Butler County Rgnl/Hogan Field
HAO · KHAO · Hamilton, Ohio · Butler County · map
Butler County Rgnl/Hogan Field is a public-use airport owned by Butler County Bd of Commissioners, 3 miles southeast of Hamilton, Ohio, 632 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 142 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 55,528 takeoffs and landings a year. About 5 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning 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).
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (CVG, 20 nm south), for use 08:00–15:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 300° at 19 kt; 6,000 ft: 310° at 23 kt, 15 °C; 9,000 ft: 320° at 20 kt, 9 °C; 12,000 ft: 310° at 18 kt, 3 °C; 18,000 ft: 300° at 26 kt, -6 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/8029 Cincinnati, OH, Friday, October 9, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 15 nm south · a VIP movement · until 12 October
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 HAO · ICAO KHAO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Butler County Bd of Commissioners
- Elevation
- 632 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- November to March, every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm; April to October, every day, 7:00 am to 10:00 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
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1937
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 137 ft high 2,520 ft from the end
- Runway 30: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), trees 25 ft high 382 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 126.25 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.0 | |
| Hao and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.425 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 513-863-6137.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 118 |
| multi-engine | 16 |
| jets | 5 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 55,528, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 11,350 |
| general aviation, travelling | 29,296 |
| general aviation, local | 14,882 |
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 Hamilton from the FAA register
69 aircraft are registered to owners in Hamilton, Ohio: 51 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 6 business jets, 3 drones, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 Ohio.
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
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Middletown Rgnl/Hook Field (12 nm northeast), Warren County/John Lane Field (14 nm northeast), Miami University Airport (15 nm northwest).
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 Ohio · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Hamilton, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Hamilton, by their names on the register:
- Blue Sky Flight Training LLC 2 aircraft Blue Sky Flight Training provides flight instruction and aircraft rental for student pilots, commercial pilots, instrument pilots, and flight instructors.
Repair stations in Hamilton:
- Freedom Aero Service INC Freedom Aero Service is an FAA and EASA approved Part 145 repair station specializing in the repair and overhaul of aircraft electrical and electronic components for business jets and helicopters.
- Ohio Avionics Ohio Avionics is a FAA Part 145 certified avionics repair station based at Butler County Regional Airport in Hamilton, Ohio.
- Roberts Aviation Roberts Aviation is a private aircraft maintenance provider and maintenance manager for business aircraft.
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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 15 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 7 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 2 training center evaluators, 38 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner, 7 administrative pilot examiners.
- James Matthew Johnson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Butler County Airport · Hamilton, OH (0 nm) · (513) 678-4197 · helicopterdpe@gmail.com
- Kevin Randall Henderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Butler County Regional Airport · Hamilton, OH (0 nm) · (513) 332-7016 · kevin_henderson13@outlook.com
- Brian W Trapp private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Warren County Airport · Lebanon, OH (14 nm) · (513) 476-8359 · brian@trapp.ltd
- Thomas Vearil private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Warren County Airport · Lebanon, OH (14 nm) · (513) 827-0280 · tjv250r@msn.com
- Brett Hunter private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Waynesville, OH (20 nm) · (513) 464-1151 · brett.hunter@earthlink.net
- Troy Macvey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Milan, IN (33 nm) · (515) 509-7027 · troymacvey@gmail.com
All 87 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-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.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- 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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 20 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate mals runway 30; runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; PAPI runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Jet a+ available on required at dlvy.
- +3-9 feet brush, 0-200 feet dist, 190-415 feet L.
- Also 29:1 ovr +60 feet tree, 1993 dist, 351 feet R.
- Deer, birds, and otr wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Hamilton 69 aircraft · 51 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 6 business jets
- Hhd Aviation LLC 7 aircraft in town
- Victory Aviation Club INC 5 aircraft in town
- Roberts Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Upf-Sevens LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Darana Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Blue Sky Flight Training LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Freedom Aero Service INC · repair station
- Ohio Avionics · repair station
- Roberts Aviation · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 20 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Ohio 1,877 since 1982 · 249 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Ohio 149 landing places
- Ohio 8,518 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/HAO.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.