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📍 Fort Wayne⬆ 835 ft2 runways
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Smith Field

41.14340°N
-85.15280°W
ARR / DAY
20
▲ 15.7%
DEP / DAY
21
▲ 20.2%

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 20 arrivals and 21 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4h ago
Temp
37°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
—
Ceil
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METAR KSMD 120715Z AUTO 00000KT 1 3/4SM BR 12/12 A2999 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

23
36% of ops
174 land · 212 TO
05
29% of ops
140 land · 145 TO
31
19% of ops
92 land · 81 TO
13
16% of ops
77 land · 65 TO
Runway 23 carries 36% of operations (174 landings, 212 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

23 174 landings
UA 7%
05 140 landings
UA 12%
31 92 landings
UA 2%
13 77 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 23 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 174 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
20.3
flights/day · 609 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 20.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (24.8 vs 19.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (57% of 575 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 11:40 UTC