Facilities and Aircraft
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).
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.
In May 2010 the FAA gave preliminary approval to a plan to privatize the airport. This allowed Gwinnett county to further study plans on a possible sale of the airport to private investors. In June 2012, the County's Board of Commissioners canceled the privatization plan, amid local opposition to initiating commercial passenger service from the airport.
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