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AK1 ·

Butte Municipal Airport

61.53030°N

-149.01801°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 93.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 94.3%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

56m ago

Temp

58°F

Wind

3 kts

160°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

PAAQ 261753Z 16003KT 10SM CLR 14/08 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP101 T01440078 10144 20083 58005 $

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

423 land · 9 TO

9% of ops

42 land · 36 TO

Runway 07 carries 91% of operations (423 landings, 9 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

07 423 landings

UA 2%

25 42 landings

UA 19%

Approaches to 07 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 423 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

10.0

flights/day · 299 total

Busy hour (local)

11pm

also 9pm · 7pm

Day vs night

28%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 7pm–11pm local, averaging 10.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (12.1 vs 9.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 267 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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