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KSMD · SMD

Smith Field

41.14340°N
-85.15280°W
ARR / DAY
17
44.6%
DEP / DAY
18
50.6%

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 18 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
6 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSMD 280155Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A3004 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

23
34% of ops
168 land · 328 TO
31
30% of ops
149 land · 123 TO
05
25% of ops
126 land · 30 TO
13
11% of ops
56 land · 20 TO
Runway 23 carries 34% of operations (168 landings, 328 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

23 168 landings
UA 2%
31 149 landings
UA 9%
05 126 landings
UA 7%
13 56 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 23 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 168 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
19.5
flights/day · 584 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 6pm · 10pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–10pm local, averaging 19.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (13.0 vs 22.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (57% of 557 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 05:14 UTC