Pittsburgh/Butler Regional
BTP · KBTP · Butler, Pennsylvania · Butler County · map
Pittsburgh/Butler Regional is a public-use airport owned by Butler CO Arpt Auth, 5 miles southwest of Butler, Pennsylvania, 1,248 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,801 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KBTP · observed 3:49 pm EDT (19:49 UTC), 6 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 1.25 miles
- Weather: haze
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 39°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
SPECI KBTP 061949Z AUTO VRB04KT 1 1/4SM HZ CLR 16/04 A3013 RMK AO2 VIS 1/4V5
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BTP · ICAO KBTP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Butler CO Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 1,248 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1938
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,801 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), trees 55 ft high 957 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 45 ft high 1,053 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 119.4 | |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace | 124.75 | |
| Btp and aWOS-3PT | 121.450 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 724-586-6434.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Butler from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Butler, Pennsylvania: 33 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 business jets, 1 helicopter, 1 balloon. 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 Pennsylvania.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 20 since 1982, 3 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
- Operates prior to 1959.
- Activate malsf runway 08; runway end identifier lights runway 26; PAPI runway 08 and 26; high-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd christmas day and easter day.
- 100LL SELF-SERVE available.
- Runway 26 pub road at threshold 455 feet right.
- Noise abatement procedure in effect; cmb to 2000 feet bfr turning.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Airport ofc hours 8:00 am to 4:30 pm M-F, closed holidays.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.