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Butte Municipal Airport

61.53030°N
-149.01801°W
ARR / DAY
7
22.0%
DEP / DAY
8
11.3%

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 7 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

39m ago
Temp
45°F
Wind
4 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAAQ 031653Z 35004KT 10SM SCT090 SCT110 07/04 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP192 T00720044 $

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

07
88% of ops
328 land · 2 TO
25
12% of ops
46 land · 26 TO
Runway 07 carries 88% of operations (328 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 12%.

Approach quality

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

07 328 landings
UA 8%
25 46 landings
UA 22%
Approaches to 07 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (25 UA events from 328 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
15.8
flights/day · 474 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 10pm · 12am
Day vs night
21%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–11pm local, averaging 15.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (18.6 vs 15.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 395 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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 17:32 UTC