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Hutchinson Municipal Butler Field

44.85990°N
-94.38250°W
ARR / DAY
2
22.2%
DEP / DAY
2
16.7%

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 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KHCD 060135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A3005 RMK AO2 T02520198

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
60% of ops
43 land · 18 TO
15
40% of ops
29 land · 21 TO
Runway 33 carries 60% of operations (43 landings, 18 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

33 43 landings
UA 2%
15 29 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 33 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 43 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
5.4
flights/day · 163 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 12am
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–5pm local, averaging 5.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (7.4 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 152 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.525
APT REMA 121.725
OTHER 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 01:41 UTC