<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-14-013196.txt : 20140516
<SEC-HEADER>0001225208-14-013196.hdr.sgml : 20140516
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20140516164730
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-14-013196
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140508
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140516
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140516

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FORWARD AIR CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000912728
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ARRANGEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT & CARGO [4731]
		IRS NUMBER:				621120025
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		430 AIRPORT RD
		CITY:			GREENEVILLE
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37745
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4236367000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 1058
		CITY:			GREENEVILLE
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37744

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LANDAIR SERVICES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930928

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hance Michael L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001608473

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22490
		FILM NUMBER:		14852119

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		430 AIRPORT ROAD
		CITY:			GREENEVILLE
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37745
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2014-05-08</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000912728</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>FORWARD AIR CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FWRD</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001608473</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Hance Michael L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>430 AIRPORT ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GREENEVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>37745</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Senior VP, CLO and Secretary</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>11056.0000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>22.4700</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2017-02-07</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>36000.0000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>D</value>
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        <derivativeHolding>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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            <expirationDate>
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            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>6666.0000</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2019-02-07</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F5"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2020-02-07</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>4407.0000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
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            <exerciseDate>
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                <value>2021-02-06</value>
            </expirationDate>
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                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Of the 11,056 shares beneficially owned, 3,035 shares are 2/7/12, 2/7/13 and 2/6/14 awards of time-vesting restricted stock under the Forward Air Corporation Amended and Restated Stock Option &amp; Incentive Plan in transactions exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3.  The restricted stock vests equally in one-third increments over three years commencing on the one year anniversary of the applicable award date and will be fully vested on 2/6/17.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This option vests 33-1/3% each year over a three year period commencing on 2/7/11.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option vests 33-1/3% each year over a three year period commencing on 2/11/12.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">This option vests 33-1/3% each year over a three year period commencing on 2/7/13.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">This option vests 33-1/3% each year over a three year period commencing on 2/7/14.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">This option vests 33-1/3% each year over a three year period commencing on 2/6/15.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>mhancepoa.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael P. McLean, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-05-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>mhancepoa.txt
<TEXT>
Power of Attorney
       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned (the "Reporting Person")
  hereby constitutes and appoints Matthew J. Jewell and Michael P. McLean, and
each of them, as the Reporting Person's true and lawful Attorneys-in-Fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the Reporting Person, in the Reporting Person's

capacity as an officer or director of Forward Air Corporation (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
  of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform and all acts for and on behalf of the Reporting Person which
may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and
timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing
which, in the opinion of such Attorney-in-Fact, may be of benefit to, and in the
  best interest of, or legally required by, the Reporting Person.
       The Reporting Person hereby grants to each such Attorney-in-Fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Reporting
  Person might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
Attorney-in-Fact, or such Attorney-in-Fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by the virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The Reporting Person acknowledges that the
foregoing Attorneys-in-Fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
Reporting Person, are not assuming, nor is the company assuming, any of the
Reporting Persons responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
Reporting Person is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the Reporting Person's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the Reporting Person in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing Attorney-in-Fact.
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF. the Reporting Person has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of May, 2014.


/s/Michael L. Hance
</TEXT>
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