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AK1 ·

Butte Municipal Airport

61.53030°N

-149.01801°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 44.4%

DEP / DAY

▼ 30.0%

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 7 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From PAAQ, 5 mi away (AK1 does not publish METAR)

30m ago

Temp

66°F

Wind

4 kts

170°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

PAAQ 042153Z 17004KT 10SM SCT065 19/07 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP190 T01890067 $

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

87% of ops

317 land · 2 TO

13% of ops

46 land · 26 TO

Runway 07 carries 87% of operations (317 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 13%.

Approach quality

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

07 317 landings

UA 7%

25 46 landings

UA 22%

Approaches to 07 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (23 UA events from 317 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

15.2

flights/day · 455 total

Busy hour (local)

11pm

also 10pm · 12am

Day vs night

20%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–11pm local, averaging 15.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (18.6 vs 14.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 379 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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