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Hutchinson Municipal Butler Field

44.85990°N
-94.38250°W
ARR / DAY
4
17.4%
DEP / DAY
4
3.3%

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 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
6 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KHCD 251315Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM SCT047 18/17 A3003 RMK AO2 T01800170

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
55% of ops
73 land · 30 TO
15
45% of ops
59 land · 34 TO
Runway 33 carries 55% of operations (73 landings, 30 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 45%.

Approach quality

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

33 73 landings
UA 4%
15 59 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 33 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 73 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
7.9
flights/day · 238 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 1pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 7.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (9.9 vs 7.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 223 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 13:29 UTC