Isbell Field
NAIP aerial image, 15 June 2006
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 4A9
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Fort Payne
Serves	Fort Payne, Alabama
Elevation AMSL	877 ft / 267 m
Coordinates	34°28′25″N 085°43′17″W / 34.47361°N 85.72139°W / 34.47361; -85.72139
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 16,470 Based aircraft 56
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Isbell Field (FAA LID: 4A9) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the central business district of Fort Payne, a city in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.^[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Isbell Field covers an area of 126 acres (51 ha) at an elevation of 877 feet (267 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 12, 2009, the airport had 16,470 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 45 per day. At that time there were 56 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 13% multi-engine and 5% jet.^[1]

It was named for John Birdwell Isbell, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama.