Butts Army Airfield (Fort Carson)
FCS · KFCS · Fort Carson, Colorado · El Paso County · map
Butts Army Airfield (Fort Carson) is a private airport owned by the US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency, 3 miles south of Fort Carson, Colorado, 5,841 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 4,521 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now KFCS · observed 3:55 pm MDT (21:55 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 85°F (30°C), dew point 27°F (-3°C)
- Altimeter 30.14 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 2:00 pm MDT (20:00 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 pm MDT (02:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm MDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 12 knots, gusting to 18, a few clouds at 15,000 feet
- Changing between Tue 8:00 pm MDT (02:00 UTC) and 9:00 pm MDT (03:00 UTC) to: wind from the north-northwest at 9 knots, clear skies
- Changing between Wed 11:00 am MDT (17:00 UTC) and 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC) to: wind from the south-southeast at 12 knots, a few clouds at 12,000 feet
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFCS 062155Z AUTO 17010KT 10SM CLR 30/M03 A3014 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW SLP143 T02951029 $
TAF KFCS 062000Z 0620/0802 14012G18KT 9999 FEW150 QNH3013INS BECMG 0702/0703 33009KT 9999 SKC QNH3020INS BECMG 0717/0718 15012KT 9999 FEW120 QNH3017INS TX29/0621Z TN12/0712Z
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 FCS · ICAO KFCS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency
- Elevation
- 5,841 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · fri-mon 1200-0600z++ tue-thur 1100-0600z++ closed new years day,thanksgiving and christmas.
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,521 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 108.8 | Butts |
| Ground | 118.55 | Butts |
| Tower | 125.5 | Butts |
| Approach and departure | 124.0 | Butts |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Butts |
| Fcs and aWOS-3 | 125.0 | |
| Flt and flw Available 24 hours except thanksgiving and xmas | 138.15 | Butts |
| Operations | 138.75 | Butts |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 719-637-9696.
Aircraft registered in Fort Carson from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Carson, CO as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- Service: no fuel available.
- Pattern altitude multi eng F/west non-standard traffic runway 13/31 east traffic 7400 feet; all others R/west 6400 feet, F/west 6900 feet.
- Flight FLW- Butts rdo operates 12:00 pm to 12:00 pm++ MONDAY-THURSDAY, 12:00 pm to 4:00 am++FRIDAY- sunday except new years, thanksgiving and christmas day.
- Caution: extv artillery and small arms frng. Dur periods of strong southwest surface wind exp structure and trrn generated turb with windshear near the approach end runway 13.
- Units tmprly asgnd are required to coord weather support iaw afman 15-129. Augmented weather obsn view restricted from 180-270 degrees and 310-340 degrees by flight line facility and buildings.
- 500 feet ovrn on northwest eor, actf may tax in this area, unuse to F/west aircraft for takeoff/landing/rollout.
- Runway 13/31 non-standard markings and lighting, taxiway all non-standard markings and lighting, taxiway B VFR operations only sunrise to sunset, nvd operations only sunset to sunrise.
- When Butts rdo is closed contact range control 38.90 for operations in R2601. Avn training area (ata) air to air frequency assignment. Aircraft operating in ata 1-3 will mnt from 37.200. Aircraft operating in ata 4-7 will mnt from 68.750. All aircraft will mnt the appropriate training area frequency when operating within R2601. When operating MULTI-SHIP only one aircraft is required to mnt the training area frequency. Training area frequency are for traffic advsy and deconfliction and will not be used for tactical internal traffic.
- All aircraft must remain 100FT above ground level over construction areas.
- Air traffic control operates MON-SAT 1300-0900Z++ closed wknd and holidays. A - base operations 1300-0500Z++ MON-FRI except holidays.
- Comm: flight flw - Carson rdo operates MON-SAT 1200-0800Z++ closed wknds and holidays.
- D1 sod permanently closed.
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.