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K4A9 ·

Isbell Field

34.47370°N

-85.72140°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 85.7%

DEP / DAY

▼ 7.1%

Isbell Field (K4A9) is a small general aviation airport located in Fort Payne, AL, 46 mi south west of Chattanooga. It features 1 runway measuring 5,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

10m ago

Temp

—

Wind

8 kts

20°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR K4A9 192155Z AUTO 02008KT 10SM CLR A3029 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,001 FT MAX

04/22

5,001 ft × 100

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

65% of ops

41 land · 13 TO

35% of ops

22 land · 21 TO

Runway 22 carries 65% of operations (41 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 35%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

22 41 landings

UA 0%

04 22 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 22 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 41 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

4.0

flights/day · 119 total

Busy hour (local)

8pm

also 12pm · 1pm

Day vs night

65%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–8pm local, averaging 4.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (3.0 vs 4.5 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

17 · 18%

13 · 14%

7 · 7%

Activity is led by (18% of 95 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.800	—
UNICOM	122.800	—
AWOS	119.025	—
GADSDEN	124.500	—
OTHER	124.500	—
GADSDEN	270.325	—
OTHER	270.325	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZTL
Mag var:: 4° W
Fuel:: 100LL, A+

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