List of airports in Antarctica explained

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This is an alphabetical list of airports in Antarctica, including airstrips, heliports and skiways (snow runways^[1]).

List

Airport name Type	Country	ICAO code	IATA code	Other code	Location	Coordinates	Runway(s): Direction Length Surface
Arctowski Heliport^[2]				AG11177	King George Island	-62.1594°N -58.4729°W	Concrete
Belgrano II Skiway^[3]		SAYB			Bertrab Nunatak	-64.9757°N -60.0715°W	6560feet Ice
Bharati Heliport					Larsemann Hills	-69.4068°N 76.1934°W	Concrete
Boulder Clay Runway^[4] ^[5] (serving Zucchelli)		AQBC^[6]			Terra Nova Bay	-74.7401°N 164.0373°W	02/20 7218feet Gravel
Browning Pass Skiway^[7]				AT02	Terra Nova Bay	-74.6226°N 163.9162°W	02/20 3010feet Ice
Byrd Surface Skiway					Marie Byrd Land	-80.0169°N -119.5849°W	10940feet Ice
Carlini Airstrip^[8]		SAYJ			Potter Cove	-62.2383°N -58.6666°W	1312feet Gravel
Casey Station Skiway (serving Casey)		YCSK			Budd Coast Wilkes Land	-66.288°N 110.7576°W	9/27 6547feet Ice
Concordia Skiway^[9]				AT03	Antarctic Plateau	-75.1033°N 123.3583°W	01/19 6560feet Ice
D10 Skiway (serving Dumont d'Urville Station)^[10]				AT04	Cape Géodésie	-66.668°N 139.8197°W	10/28 4265feet Ice
D85 Skiway^[11]				AT05	Adélie Land	-70.425°N 134.1458°W	9/27 9345feet Ice
Davis Plateau Skiway^[12] (serving Davis)			QAD^[13]	AT07	Princess Elizabeth Land	-68.4696°N 78.7909°W	17/35 317feet Ice
Davis Sea Ice Skiway (serving Davis)					Princess Elizabeth Land	-68.5647°N 77.965°W	317feet Ice
Dome Fuji Skiway					Queen Maud Land	-77.3167°N 39.7°W	3937feet Ice
Skiway					Princess Elizabeth Land	-69.7379°N 73.7333°W	6562feet Ice
Enigma Lake Skiway^[14] (serving Mario Zucchelli)				AT09	Terra Nova Bay	-74.7189°N 164.0296°W	18/36 2376feet Ice
Esperanza Airstrip^[15]		SAYE			King George Island	-63.4°N -56.9833°W	1640feet Gravel
Ferraz Heliport^[16]				AG11178	King George Island	-62.0857°N -58.3915°W	6560feet
Fossil Bluff Skiway^[17]				AT10	George VI Sound	-71.3293°N -68.267°W	17/35 3960feet Snow
Halley Skiway^[18]		EGAH		AT11	Brunt Ice Shelf	-75.5817°N -26.5412°W	09/27 1191feet Snow
Jack F. Paulus Skiway^[19] (serving Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station)		NZSP			South Pole	-89.9975°N 139.2728°W	02/20 12000feet Snow
Kohnen Skiway^[20]				AT12	Queen Maud Land	-75.0019°N 0.0666°W	17/35 6560feet Ice
Kunlun Skiway					East Antarctica	-80.4171°N 77.1161°W	10236feet Ice
Machu Picchu Heliport^[21]				AG11179	King George Island	-62.0912°N -58.471°W	Concrete
Maitri Helipad					Schirmacher Oasis	-70.7667°N 11.7319°W	Concrete
Marambio Airport^[22]		SAWB	QAB^[23]		Seymour Island	-64.2392°N -56.6301°W	05/23 4134feet Gravel
Marble Point Heliport^[24] Refuelling station				GC0079	Victoria Land	-77.4131°N 163.6789°W	Gravel
Matienzo Skiway^[25]		SAWZ		BTM	Larsen Nunatak	-64.9757°N -60.0715°W	4920feet Sea Ice
Mawson Plateau Skiway^[26]					Mac. Robertson Land	-67.7191°N 62.824°W	Variable Ice
Mawson Sea Ice Skiway					Mac. Robertson Land	-67.6008°N 62.8328°W	Variable Sea Ice
McMurdo Ice Runway^[27] (serving McMurdo Station and Scott Base)		NZIR	QAI		Ross Island	-77.8539°N 166.4686°W	11/29 9979feet Ice 16/34 9979feet Ice
Mid Point Skiway^[28]				AT14	East Antarctic Ice Sheet	-75.5411°N 145.8217°W	01/19 3960feet Ice
Molodezhnaya Ice Runway^[29]				AT15	Thala Hills	-67.6828°N 46.1347°W	10/28 8395feet Ice
Neumayer III Skiway^[30]			QAN^[31]	AT16	Ekstrom Ice Shelf	-70.6352°N -8.2635°W	15/33 3326feet Ice
Novo Runway (serving Novolazarevskaya and Maitri)			QAO^[32]	AT17	Queen Maud Land	-70.8215°N 11.6433°W	10/28 10824feet Blue Ice
O'Higgins Skiway (serving General Bernardo O'Higgins)		SCBO			Prime Head	-63.3428°N -57.8232°W	2625feet Ice
Odell Glacier Skiway^[33]				AT18	Odell Glacier	-76.65°N 159.9667°W

