Abernathy Field | |||||||||||
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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°W | ||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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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]
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]