Hutchinson’s municipal airport, Ken Butler Field, is the place flying enthusiasts can flock together.

It features a 4,000-foot runway, parallel taxiway, and two instrument approach procedures. Traffic follows an orderly flow pattern. The airport also has a modern terminal building with a pilots’ lounge, flight-planning room with weather information systems and access to FAA’s flight service centers.

The attached maintenance facility is staffed by full-service operator Hutchinson Aviation. It offers aviation fuel, including Jet A for the first time in 2007, plus flight training, aircraft rental, repairs and inspections and other public services.

Local pilots and area businesses use Butler Field almost every day, including Life Link III, an air medical transportation service. More than 45 aircraft are based in Hutchinson. There is space for 34 planes in city-owned hangars after construction of an additional eight-unit hangar in 2006. Four private hangars have been built in recent years.

For details, call John Olson, airport manager, at (320) 234-4473, or Tom Parker, Hutchinson Aviation, at (320) 587-7615.