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Hutchinson Municipal Butler Field

44.85990°N
-94.38250°W
ARR / DAY
5
28.6%
DEP / DAY
5
44.4%

Hutchinson Municipal Butler Field (KHCD) is a small general aviation airport located in Hutchinson, MN, 56 mi west of Minneapolis. It features 1 runway measuring 4,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
4 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KHCD 030635Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A2986 RMK AO2 T02120183

Runways

1 installed

4,000 FT MAX
15/33
4,000 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

33
50% of ops
104 land · 51 TO
15
50% of ops
102 land · 55 TO
Runway 33 carries 50% of operations (104 landings, 51 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 50%.

Approach quality

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

33 104 landings
UA 3%
15 102 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 33 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 104 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
8.1
flights/day · 243 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 10pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–10pm local, averaging 8.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (7.9 vs 8.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 230 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.525
OTHER 121.725
APT REMA 121.725
OTHER 127.100
REDWOOD 127.100
OTHER 290.200
REDWOOD 290.200
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 22:56 UTC