVEL-P○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

91% of ops

195 land · 1 TO

9% of ops

19 land · 13 TO

Runway 07 carries 91% of operations (195 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 9%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

07 195 landings

UA 6%

25 19 landings

UA 11%

Approaches to 07 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 195 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

14.9

flights/day · 446 total

Busy hour (local)

11pm

also 10pm · 7pm

Day vs night

24%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 7pm–11pm local, averaging 14.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (19.8 vs 13.7 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (14% of 373 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	123.600	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZAN
Elevation:: 64 ft
Mag var:: 25° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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