Smith Field
SMD · KSMD · Fort Wayne, Indiana · Allen County · map
Smith Field is a public-use airport owned by Ft Wayne Allen CO Apt Athrty, 4 miles north of Fort Wayne, Indiana, 836 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 3,126 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 47 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 19,684 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KSMD · observed 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 9 miles
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSMD 062235Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 21/06 A3001 RMK A01
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 SMD · ICAO KSMD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Ft Wayne Allen CO Apt Athrty
- Elevation
- 836 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- 5 November to 9 March, every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; 10 March to 4 November, every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,126 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 2,922 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 201 ft, crops 10 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 91 ft, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 13: threshold displaced 299 ft, tree 60 ft high 1,171 ft from the end
- Runway 31: threshold displaced 101 ft, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure Southwest/northwest of active runway | 127.2 | |
| Approach and departure Southeast/northeast of active runway | 132.15 | |
| Smd and aWOS-3 | 124.55 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 260-490-4030.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 19,684, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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 · 15 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate PAPI runway 05; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service available.
- Runway 23 calm wind runway.
- 75 feet crops each side of centerline.
- 10 feet crops 65 feet from runway end and 90 feet east and 115 feet west.
- 10 feet crops 60 feet from runway end
- 15 feet road 185 feet from runway end 175 feet R.
- 15 feet road 215 feet from runway end 185 feet L.
- PAPI rstrd beyond 7 degreess left and right of centerline.
- PAPI unusable beyond 7 degreess left and right of centerline.
- Approach ratio 24:1 at dthr.
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.