Butte Municipal
AK1 · Palmer, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Butte Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Butte Airmans Assoc, 5 miles southeast of Palmer, Alaska, 64 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 1,806 feet of gravel and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AK1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Butte Airmans Assoc
- Elevation
- 64 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 25E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1974
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 1,806 × 50 ft | Gravel and dirt, poor |
- Runway 07: trees on the approach
- Runway 25: tree on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 123.6 |
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Aircraft registered in Palmer from the FAA register
548 aircraft are registered to owners in Palmer, Alaska: 515 piston singles, 14 piston twins, 8 turboprops, 6 helicopters, 2 gliders. 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 Alaska.
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
- Road alg north and south side of runway.
- Non-standard; yellow. Unrelbl.
- Safety area clr 1800 feet an X 200 feet.
- 400 feet safety area.
- Dips and 3IN rocks.
- Runway condition unmnt; visual insp recommended bfr landing.
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.