{"id":371551,"date":"2026-07-13T20:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/371551\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T20:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:25:08","slug":"fort-smith-enplanements-down-1-2-through-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/371551\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Smith enplanements down 1.2% through June"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport<\/a> was down almost 6% in June, and followed a 2% decline in May. Also, total passengers traveling through the airport in the first six months of 2026 was 57,283, down 0.4% compared with 57,534 in the same period of 2025.<\/p>\n

The airport reported 5,608 enplanements in June, above the 5,437 in May, but 5.7% below the 5,950 in June 2025. In the first six months of 2026, airport enplanements total 29,084, down 1.2% compared with 29,439 in the same period of 2025.<\/p>\n

The overall number of passengers \u2013 arrivals, departures, and non-revenue \u2013 totaled 11,051 in June, down 6.3% compared with 11,789 in June 2025.<\/p>\n

Airport Director Andrew Meyer said weather in Fort Smith and the Dallas-Fort Worth area had an impact on June travel.<\/p>\n

\u201cJune began strongly, with bookings trending above the previous year, but overall enplanements were affected by weather-related disruptions in both Fort Smith and the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including thunderstorms, delays and canceled flights,\u201d Meyer said. \u201cDespite the monthly decline, the underlying demand for air travel remained encouraging.\u201d<\/p>\n

Enplanements at the airport in 2025 totaled 62,369, up 1.56% compared with 61,409 in 2024, and better than the 60,669 enplanements in 2023. Fort Smith enplanements were on a growth trend prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2025 tally is down 34.8% compared with 2019 when those traveling out of the airport totaled 95,670. Enplanements fell to 38,660 in 2020.<\/p>\n

The last time enplanements topped 100,000 was in 2005 with 102,607. The enplanement record is 112,782 set in 1975.<\/p>\n

American Airlines had four to five flights a day in 2021 but has reduced its schedule to around three flights a day to Dallas-Fort Worth. The schedule, as shown on the airport website, shows shows four daily arrivals and three daily departures. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines stopped its direct service to Atlanta\u2019s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in July 2020.<\/p>\n

The airport received a $1.145 million grant in August 2022 from the Small Community Air Service Development Program of the Federal Aviation Administration to recruit a route to Chicago or another northeastern market. The grant is good for 10 years. The airport contracted with Middleton, Wisc.-based Mead & Hunt to help recruit more flights and add new markets.<\/p>\n

Following are the previous 11 years of Fort Smith enplanement totals.
2025: 62,369
2024: 61,409
2023: 60,669
2022: 61,719
2021: 47,287
2020: 38,660
2019: 95,670
2018: 90,501
2017: 89,582
2016: 87,488
2015: 86,704<\/p>\n

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