Hutchinson Muni/Butler Field
HCD · KHCD · Hutchinson, Minnesota · Mc Leod County · map
Hutchinson Muni/Butler Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hutchinson, 2 miles south of Hutchinson, Minnesota, 1,062 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 47 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 12,395 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Hutchinson Muni/Butler Field?
Its FAA code is HCD, and its ICAO code is KHCD.
Where is Hutchinson Muni/Butler Field?
It is 2 miles south of Hutchinson, Minnesota, 1,062 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Hutchinson Muni/Butler Field?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 4,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Hutchinson Muni/Butler Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Hutchinson Muni/Butler Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Hutchinson Muni/Butler Field?
8 pilot examiners and 11 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 Hutchinson Muni/Butler Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HCD · ICAO KHCD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Hutchinson
- Elevation
- 1,062 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left, crops 7 ft high 276 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, crops 4 ft high 234 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Hcd and aWOS-3 | 118.525 | |
| Apt Remark 1 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | |
| Redwood Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 320-587-3343.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: LE Sueur Municipal (32 nm southeast), New Ulm Municipal (33 nm south), Redwood Falls Municipal (35 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 Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through minneapolis the air route traffic control center and flight services.
- Activate or incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; PAPI runway 15 and 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset low intst.
- Available H24 via credit card.
- Available H24 via credit card.
- Runway 15 has 7 feet corn crop 118 feet from runway end and 163 feet R.
- Runway 33 has 7 feet corn crop 119 feet from runway end and 194 feet R.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 45 |
| multi-engine | 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 12,395, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 200 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,400 |
| general aviation, local | 6,750 |
| military | 45 |
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 Hutchinson from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Hutchinson, Minnesota: 27 piston singles, 5 drones, 3 turboprops, 2 gliders, 1 piston twin. 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 Minnesota.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 2 for type ratings; 8 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 10 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner, 3 administrative pilot examiners.
- James Nobel Shadduck private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · James Shadduck, Legacy Pilot Training, Maple Lake Airport · Maple Lake, MN (28 nm) · (952) 210-6250 · [email protected]
- Jacob William Fielstra private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hangar Office · Eden Prairie, MN (39 nm) · (952) 303-2043 · [email protected]
- Catherine Bonnie Plasschaert private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mankato Regional Airport · Mankato, MN (43 nm) · (507) 469-4431 · [email protected]
- Jason Russell Ceminsky private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mankato, MN (43 nm) · (507) 779-2118 · [email protected]
- Paul Skjeveland private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · North Star Aviation · Mankato, MN (43 nm) · (507) 382-2742 · [email protected]
- Steven Leroy Anderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · St. Cloud Aviation/Wright Aero · Saint Cloud, MN (43 nm) · (320) 267-1532 · [email protected]
- Mary Kristen Alverson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, seaplanes · Minneapolis, MN (49 nm) · (612) 240-0123 · [email protected]
- Sanjay Sundar Sujanani private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lakeville, MN (49 nm) · (612) 964-9394 · [email protected]
All 41 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.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- 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 · 10 since 1982, 1 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 Hutchinson 39 aircraft · 27 piston singles, 5 drones, 3 turboprops
- Flying Farmer LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Classic Arrow INC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,936 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/HCD.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 27, 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.