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Smith Field

41.14340°N
-85.15280°W
ARR / DAY
18
26.8%
DEP / DAY
19
33.7%

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 18 arrivals and 19 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KFWA, 12 mi away (KSMD does not publish METAR)

38m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
4 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KFWA 291430Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM FEW050 23/17 A3022 RMK T02300170 MADISHF

Runway intelligence

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

23
35% of ops
171 land · 328 TO
31
30% of ops
146 land · 114 TO
05
24% of ops
117 land · 23 TO
13
12% of ops
57 land · 26 TO
Runway 23 carries 35% of operations (171 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

23 171 landings
UA 2%
31 146 landings
UA 10%
05 117 landings
UA 9%
13 57 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 23 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 171 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
19.2
flights/day · 576 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 6pm · 10pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–10pm local, averaging 19.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (13.0 vs 22.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (58% of 551 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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