Fort Wayne International
FWA · KFWA · Fort Wayne, Indiana · Allen County · map
Fort Wayne International is a public-use airport owned by Ft Wayne/Allen CO Arpt Auth, 7 miles southwest of Fort Wayne, Indiana, 814 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 11,981 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KFWA · observed 3:54 pm EDT (19:54 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 25,000 feet
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFWA 061954Z 17010KT 10SM FEW250 21/07 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP180 T02110067
TAF KFWA 061720Z 0618/0718 22008KT 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 FWA · ICAO KFWA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Ft Wayne/Allen CO Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 814 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1943
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 11,981 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 8,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 4,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair |
- Runway 05: ILS, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, rr 23 ft high 800 ft from the end
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 100 ft high 3,672 ft from the end
- Runway 32: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), rr 26 ft high 1,084 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 121.25 | Fort Wayne |
| Clearance delivery | 124.75 | Fort Wayne |
| Clearance delivery | 126.6 | |
| Clearance delivery | 134.05 | |
| Ground | 121.9 | Fort Wayne |
| Tower | 119.1 | Fort Wayne |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace Southwest/northwest of active runway | 127.2 | Fort Wayne |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace Southeast/northeast of active runway | 132.15 | Fort Wayne |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 135.325 | Fort Wayne |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Fort Wayne |
| Comd and post | 138.625 | Fort Wayne |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 260-209-0224.
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Aircraft registered in Fort Wayne from the FAA register
195 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Wayne, Indiana: 132 piston singles, 24 business jets, 18 helicopters, 7 piston twins, 6 turboprops. 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 Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 22 since 1982, 2 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
- ATC-CTL
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Hook BAK-12B(B) (1650 feet).
- BAK-12(B) (1332 feet).
- NC-100LL, a - callout fee 0400-1000Z++.
- Runway 09/27 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. No part 121/PART 380 operations except for tax.
- Taxiway B arm/dearm area rstrd to military aircraft.
- Taxiway B/B, 1/B, 2/E and K closed to wingspan 79 feet or gtr and with dual wheel type landing gear in excess of 50000 LB.
- Ang: prk ramp non-standard mrk incl solid white wingtip clnc lines both sides of txl located between east and west prk rows, east and west of building 800 and mult white boxes for aircraft grd eqpt and munitions storage area.
- Ang: unuse pavement for tax located cntr of apn west of restricted area - operations for information.
- A-GEAR for local 122FW only, prior permission required dsn 778-3202/3203 C800-842-3104 extn 202/203.
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.