Butler Municipal
6A1 · Butler, Georgia · Taylor County · map
Butler Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Taylor County, 1 mile northwest of Butler, Georgia, 667 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6A1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Taylor County
- Elevation
- 667 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 2,405 × 180 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 39 ft high 980 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 06: trees 36 ft high 216 ft from the end
- Runway 24: trees 56 ft high 728 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.2 | |
| 6A1 AWOS-3 | 119.525 | |
| Columbus and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.45 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 478-862-2966.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Butler from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Butler, Georgia: 6 gliders, 4 piston singles, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 oper DUSK-2400; aft 2400 activate - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 01 and 19 oper continuously.
- Runway 06/24 ends and edges marked with inground concrete pads.
- Runway 06 approach ratio 20:1 to displaced thld, 54 feet tree, 1280 feet from displaced thld, 160 feet right.
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.