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K4A9 ·

Isbell Field

34.47370°N

-85.72140°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 25.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 175.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From K9A5, 29 mi away (K4A9 does not publish METAR)

16m ago

Temp

72°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

8047 m

Ceil

—

METAR K9A5 181315Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR SCT002 BKN037 22/22 A3007 RMK AO2 T02240221

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

70% of ops

62 land · 30 TO

30% of ops

27 land · 28 TO

Runway 22 carries 70% of operations (62 landings, 30 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

22 62 landings

UA 0%

04 27 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 22 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 62 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

4.1

flights/day · 122 total

Busy hour (local)

12pm

also 1pm · 8pm

Day vs night

66%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12pm–8pm local, averaging 4.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (2.6 vs 4.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 93 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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