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KSMD · SMD

Smith Field

41.14340°N
-85.15280°W
ARR / DAY
17
6.3%
DEP / DAY
17
7.6%

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

2h ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
6 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSMD 030055Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A2997 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

23
34% of ops
276 land · 553 TO
31
31% of ops
250 land · 204 TO
05
23% of ops
184 land · 31 TO
13
12% of ops
97 land · 33 TO
Runway 23 carries 34% of operations (276 landings, 553 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

23 276 landings
UA 1%
31 250 landings
UA 9%
05 184 landings
UA 8%
13 97 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 23 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 276 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
19.9
flights/day · 598 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 6pm · 10pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–10pm local, averaging 19.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (16.6 vs 22.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (61% of 573 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 03:17 UTC