Butler Memorial Airport
Airport in Butler, Missouri, United States
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Butler Memorial Airport (IATA: BUM, ICAO: KBUM, FAA LID: BUM) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the central business district of Butler, the county seat of Bates County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Accidents
- On June 14, 2026: 2026 Butler PAC P-750 crash, a PAC P-750 XSTOL skydiving aircraft crashed following takeoff from Butler Memorial Airport. The aircraft was a private plane operated by Skydive Kansas City. The plane crashed near a highway. The accident follows the September 1995 crash of a Beechcraft Queen Air near West Point, Virginia, as one of the second deadliest skydiving plane crash in United States history.[3][4]
