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Why is this Colorado airport called ‘Happy Butt’?

A landing strip in Byers has an unusual name. Here’s how it came to be.

On aeronautical maps of Colorado, you will see it. Happy Butt Airport is in the unincorporated Arapahoe County town of Byers.

It is not a misspelling of “butte” nor a vulgar joke. (Well, not too vulgar anyway.)