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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)

1h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
3 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KFWA 292054Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW048 SCT160 OVC240 26/15 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP201 T02610150 56019 $

Runway intelligence

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

23
36% of ops
170 land · 323 TO
31
28% of ops
133 land · 105 TO
05
24% of ops
116 land · 23 TO
13
12% of ops
55 land · 26 TO
Runway 23 carries 36% of operations (170 landings, 323 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

23 170 landings
UA 2%
31 133 landings
UA 10%
05 116 landings
UA 9%
13 55 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 23 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 170 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
18.6
flights/day · 557 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 6pm · 10pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–10pm local, averaging 18.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (13.0 vs 21.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (57% of 532 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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