Abernathy Field

{{Short description|Airport}}

{{Other uses|Abernathy Airport (disambiguation){{!}}Abernathy Airport}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox Airport

| name = Abernathy Field

| image = Abernathy Field.JPG

| IATA =

| ICAO = KGZS

| FAA = GZS

| type = Public

| owner = City of Pulaski & Giles County

| operator =

| city-served = Pulaski, Tennessee

| location =

| elevation-f = 685

| elevation-m = 209

| coordinates = {{coord|35|09|13|N|087|03|25|W|region:US-TN_type:airport_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| website =

| pushpin_map = USA Tennessee#USA

| pushpin_mapsize = 200

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Tennessee

| pushpin_label = KGZS

| pushpin_label_position = right

| r1-number = 16/34

| r1-length-f = 5,001

| r1-length-m = 1,524

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2009

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations

| stat1-data = 8,200

| stat2-header = Based aircraft

| stat2-data = 11

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=GZS|use=PU|own=PU|site=23160.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.

}}

Abernathy Field {{airport codes||KGZS|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. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems] for 2009–2013: [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part5.pdf Appendix A: Part 5 (PDF, 1.18 MB)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606181720/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part5.pdf |date=2011-06-06 }}. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.

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.{{cite web | url = http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KGZS | title = Abernathy Field (ICAO: KGZS, FAA: GZS) | publisher = Great Circle Mapper | accessdate = 14 July 2010}}

Facilities and aircraft

Abernathy Field covers an area of {{convert|308|acre|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).

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.

See also

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