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).
Weather right now KHCD · observed 3:04 pm CDT (20:04 UTC), 31 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.79 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)
METAR KHCD 062004Z AUTO 29010KT 10SM CLR 28/07 A2979 RMK AO2
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.