Butts Army Airfield (Fort Carson)

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

• Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
• Runway 31: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 719-637-9696.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal (8 nm north), Fremont County (22 nm southwest), Pueblo Memorial (26 nm southeast).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal (8 nm north), Meadow Lake Airport (18 nm northeast), Colorado Springs East Airport (20 nm northeast), Fremont County (22 nm southwest).

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 Colorado · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

• 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.

Aircraft registered in Fort Carson from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Fort Carson, CO as the owner's town.

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:

• Pikes Peak Flyers LLP 6 aircraft · Colorado Springs, 9 miles away Pikes Peak Flyers is a privately owned aircraft sales and services facility located at Colorado Springs Airport.
• Arapahoe Flight Club LLC 5 aircraft · Colorado Springs, 9 miles away Arapahoe Flight Club is a Part 141 certified flight school in Colorado Springs offering fixed-wing and helicopter pilot training, discovery flights, and aircraft rental.
• Good Guys Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft · Colorado Springs, 9 miles away
• Colorado High Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Colorado Springs, 9 miles away
• Falcon Flight Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Colorado Springs, 9 miles away Falcon AeroLab is a STEM and aerospace education programme for middle and high school students, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Colorado.
• Frontier Adventure Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Colorado Springs, 9 miles away
• Peterson Air Force Base Aero Club 1 aircraft · Peterson Afb, 10 miles away

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.

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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles