Abernathy Field

Abernathy Field
Abernathy Field
	IATA: none; ICAO: KGZS; FAA LID: GZS;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Pulaski & Giles County
Serves	Pulaski, Tennessee
Elevation AMSL	685 ft / 209 m
Coordinates	35°09′13″N 087°03′25″W / 35.15361°N 87.05694°WCoordinates: 35°09′13″N 087°03′25″W / 35.15361°N 87.05694°W
Map
	KGZS' Location of airport in Tennessee
Runways
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	8,200
Based aircraft	11
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Abernathy Field (ICAO: KGZS, FAA LID: GZS) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Pulaski, a city in Giles County, Tennessee, United States. It is owned by the City of Pulaski and Giles County.^[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.^[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned GZS by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[3]

Facilities and aircraft[]

Abernathy Field covers an area of 308 acres (125 ha) at an elevation of 685 feet (209 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 3, 2009, the airport had 8,200 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 9 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 1 jet.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for GZS PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 5 (PDF, 1.18 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
^ "Abernathy Field (ICAO: KGZS, FAA: GZS)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 14 July 2010.

External links[]

Aerial image as of 1 April 1998 from USGS The National Map
Abernathy Field (GZS) at Tennessee DOT airport directory
FAA Terminal Procedures for GZS, effective February 24, 2022
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for GZS
- AirNav airport information for GZS
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for GZS

[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for GZS PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.

[2] National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 5 (PDF, 1.18 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.

[3] "Abernathy Field (ICAO: KGZS, FAA: GZS)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 14 July 2010.

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