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Hutchinson Municipal Butler Field

44.85990°N
-94.38250°W
ARR / DAY
3
25.0%
DEP / DAY
3
40.0%

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 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
5 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KHCD 150615Z AUTO 12005KT 7SM OVC007 21/21 A3007 RMK AO2

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
57% of ops
136 land · 41 TO
15
43% of ops
101 land · 61 TO
Runway 33 carries 57% of operations (136 landings, 41 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

33 136 landings
UA 3%
15 101 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 33 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 136 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
8.1
flights/day · 243 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 4pm · 1pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–10pm local, averaging 8.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (8.9 vs 8.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 221 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 18:22 UTC