Fort Smith Regional
FSM · KFSM · Fort Smith, Arkansas · Sebastian County · map
Fort Smith Regional is a public-use airport owned by Fort Smith Arpt Commission, 3 miles southeast of Fort Smith, Arkansas, 469 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 9,318 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 77 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 21,185 takeoffs and landings a year. About 59,511 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Fort Smith Regional?
Its FAA code is FSM, and its ICAO code is KFSM.
Where is Fort Smith Regional?
It is 3 miles southeast of Fort Smith, Arkansas, 469 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Fort Smith Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 08/26, is 9,318 feet long.
Does Fort Smith Regional have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Fort Smith Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Fort Smith Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Dallas-Fort Worth International, Springfield-Branson Ntl, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, Albuquerque International Sunport, Rick Husband Amarillo International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Fort Smith Regional?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Fort Smith Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Fort Smith Regional?
3 pilot examiners and 2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Fort Smith Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FSM · ICAO KFSM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Fort Smith Arpt Commission
- Elevation
- 469 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 5:30 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 9,318 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 5,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 78 ft high 2,102 ft from the end
- Runway 26: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 96 ft high 2,610 ft from the end
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the right, rr 21 ft high 640 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 56 ft high 1,495 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.3 | Fort Smith |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.775 | Fort Smith |
| Clearance delivery | 121.05 | |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 121.75 | Rogers |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery · Class C airspace East | 126.6 | Springdale |
| Clearance delivery | 133.85 | Fort Smith |
| Ground | 121.9 | Fort Smith |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service | 120.9 | Fort Smith |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Highfill and dp West | 121.0 | Drake |
| Approach (secondary) | 120.175 | Fort Smith |
| Approach (secondary) | 134.525 | Fort Smith |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Fort Smith |
| Fort Smith Rco | 122.2 | Fort Smith |
| Fayetteville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.1 | Fort Smith |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 479-649-2425.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Sallisaw Municipal (22 nm west), Robert S Kerr Airport (23 nm southwest), Drake Field (41 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Arkansas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20; high-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1500')
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1651')
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess left of centerline.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degreess right of centerline.
- Landing fee for all far 121 and far 135 operations above 12,500 pounds.
- Flock of migratory birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 02 aiming points 1390 feet from thld.
- A-GEAR - runway 08 and runway 26 BAK-14 IN-GN barrier housings located 275 feet centerline.
- A-GEAR unavailable when tower closed.
- A-GEAR - runway 08 BAK-12 above gnd 2000 feet from runway 08 thld.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,174 departures from FSM in those twelve months, carrying 59,875 passengers in 84,110 seats (71% filled), to 9 destinations on 5 airlines.
All 9 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 58 |
| multi-engine | 12 |
| jets | 5 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 21,185, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 2,049 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,012 |
| general aviation, travelling | 10,091 |
| general aviation, local | 4,793 |
| military | 2,240 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Smith from the FAA register
74 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Smith, Arkansas: 53 piston singles, 7 turboprops, 7 business jets, 5 piston twins, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Arkansas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Fort Smith Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · Fort Smith
Repair stations in Fort Smith:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner.
- Reginald Howell Henderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · TAC Air · Fort Smith, AR (0 nm) · (479) 651-1919 · [email protected]
- Zachary Duane Caldwell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · TAC AIR · Fort Smith, AR (0 nm) · (479) 650-0245 · [email protected]
- Joshua Paul Jones private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Fayetteville, AR (41 nm) · (303) 913-4218 · [email protected]
All 6 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Fort Smith 74 aircraft · 53 piston singles, 7 turboprops, 7 business jets
- Fort Smith Flying Club INC 3 aircraft in town
- Csk Aviation Partners LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Arcbest II INC 2 aircraft in town
- Fort Smith Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Abs Avionics INC · repair station
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 1,163 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, PSA Airlines Inc.
- Springfield-Branson Ntl (SGF) 3 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, Piedmont Airlines
- Lawton-Fort Sill Regional (LAW) 2 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air
- Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) 1 flights in twelve months · Global Crossing Airlines, Inc.
- Rick Husband Amarillo International (AMA) 1 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air
- Robert Gray Army Airfield (GRK) 1 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 1 flights in twelve months · USA Jet Airlines Inc.
- Shreveport Regional (SHV) 1 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arkansas 1,580 since 1982 · 175 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Arkansas 101 landing places
- Arkansas 3,496 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FSM.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.