KFSM — Fort Smith Rgnl
Fort Smith, AR · field elevation 469 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-TRACON
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KFSM current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KFSM 100053Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/08 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP216 T01280078
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 13 °C / dewpoint 8 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Density altitude
- 9 ft · pressure altitude 219 ft
- Observed
- 47 minutes ago
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48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 37,000–37,000 ft.
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Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KFSM 092320Z 1000/1024 VRB02KT P6SM SCT250 FM100800 07003KT P6SM SCT035 BKN150 FM101800 21006KT P6SM BKN045 BKN200
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 35.33665, -94.36611
- Elevation
- 469 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1248Z / 2315Z
- Tower hours
- 0530-2300
- Magnetic variation
- 1°E (2025)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Memphis
- County
- Sebastian, AR
Airport diagram
Everything else KFSM publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 9,318 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 02/20 | 5,001 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 124.775
- Tower 0530-2300
- 118.3
- Ground
- 121.9
- Clearance
- 133.85
- CTAF
- 118.3
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 120.175
- Approach
- 120.9
- Approach
- 134.525
Published procedures
- 9 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KFSM airport diagram or an approach plate
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- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.