| Gwinnett County Airport Briscoe Field |
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| IATA: none – ICAO: KLZU – FAA LID: LZU | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner/Operator | Gwinnett County | ||
| Serves | Lawrenceville, Georgia | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,061 ft / 323 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 7/25 | 6,000 | 1,829 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2005) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 108,485 | ||
| Based aircraft | 433 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Gwinnett County Airport (ICAO: KLZU, FAA LID: LZU) at Briscoe Field is a municipal airport located about two miles (3 km) northeast of Lawrenceville, Georgia, in the United States. It is owned and operated by the Gwinnett county, in the northeastern part of metro Atlanta.[1]
It has a 6,000-foot (1,800 m) runway, and is 1,061 feet (323 m) above mean sea level (AMSL). Student training is conducted at the airport by several different flight schools. Two FBOs, Landmark (north ramp) and Aircraft Specialists (south ramp), serve the field with facilities, passenger lounges, and fuel. ImagineAir, an air taxi company, is based at the airport and is currently the airport's largest air carrier by passenger volume. Airport Minimum Standards for Operation were rewritten in 2006.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Gwinnett County Airport is assigned LZU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
Gwinnett County - Briscoe Field covers an area of 472 acres (191 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway designated 7/25 which measures 6,000 x 100 ft (1,829 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 5, 2005, the airport had 108,485 aircraft operations, an average of 297 per day: 99.7% general aviation and 0.3% military. There are 433 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 8% jet and 4% helicopter.[1]
In May 2010 the FAA gave preliminary approval to a plan to privatize the airport. This allows Gwinnett county to further study plans on a possible sale of the airport to private investors.[3]
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