Butler Memorial
BUM · KBUM · Butler, Missouri · Bates County · map
Butler Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Butler, 2 miles north of Butler, Missouri, 894 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,999 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BUM · ICAO KBUM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Butler
- Elevation
- 894 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1946
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,999 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Butler and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.55 |
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Aircraft registered in Butler from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Butler, Missouri: 6 piston singles, 5 helicopters, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Missouri.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 2 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
- Ultralights on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Two towers +195 feet and +411 feet; approximately 7000 feet and 14000 feet south of runway 36 thld.
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.