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((Short description|Airport in Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.))
((Use mdy dates|date=August 2023))
((Infobox airport
| name = Smith Field
| image = Smith Field KSMD - USGS 6 April 1998.jpg
| image-width = 250
| caption = [[USGS]] aerial image, 6 April 1998
| IATA = SMD
| ICAO = KSMD
| FAA = SMD
| type = Public
| owner-oper = Fort Wayne Allen County Airport Authority
| city-served = [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
| location = 
| elevation-f = 835
| elevation-m = 255
| coordinates = ((coord|41|08|36|N|085|09|10|W|region:US-IN_type:airport_scale:10000|display=inline,title))
| website = [http://www.smdairport.com/ www.SMDairport.com]
| r1-number = 5/23
| r1-length-f = 3,124
| r1-length-m = 952
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| r2-number = 13/31
| r2-length-f = 2,922
| r2-length-m = 891
| r2-surface = Asphalt
| r3-number = 9/27 (removed)
| r3-length-f = 2,600
| r3-length-m = 792
| r3-surface = Asphalt
| r4-number = 18/36 (closed)
| r4-length-f = 1,765
| r4-length-m = 537
| r4-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2007
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 20,109
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 56
| footnotes = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">((FAA-airport|ID=SMD|use=PU|own=PU|site=05281.*A)). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.</ref>
))
((Infobox NRHP
| name         = Smith Field
| nrhp_type    = hd
| nocat        = yes
| location     = 426 W. Ludwig Rd., [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
| coordinates  = ((coord|41|08|36|N|085|09|10|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline))
| locmapin     = Indiana#USA
| built        = 1919
| architect    = A.K. Hofer; [[Walter D'Arcy Ryan]]
| architecture = Aircraft Hangar
| added        = March 26, 2003
| area         = ((convert|220|acre))
| refnum       = 02001495<ref name="NRIS">((NRISref|2009a))</ref>
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'''Smith Field''' ((airport codes|SMD|KSMD|SMD)) is a public airport north of downtown [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]], in [[Allen County, Indiana|Allen County]], [[Indiana]].<ref name="FAA" /><ref>((Cite web|url=https://fwairport.com/smith-field/|title=Smith Field ((!)) Fort-Wayne Allen County Airport AuthorityFort Wayne International Airport|website=fwairport.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-26))</ref> It is owned and operated by the Fort Wayne Allen County Airport Authority.<ref name="FAA" /> In the FAA's [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2009–2013 it is a ''[[general aviation]]'' airport.<ref>[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems] for 2009–2013: [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part2.pdf Appendix A: Part 2 (PDF, 1.04 MB)]. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.</ref> The airport was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2002.<ref name="NRIS" />

==History==
((More citations needed section|date=May 2010))
Smith Field is Fort Wayne's first municipal airport and is one of America's oldest surviving aviation sites.

The United States government's pioneering of a national airmail system begun in 1918, provided essential subsidies for America's fledgling airline industry. On June 25, 1925 the city of Fort Wayne commissioned this airfield as the '''Paul Baer Municipal Airport'''. New paved runways, the huge heated Hangar #2 and other ongoing improvements to '''Baer Field''' finally attracted a commercial airmail carrier to Fort Wayne in December 1930. Transamerican, [[Capitol Airways]], and [[Trans World Airlines|Trans Continental and Western]] (TWA) followed with passenger service to Fort Wayne during the early 1930s. In 1932 nearly 3,000 passengers were served at old Paul Baer Municipal Airport.<ref name="SHAARD">((cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2015-07-01)) ''Note:'' This includes ((cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/236d5/N/Smith_Field_Allen_CO_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Smith Field| accessdate = 2015-07-01| author =William J. Decker| date= August 2002 )) and Accompanying photographs</ref>

Federal [[New Deal]] employment programs of the [[Great Depression]] further upgraded the airfield. In 1933, the Commerce Department's Aeronautics Branch and the [[Civil Works Administration]] (CWA) began a nationwide program of airport development. The CWA funded 13,108 man-hours of labor on Baer Field in 1933 alone, including drainage, lighting, sodding, tree removal, improved heating systems, improved parking areas, and the creation of flowerbeds. By 1934, the airport had improved the concrete runways and aprons, and in 1935 and 1936, the [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA) funded more concrete pavement, lighting upgrades, and radio communication equipment. Old Baer Field was one of the largest WPA projects in Indiana. During this period, the airport enjoyed $311,058.42 in improvements paid for by the CWA, the Federal Emergency Relief Agency, the WPA, and the Allen County Scrip Organization.

