Ice Runway
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ice-runway-311-5477728
title:
Ice Runway
text:
The Ice Runway is the principal runway for the U.S. Antarctic Program during the summer Antarctic field season due to its proximity to McMurdo Station. The other two runways in the area are the snow runway at Williams Field (NZWD) and the compacted snow runway at Phoenix Airfield (NZFX), which replaced Pegasus Field (NZPG) in 2017. The sea ice runway is capable of handling wheeled aircraft, which have included to date: Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Sea ice airport for McMurdo Station, Antarctica
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Runway
date created:
date modified:
2023-10-21T08:32:21Z
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13
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