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Butler Memorial Airport

38.28980°N
-94.34010°W
ARR / DAY
1
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 50.0%

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 4,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KSZL, 53 mi away (KBUM does not publish METAR)

28m ago
Temp
83°F
Wind
8 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KSZL 140155Z 23008KT 10SM BKN150 29/21 A2988 RMK AO2A LTG DSNT N SLP112 T02850212 $

Runways

1 installed

4,000 FT MAX
18/36
4,000 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

18
82% of ops
28 land · 3 TO
36
18% of ops
6 land · 9 TO
Runway 18 carries 82% of operations (28 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

18 28 landings
UA 0%
36 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 28 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
2.2
flights/day · 65 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 10pm · 7pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 2.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (2.6 vs 2.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 64 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 02:23 UTC