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Smith Field

41.14340°N
-85.15280°W
ARR / DAY
4
78.2%
DEP / DAY
4
73.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
4 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSMD 251935Z AUTO 22004G11KT 9SM SCT043 28/17 A3002 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

31
37% of ops
484 land · 380 TO
23
30% of ops
392 land · 678 TO
05
20% of ops
263 land · 205 TO
13
13% of ops
171 land · 13 TO
Runway 31 carries 37% of operations (484 landings, 380 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

31 484 landings
UA 11%
23 392 landings
UA 4%
05 263 landings
UA 8%
13 171 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 31 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (51 UA events from 484 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
15.6
flights/day · 468 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 15.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (16.8 vs 15.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (62% of 441 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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 22:21 UTC