Butler/Choctaw County
09A · Butler, Alabama · Choctaw County · map
Butler/Choctaw County is a public-use airport owned by Choctaw County, 5 miles northeast of Butler, Alabama, 134 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 4,082 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 09A
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Choctaw County
- Elevation
- 134 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1969
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 4,082 × 80 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 169 ft, tree 28 ft high 217 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 444 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.275 | |
| Montgomery and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.55 |
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Aircraft registered in Butler from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Butler, AL as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate PAPI runway 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Trees located 31 feet from pavement end beginning at 125 feet right of CL and contg air carriers to 125 feet left of CL. 8:1 slope from displaced threshold.
- Markings completely faded
- Markings completely faded.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess left of centerline.
- PAPI runway 30 out of service indefinitely.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp
- Runway poor condition due to extensive cracking with vegetation and raveling.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.