Isbell Field


Isbell Field is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles north of the central business district of Fort Payne, a city in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.

Facilities and aircraft

Isbell Field covers an area of at an elevation of 877 feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 100 feet.
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.
It was named for John Birdwell Isbell, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama.