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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFSM · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFSM 061853Z 10SM CLR 28/08 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02830078
TAF KFSM 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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.
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Arkansas.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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 5, 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.