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Smith Field

41.14340°N
-85.15280°W
ARR / DAY
17
57.3%
DEP / DAY
17
61.6%

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 17 arrivals and 17 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSMD 140255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A3019 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

31
34% of ops
565 land · 601 TO
23
31% of ops
518 land · 858 TO
05
18% of ops
305 land · 177 TO
13
17% of ops
276 land · 37 TO
Runway 31 carries 34% of operations (565 landings, 601 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

31 565 landings
UA 15%
23 518 landings
UA 10%
05 305 landings
UA 14%
13 276 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 31 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (87 UA events from 565 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
20.0
flights/day · 601 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 20.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (19.4 vs 21.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (61% of 567 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 03:07 UTC