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K4A9 ·

Isbell Field

34.47370°N

-85.72140°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8m ago

Temp

93°F

Wind

8 kts

280°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR K4A9 281855Z AUTO 28008G16KT 10SM SCT045 34/23 A2984 RMK AO2 T03400232

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

59% of ops

52 land · 41 TO

41% of ops

36 land · 31 TO

Runway 04 carries 59% of operations (52 landings, 41 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 41%.

Approach quality

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

04 52 landings

UA 0%

22 36 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 04 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 52 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

2.1

flights/day · 62 total

Busy hour (local)

12pm

also 2pm · 1pm

Day vs night

77%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 2.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (1.4 vs 2.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 53 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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