Pittsburgh/Butler Regional
BTP · KBTP · Butler, Pennsylvania · Butler County · map
Pittsburgh/Butler Regional is a public-use airport owned by Butler CO Arpt Auth, 5 miles southwest of Butler, Pennsylvania, 1,248 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,801 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 110 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 74,386 takeoffs and landings a year. About 28 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KBTP · observed 2:56 pm EDT (18:56 UTC), 17 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the east (080°) at 12 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 1,200 feet
- Temperature 58°F (14°C), dew point 58°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 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 KBTP 111856Z AUTO 08012KT 10SM OVC012 14/14 A2996 RMK AO2 PRESFR SLP150 T01440144
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
5 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20 knots or more below 2,000 ft above the ground).
- AIRMET ZULU 1C: moderate icing up to 26,000 ft.
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) up to 8,000 ft.
- AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist, fog).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent GL5 at 3,000 ft, 39 nm southeast, 2:50 pm EDT (18:50 UTC): a routine report.
- urgent E55 descending, 39 nm southeast, 1:51 pm EDT (17:51 UTC): a routine report.
- E75S at 24,000 ft, 8 nm east, 1:51 pm EDT (17:51 UTC): light turbulence above 24,000 ft, light rime icing above 24,000 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (AGC, 25 nm south), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 130° at 38 kt; 6,000 ft: 190° at 13 kt, 13 °C; 9,000 ft: 220° at 10 kt, 8 °C; 12,000 ft: 220° at 12 kt, 3 °C; 18,000 ft: 200° at 21 kt, -8 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/8587 Youngstown, OH, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 8 nm northwest · a VIP movement · starts tomorrow
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA BTP · ICAO KBTP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Butler CO Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 1,248 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,801 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), trees 55 ft high 957 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 45 ft high 1,053 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 119.4 | |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace | 124.75 | |
| Btp and aWOS-3PT | 121.450 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 724-586-6434.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 89 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| jets | 8 |
| helicopters | 4 |
| other | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 74,386, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,328 |
| general aviation, travelling | 12,623 |
| general aviation, local | 60,375 |
| military | 60 |
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.
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 Butler from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Butler, Pennsylvania: 33 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 business jets, 1 helicopter, 1 balloon. 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 Pennsylvania.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Zelienople Municipal (10 nm west), Beaver County (20 nm west), Pittsburgh International (21 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 Pennsylvania · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Butler, by their names on the register:
- Moraine Flying Club INC 1 aircraft
Charter operators and airlines based in Butler:
- AirQuest Aviation, LP 1 aircraft on the certificate AirQuest Aviation is a fixed-base operator with two locations in Western Pennsylvania (Butler and Beaver) that provides FBO services, aircraft maintenance, flight training, and charter flights.
Repair stations in Butler:
- Airquest Aviation L.P. AirQuest Aviation is a full-service aviation company based in Butler, Pennsylvania, with a second location in Beaver.
- Ford Company
- Prime Turbines, LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 3 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 5 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 22 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 2 training center examiners.
- Charles Edward Sargent private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Zelienople, PA (10 nm) · (724) 513-7274 · chuck.sargent@yahoo.com
- Eric Carl Stormfels private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · Beaver County Airport · Beaver Falls, PA (20 nm) · (412) 974-9334 · stormy@beaver-air-group.com
- Michael Kenneth Cahill private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Moon Township, PA (20 nm) · (412) 592-5776 · michaelcahill44@icloud.com
- Martin Andrew Haski private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Haski Aviation, Inc. · New Castle, PA (26 nm) · (724) 651-0860 · martin@haski.com
- Stanley Michael Shimkus private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Irwin, PA (28 nm) · (704) 998-8430 · smshimkus@comcast.net
All 40 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.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 20 since 1982, 3 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Operates prior to 1959.
- Activate malsf runway 08; runway end identifier lights runway 26; PAPI runway 08 and 26; high-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd christmas day and easter day.
- 100LL SELF-SERVE available.
- Runway 26 pub road at threshold 455 feet right.
- Noise abatement procedure in effect; cmb to 2000 feet bfr turning.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Airport ofc hours 8:00 am to 4:30 pm M-F, closed holidays.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Butler 39 aircraft · 33 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 business jets
- Luxury Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Lizfly LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Airquest Aviation LP 2 aircraft in town
- AirQuest Aviation, LP 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Moraine Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Airquest Aviation L.P. · repair station
- Ford Company · repair station
- Prime Turbines, LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 20 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 238 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Pennsylvania 118 landing places
- Pennsylvania 6,176 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BTP.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 9, 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.