Gwinnett County/Briscoe Field
LZU · KLZU · Lawrenceville, Georgia · Gwinnett County · map
Gwinnett County/Briscoe Field is a public-use airport owned by Gwinnett County, 2 miles northeast of Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1,062 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 6,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KLZU · observed 3:56 pm EDT (19:56 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 11 knots, gusting to 16
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 76°F (24°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 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 KLZU 061956Z 08011G16KT 10SM CLR 24/12 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02440122 $
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 LZU · ICAO KLZU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Gwinnett County
- Elevation
- 1,062 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,039 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; 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
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 6,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 48 ft high 1,160 ft from the end
- Runway 25: ILS, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 10 ft high 301 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.1 | Gwinnett |
| UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 132.275 | Gwinnett |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.8 | Gwinnett |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 134.0 | Gwinnett |
| Approach and departure | 126.975 | Gwinnett |
| Bokrt and star | 119.8 | Gwinnett |
| Wrgnz and star | 128.575 | Gwinnett |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 770-339-7753.
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 Lawrenceville from the FAA register
100 aircraft are registered to owners in Lawrenceville, Georgia: 54 piston singles, 18 business jets, 12 drones, 8 piston twins, 3 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 31 since 1982, 5 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
- Taxiway T has non-standard marking.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 25; high-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 07 and 25 operates continuously.
- Pattern altitude for light aircraft 1039 feet; pattern altitude for jet and turbo prop aircraft 1539 feet.
- Secondary wind anemometer sensor on field supporting the control tower operations.
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.