Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field
BTL · KBTL · Battle Creek, Michigan · Calhoun County · map
Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Battle Creek, 3 miles west of Battle Creek, Michigan, 952 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 05L/23R, is 10,004 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 89 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 79,569 takeoffs and landings a year. About 6 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field?
Its FAA code is BTL, and its ICAO code is KBTL.
Where is Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field?
It is 3 miles west of Battle Creek, Michigan, 952 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field?
The longest of its 3 runways, 05L/23R, is 10,004 feet long.
Does Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field?
Airline flights go to 3 airports, the busiest of them Austin-Bergstrom International, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, Toronto. Every route
Are there flight schools at Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Battle Creek Flyers LLC and Cereal City Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field?
6 pilot examiners and 14 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BTL · ICAO KBTL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Battle Creek
- Elevation
- 952 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05L/23R | 10,004 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 4,837 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05R/23L | 4,100 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05L: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 102 ft high 3,231 ft from the end
- Runway 23R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 44 ft high 1,052 ft from the end
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 17 ft high 474 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 34 ft high 675 ft from the end
- Runway 05R: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 49 ft high 1,276 ft from the end
- Runway 23L: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 74 ft high 1,836 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.825 | Battle Creek |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 128.325 | Battle Creek |
| Ground | 121.7 | Battle Creek |
| Approach and departure | 121.2 | Battle Creek |
| Goshen and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.55 | Battle Creek |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 269-964-0283.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International (14 nm west), Hastings Airport (22 nm north), Branch County Memorial (24 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Michigan · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 23R; runway end identifier lights runway 05L, 05R, 23L, 13, and 31; PAPI runway 05L, 23R, 05R, 23L, 13, and 31; high-intensity runway lights runway 05L/23R; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05R/23L and 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Right traffic when tower closed.
- Right traffic when tower closed.
- Extensive cracking and vegetation.
- Taxiway F rstrd to dod/military use only.
- Military: ang: bash levels as defined in afi 91-202.
- Military: ang: apn/taxiway usable only O/R, otrw closed - coord with 110TH wing safety at C269-969-3438.
- Extensive pilot trg WI 25 NM of airport.
- Airport ficon mntd weekdays 7:00 am to 3:30 pm; not mntd all otr times.
- Snow removal operations inpr drg winter months; eqpt operators mnt the common traffic frequency when the control tower closed.
- Mowing operations inpr MAR-OCT.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 3 departures from BTL in those twelve months, carrying 3 passengers in 22 seats (14% filled), to 3 destinations (1 abroad) on 3 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field → Austin-Bergstrom International BTL–AUS | 1 | 0 | Haute Aviation |
| Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field → Louisville Muhammad Ali International BTL–SDF | 1 | 0 | USA Jet Airlines Inc. |
| Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field → Toronto BTL–YYZ | 1 | 3 | Chartright Air Inc. |
All 3 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 71 |
| multi-engine | 16 |
| jets | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 79,569, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 15 |
| air taxi and commuter | 33,446 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,801 |
| general aviation, local | 39,870 |
| military | 437 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Battle Creek from the FAA register
107 aircraft are registered to owners in Battle Creek, Michigan: 57 piston singles, 24 balloons, 11 piston twins, 8 drones, 5 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Battle Creek Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Battle Creek
- Cereal City Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Battle Creek
- Hangar 20 Flying Club LLC 4 aircraft · Climax, 6 miles away
- Lake Air Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Richland, 12 miles away Great Lakes Air Ventures is a flight training school located at Mason Jewett Airport in Mason, Michigan.
Repair stations in Battle Creek:
- Centennial Aircraft Services INC
- Flight Program Maintenance Services Battle Creek
- Thermal Air Repair
- Western Michigan University, College of Aviation
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 14 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Edmond William Verville private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Battle Creek, MI (0 nm) · (269) 207-5864 · [email protected]
- Todd Daniel Haifley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Three Rivers Municipal Airport · Three Rivers, MI (26 nm) · (269) 720-4772 · [email protected]
- Jason Blair private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Allegan Airport · Allegan, MI (29 nm) · (269) 275-7959 · [email protected]
- David Crisp private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Lake Odessa, MI (31 nm) · (239) 776-6279 · [email protected]
- Clint Edward White private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Solo Aviation - JXN · Jackson, MI (35 nm) · (404) 964-4121 · [email protected]
- David Henry Johnson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · Grand Rapids, MI (37 nm) · (616) 481-3485 · [email protected]
All 30 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 16 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Battle Creek 107 aircraft · 57 piston singles, 24 balloons, 11 piston twins
- Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University 25 aircraft in town
- Junkers Aircraft CORP 4 aircraft in town
- Aviation Endeavors LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Waco Classic Aircraft CORP DBA 3 aircraft in town
- Battle Creek Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Cereal City Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Hangar 20 Flying Club LLC 4 aircraft · flying club
- Centennial Aircraft Services INC · repair station
- Flight Program Maintenance Services Battle Creek · repair station
- Thermal Air Repair · repair station
- Western Michigan University, College of Aviation · repair station
- Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS) 1 flights in twelve months · Haute Aviation
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF) 1 flights in twelve months · USA Jet Airlines Inc.
- Toronto (YYZ) 1 flights in twelve months · Chartright Air Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 16 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Michigan 2,103 since 1982 · 226 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Michigan 221 landing places
- Michigan 7,221 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BTL.json.
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 26, 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.