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KBUM · BUM

Butler Memorial Airport

38.28980°N

-94.34010°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 57.1%

DEP / DAY

▲ 100.0%

Butler Memorial Airport (KBUM/BUM) is a small general aviation airport located in Butler, MO, 48 mi south east of Olathe. It features 1 runway measuring 3,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KOWI, 52 mi away (KBUM does not publish METAR)

47m ago

Temp

88°F

Wind

8 kts

140°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KOWI 281715Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM CLR 31/17 A3014 RMK A01

Runways

1 installed

3,999 FT MAX

18/36

3,999 ft × 75

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

71% of ops

20 land · 3 TO

29% of ops

8 land · 6 TO

Runway 18 carries 71% of operations (20 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

18 20 landings

UA 0%

36 8 landings

UA 12%

Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 20 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

1.6

flights/day · 48 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 6pm · 12am

Day vs night

58%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–3pm local, averaging 1.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.2 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 48 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.900	—
BUTLER R	125.550	—
OTHER	125.550	—
BUTLER R	327.000	—
OTHER	327.000	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZKC
Mag var:: 4° E
Fuel:: 100LL

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