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K4A9 ·

Isbell Field

34.47370°N

-85.72140°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

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 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21m ago

Temp

—

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR K4A9 090135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR A3021 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

63% of ops

56 land · 28 TO

37% of ops

33 land · 37 TO

Runway 22 carries 63% of operations (56 landings, 28 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

22 56 landings

UA 0%

04 33 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 22 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 56 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

4.2

flights/day · 127 total

Busy hour (local)

12pm

also 1pm · 9pm

Day vs night

72%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12pm–9pm local, averaging 4.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (5.2 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (12% of 111 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+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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