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Fort Smith Regional Airport traffic up in 2025, ends year with ‘steady demand’
After a slow start in which traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport was down 4.4% following the first four months of 2025, the remainder of the year was…
Tag: Fort Smith Regional Airport
by - December 10, 2025 5:10 pm
Fort Smith airport, military close to pilot training center joint use agreement
Fort Smith Regional Airport Commissioner Eric Pendergrass believes the airport is close to signing an Airport Joint Use Agreement (AJUA) with the U.S. Air Force that details fiscal and physical…
by - November 5, 2025 2:38 pm
Fort Smith airport passenger traffic posts big gain in September
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport got off to a slow start in 2025, but the traffic has improved in recent months with September traffic up almost 18% and…
by - October 8, 2025 12:24 pm
Andrew Meyer hired as Fort Smith Regional Airport director
After a nationwide search, the Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission hired airport employee Andrew Meyer as airport director. He succeeds Michael Griffin who resigned April 22, and Meyer’s first day…
by - October 6, 2025 11:32 am
Fort Smith airport traffic up in August, down through first eight months
August enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport were up almost 2% in August, but traffic out of the airport between January and August continues to trail activity from the…
by - August 25, 2025 12:14 pm
Interviews set for Fort Smith Regional Airport director applicants
Four candidates are on the Fort Smith Regional Airport director short list to be interviewed by the Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission in early September. One of the candidates is…
by - July 23, 2025 2:17 pm
Fort Smith airport traffic down through June, director search ongoing
Traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport is down in the first half of 2025, but the airport finished May and June with a more than 3% gain in…
by - June 11, 2025 9:19 pm
Relationships, working with military qualities sought for Fort Smith airport director
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission is putting experience in working with the military and building relationships at the top of their list of qualifications for a new airport director….
by - May 5, 2025 5:02 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport commissioners discuss effort to find a new director
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission hopes to have a director hired within six months, but a focus on finding “character and integrity” in a person to help lead the…
by - April 30, 2025 2:47 pm
First quarter Fort Smith Regional Airport traffic down almost 2%
March traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up slightly compared with March 2024, but traffic numbers for the first quarter of the year are down almost 2%…
by - April 22, 2025 9:09 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport director resigns
Fort Smith Regional Airport Director Michael Griffin resigned Tuesday (April 22). His resignation was announced following a more than 90 minute Airport Commission executive session. Griffin, director since 2017, was…
by - January 23, 2025 1:29 pm
Fort Smith airport traffic up in 2024, still well below pre-pandemic numbers
Traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport increased in 2024 compared with 2023, but the numbers are still well below pre-pandemic trends. Traffic at the airport also fell more than…
by - December 12, 2024 11:56 am
Traffic up 1.3% at Fort Smith Regional Airport through November
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport between January and November totaled 56,430, up 1.3% compared with traffic in the same period of 2023. November traffic was down almost 7%…
by - August 9, 2024 10:23 am
Fort Smith airport passenger traffic up 3.4% through July
Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements between January and July totaled 35,636, up 3.4% compared with traffic in the same period of 2023. However, July traffic was down more than 8%…
by - May 14, 2024 9:50 am
January-April traffic at the Fort Smith airport up 7.6%
The traffic trend continues to be positive at the Fort Smith Regional Airport in early 2024 after a disappointing 2023. Airport enplanements through April total 18,745, up 7.6% compared with…
by - April 15, 2024 3:12 pm
Fort Smith airport traffic up 7% in first two months of 2024
Fort Smith Regional Airport traffic is up in the first two months of 2024, reversing a traffic trend that saw enplanements dip almost 2% in 2023. It’s a trend improvement…
by - April 11, 2024 11:49 am
Fort Smith airport, city officials approve agreement on foreign pilot training center prep
The Fort Smith Airport Commission approved an agreement at a special meeting Wednesday (April 10) with the City of Fort Smith to ensure all the necessary runway projects are completed…
by - December 12, 2023 2:58 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements down through October
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport totaled 50,821 between January and October, down 2.15% compared with the same period in 2022. Barring robust November and December numbers, the trend…
by - August 16, 2023 4:59 pm
Fort Smith airport traffic declines through July; runway work to be complete in September
Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements totaled 34,456 between January and July, down 2.7% compared with the same period in 2022. Reduced flight frequency by American Airlines is one reason for…
by - May 9, 2023 7:57 pm
Fort Smith airport officials working to educate public on efforts to add more routes
The odds are against adding new commercial air routes in the near future at the Fort Smith Regional Airport, but a consultant on Tuesday (May 9) told airport commissioners and…