4A9 Isbell Fld

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind calm · VFR · 23 min old · from K4A6 (19.1 nm away)

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22 50% 5001 ft

4 50% 5001 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	23 min	Nearest station K4A6 (19.1 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	875 min	Only 0 min of track history so far
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (Only 0 min of track history so far)

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4A9 field & runways

Isbell Fld, Fort Payne, Alabama. Field elevation 877 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 4.0°W on record, 4.8°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.058°/year west — about 1° every 17 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
22	219.4°	224.3°	matches rule gives runway 23 in ~13 yr	5,001 ft	ASPH	left
4	39.5°	44.3°	matches rule gives runway 5 in ~13 yr	5,001 ft	ASPH	left

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