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KBTP · BTP

Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport

40.77690°N
-79.94970°W
ARR / DAY
60
▲ 79.8%
DEP / DAY
74
▲ 87.4%

Pittsburgh/Butler Regional Airport (KBTP/BTP) is a small general aviation airport located in Butler, PA, 23 mi north of Pittsburgh. It features 1 runway measuring 4,801 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 60 arrivals and 74 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7h ago
Temp
43°F
Wind
4 kts
20°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KBTP 240256Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM CLR 06/05 A3040 RMK AO2 SLP304 T00560050 51008

Runways

1 installed

4,801 FT MAX
08/26
4,801 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

26
56% of ops
1,486 land · 1,526 TO
08
44% of ops
1,158 land · 1,149 TO
Runway 26 carries 56% of operations (1,486 landings, 1,526 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

26 1,486 landings
UA 1%
08 1,158 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 26 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 1,486 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
86.5
flights/day · 2,596 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 8pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–8pm local, averaging 86.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (73.2 vs 95.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (69% of 2,362 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050 —
APCH 124.750 —
APCH 338.200 —
UNICOM 123.050 —
AWOS 121.450 —
CD/P 119.400 —
OTHER 119.400 —
CLASS B 124.750 —
CLASS B 338.200 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOB
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 257 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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