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SMD to ALN: distance & flight time
Fort Wayne IN (Smith Field) → Alton/St Louis (St Louis Regional Airport)
302 mi
486 km · 262 nm
1h 16m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
302 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 16m gate to gate, flying southwest. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- SMD — Smith Field · Fort Wayne IN, United States
- ALN — St Louis Regional Airport · Alton/St Louis, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near SMD
- FWA · Fort Wayne International Airport12 mi away
- ANQ · Tri State Steuben County Airport34 mi away
- EKI · Elkhart Municipal Airport59 mi away
- GUS · Grissom Air Reserve Base62 mi away
Near ALN
- STL · St Louis Lambert International Airport20 mi away
- BLV · Scott AFB/Midamerica Airport26 mi away
- SUS · Spirit of St Louis Airport36 mi away
- SPI · Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport69 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SMD from ALN?
The flight distance from Fort Wayne IN (SMD) to Alton/St Louis (ALN) is 302 miles (486 km, 262 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SMD to ALN?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 16m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from SMD to ALN?
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