📍 Fort Payne⬆ 877 ft1 runways
K4A9 ·
Isbell Field
34.47370°N
-85.72140°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲
44.4%
DEP / DAY
2
▲
166.7%
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
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
93°F
Wind
8 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
04/22
5,001 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
22
56% of ops
40 land · 22 TO
04
44% of ops
31 land · 33 TO
Runway 22 carries 56% of operations (40 landings, 22 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 44%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
22
40 landings
UA 0%
04
31 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 22 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 40 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
3.4
flights/day · 103 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
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+
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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