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Smith Field

41.14340°N
-85.15280°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

Smith Field (KSMD/SMD) is a small general aviation airport located in Fort Wayne, IN. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,126 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
7 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KSMD 262015Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM SCT035 SCT040 BKN050 30/21 A2992 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

31
39% of ops
471 land · 377 TO
23
29% of ops
353 land · 609 TO
05
19% of ops
234 land · 202 TO
13
13% of ops
162 land · 13 TO
Runway 31 carries 39% of operations (471 landings, 377 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 29%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

31 471 landings
UA 11%
23 353 landings
UA 5%
05 234 landings
UA 8%
13 162 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 31 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (51 UA events from 471 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
14.5
flights/day · 435 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 14.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (16.6 vs 14.4 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (62% of 411 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 127.200
APCH 132.150
APCH 282.325
APCH 284.600
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 124.550
CLASS C 282.325
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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