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Smith Field

41.14340°N
-85.15280°W
ARR / DAY
16
194.9%
DEP / DAY
16
177.5%

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 16 arrivals and 16 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
8 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSMD 241955Z AUTO 29008KT 10SM FEW046 25/15 A3006 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

23
32% of ops
151 land · 300 TO
31
30% of ops
140 land · 116 TO
05
25% of ops
118 land · 30 TO
13
12% of ops
58 land · 20 TO
Runway 23 carries 32% of operations (151 landings, 300 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

23 151 landings
UA 3%
31 140 landings
UA 9%
05 118 landings
UA 7%
13 58 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 23 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 151 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
17.7
flights/day · 532 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 17.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (14.6 vs 19.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (57% of 505 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 12:44 UTC