FWA

Fort Wayne International Airport

ICAO KFWA40.9789°N 85.1945°W815 ft / 248 mMedium airport
On the map
Fort Wayne International Airport - USGS 10 April 2002
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Fort Wayne International Airport (IATA: FWA, ICAO: KFWA) is a medium airport in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. It opened in Jan 1943. It has 3 runways; the longest is 11,981 ft (3,652 m). In 2025 it handled 970 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1943–1943
JAN 1943
OpenedFort Wayne International Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
05/23044° / 224° · LIT
LENGTH11,981 ft3,652 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
14/32135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH8,002 ft2,439 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
09/27090° / 270°
LENGTH4,001 ft1,220 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
644K
707K
721K
721K
744K
804K
431K
672K
719K
787K
846K
970K
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Routes

14 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 128 mi / 206 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 157 mi / 252 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 460 mi / 741 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 487 mi / 784 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 509 mi / 819 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 859 mi / 1,382 kmSFB · Orlando Sanford International Airport · 872 mi / 1,404 kmPIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 914 mi / 1,471 kmPGD · Punta Gorda Airport · 989 mi / 1,591 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,069 mi / 1,721 kmAZA · Mesa Gateway Airport · 1,543 mi / 2,484 kmMYR · Myrtle Beach International Airport · 610 mi / 982 kmSRQ · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · 951 mi / 1,530 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 1,645 mi / 2,648 kmLASAZAFLLSRQSFBDFWMYRATLMSPCLTORDDTWPGDPIEFWA
Year-round11
DTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection206 km128 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle252 km157 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle741 km460 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Connection784 km487 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection819 km509 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,382 km859 miSFBOrlando Sanford International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,404 km872 miPIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,471 km914 miPGDPunta Gorda AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,591 km989 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,721 km1,069 miAZAMesa Gateway AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,484 km1,543 mi
Most destinationsAllegiant Air 8Delta Connection 3American Eagle 3United Express 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from FWA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Fort Wayne International Airport” (revision of 18 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers970K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#830of 3,974 · #201 North America · #142 USLongest runway11,981 ft3,652 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#354of 29,823 · #94 North America · #83 USElevation815 ft248 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#21,100of 43,341 · #9,863 North America · #8,091 USAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =1,078 North America · =1,034 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

10 channels
A/DAPP/DEP SW/NW OF ACT RWY127.200
ATISATIS121.250
CLDCLNC DEL124.750
GNDGND121.900
OPS122FW COMD POST OPS138.400
RDOTERRE HAUTE RDO122.200
TWRTWR119.100
UNICUNICOM122.950
A/DSE/NE OF ACTIVE RWY132.150
A/DFORT WAYNE A/D135.325