Forward Air (FWRD) 10-K/A 2006 FY Annual report (amended)

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Annual Report of Forward Air Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K/A for the period ended December 31, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2006 (the “Report”), I, Andrew C. Clarke, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2.	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: March 22, 2006

/s/ Andrew C. Clarke 

Andrew C. Clarke 

Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President 

and Treasurer 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Forward Air Corporation and will be retained by Forward Air Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.