Famous pilots who have visited Smith Field include: "Wrong Way" [[Douglas Corrigan]], race pilot and military hero General [[Jimmy Doolittle]], stunt flyer [[Jimmie Hayslip]], [[Walter Hinton]], [[Howard Hughes]], airmail pilot George Hill, [[Charles Lindbergh]], Captain [[Charles Nungesser]], and fighter "Ace of Aces" Captain [[Eddie Rickenbacker]]. Captain Sir [[George Hubert Wilkins|George Wilkins]] flew into the airport in the aircraft he had piloted to the [[North Pole]]. Famed pilot and explorer [[Wiley Post]] also visited the field in the [[Lockheed Vega]] "Winnie Mae", which he flew around the world. As every prominent aviator arrived, so did the community.

The federal government's anticipation of [[World War II]] and old Baer Field's role in the pioneer airmail service brought the U.S. [[United States Department of War|War Department]] to Fort Wayne in 1940. Baer Field had been included in a list of some 1000 airfields that the [[United States Army Air Corps|Army Air Corps]] evaluated for new military flight operations. The new Development of Landing Areas for National Defense (DLAND) program eventually funded construction at 535 airports during World War II. Fearing the loss of civilian access to Baer Field, city leaders took options to buy ((convert|700|acre|km2)) south of the city should the War Department decide to operate a military airfield in Fort Wayne. Early in January 1941, the War Department informed the city that it would locate a base in Fort Wayne if it could take possession by February 1. Some thirty local businessmen signed notes totaling the $125,000 needed to arrange for the acquisition by the city.

The War Department signed a $1/year lease for the south side property and invited the community to suggest a name. The citizens of Fort Wayne supplied: "General Anthony Wayne Field", in honor of the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] hero who was the builder of the first United States fort in Fort Wayne, and "Smith Field", celebrating Fort Wayne native Arthur "Art" Smith. Since Army Air Corps policy was to name airfields for deceased military aviators, a solution was found in naming the new Army airfield (south of town) after Paul Baer and renaming the existing municipal airport after [[Art Smith (pilot)|Art Smith]]. The Army airfield (presently [[Fort Wayne International Airport]]) was officially designated the new "Baer Field" on June 14, 1941, and became a live Army base on December 6, 1941—the day before [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|the attack on]] [[Pearl Harbor]]—with the arrival of 31 [[P-39 Airacobra]] fighter planes. Within days, as many as 100 of the planes were stationed there.

The old Baer Field, now renamed '''Smith Field''', would remain Fort Wayne's civil airport through World War II, and has since served general aviation.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/9385/Smith-Field|title = Smith Field Airport - Fort Wayne, Indiana))</ref>

==Modern activity==
In 2010 Runway 5/23 was rebuilt.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/flysmd/sets/72157625426148368/|title=Aerial photo 111310 035|date=13 November 2010))</ref>
The airport offers aviation instruction and plane rental through Sweet Aviation, a subsidiary of [[Sweetwater Sound]].

== Facilities and aircraft ==
Smith Field covers ((convert|234|acre|ha|lk=on)) at an [[elevation]] of 835 feet (255 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has two [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] [[runway]]s: 5/23 is 3,124 by 60 feet (952 x 18 m) and 13/31 is 2,922 by 100 feet (891 x 30 m).<ref name="FAA" />

In 2007 the airport had 20,109 aircraft operations, average 55 per day: 100% [[general aviation]] and <1% [[air taxi]]. 56 aircraft were then based at this airport: 96% single-[[aircraft engine|engine]] and 4% multi-engine.<ref name="FAA" />

==See also==
*[[List of airports in Indiana]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
((commons category))
* ((official website|http://www.smdairport.com))
* [http://www.sfas.us/ Smith Field Air Service]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110628135134/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43532239/ns/us_news/?gt1=43001 Mich. plane crash kills survivor of earlier crash] MSNBC article about Stephen Hatch, who helped get the airport on the National Register of Historic Places
* ((FAA-procedures|SMD))
* ((US-airport-minor|SMD|SMD))

((Airports in Indiana))
((Fort Wayne, Indiana))
((National Register of Historic Places in Indiana))

((authority control))

[[Category:Airports established in 1925]]
[[Category:Transportation in Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
[[Category:Airports in Indiana]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
[[Category:Economy of Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
[[Category:Works Progress Administration in Indiana]]
[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana]]
[[Category:Airports on the National Register of Historic Places]]
[[Category:1925 establishments in Indiana]]
[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Allen County, Indiana]]

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