Abernathy Field
GZS · KGZS · Pulaski, Tennessee · Giles County · map
Abernathy Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Pulaski & Giles County, 3 miles southwest of Pulaski, Tennessee, 689 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 5,310 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KGZS · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southeast (150°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGZS 062015Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 29/14 A2998 RMK A01
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GZS · ICAO KGZS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Pulaski & Giles County
- Elevation
- 689 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 7:00 pm; Sunday, 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,310 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 300 ft, tower 74 ft high 1,768 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Gzs and aWOS-3 | 118.275 | |
| Centerville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.85 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 931-363-6760.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Pulaski from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Pulaski, Tennessee: 12 piston singles, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Rock quarry 1000 feet from runway 34; xplos operations schedule in advn with airport.
- Closed christmas.
- Aft hour - amgr.
- Approach slope 51:1 to dthr.
- Rock quarry tower.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.