| 18/36
5914feet
Ice|- valign=top| Orcadas Heliport^[34] | | SAYO| | | Laurie Island| -60.738°N -44.7379°W| |- valign=top| Palmer Skiway^[35]
| | NZ12| | NZ0B
AG11180| Anvers Island| -64.7746°N -64.0359°W| 01/19
2500feet
Snow|- valign=top| Patriot Hills Blue-Ice Runway| | SCPZ| || Ellsworth Mountains| -80.3149°N -81.3748°W| 24M
3281feet
Ice|- valign=top| Pegasus Field^[36]
(serving McMurdo Station and Scott Base)|
| NZPG| || Ross Island| -77.9745°N 166.5279°W| 15/33
10000feet
Ice
08/26
10000feet
Ice (skiway)^[37] |- valign=top| Perseus Airstrip
(serving Princess Elisabeth Antarctica)| || || Queen Maud Land| -71.4283°N 23.5658°W| 10/28
9840feet
Blue Ice|- valign=top| Petrel Skiway^[38] | | | | SA47| Dundee Island| -63.479°N -56.2313°W| 08/26
3485feet
Ice|- valign=top| Phoenix Airfield^[39]
(serving McMurdo Station and Scott Base)|
| NZFX| QAX^[40] || Ross Island| -77.9563°N 166.7668°W| 15/33
11000feet
Compacted Snow|- valign=top| Plateau Station Skiway^[41] | | | | AT20| Queen Maud Land| -79.2508°N 40.5604°W| 18/36
11458feet
Ice|- valign=top| Plog Island Skiway
(serving Davis)| | | || Plog Island| -68.5343°N 78.0062°W| (variable)
Ice|- valign=top| Primavera Heliport| | | | | Cierva Cove| -64.1566°N -60.9534°W| Concrete|- valign=top| Princess Elisabeth Skiway| | | QAP^[42] | AT99| Utsteinen Nunatak| -71.9574°N 23.2201°W| 4650feet
Blue Ice|- valign=top| Progress Skiway| || || Larsemann Hills| -69.4307°N 76.3319°W| 4920feet
Ice|- valign=top| Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport
(serving Eduardo Frei)| | SCRM| TNM|| King George Island| -62.1908°N -58.9867°W| 11/29
4232feet
Gravel|- valign=top| Rothera Air Facility^[43] | | EGAR| QAR^[44] | AT01| Rothera Point
Adelaide Island| -67.5678°N -68.1274°W| 18/36
2851feet
Gravel|- valign=top| Rumdoodle Skiway
(serving Mawson)| | | | AT21| Mac. Robertson Land| -67.7537°N 62.7661°W| 17/35
1320feet
Ice|- valign=top| S17 Skiway| || || Enderby Land| -69.0281°N 40.0924°W| 4000feet
Ice|- valign=top| San Martín Airstrip^[45] | | SAYS| | BSM| Marguerite Bay| -68.1167°N -67.1°W| 1640feet
Ice|- valign=top| SANAE IV Skiway^[46] |
| | QAS^[47] | AT22| Queen Maud Land| -71.6724°N -2.8249°W| 17/35
3274feet
Ice|- valign=top| Showa Skiway^[48] | | | | AT25| East Ongul Island| -69.0198°N 39.6254°W| 17/35
4000feet
Ice|- valign=top| Siple Dome Skiway | || || Marie Byrd Land| -81.6581°N 148.9974°W| 10940feet
Ice|- valign=top| Sitry Skiway^[49] | | | | AT23| Antarctic Plateau| -71.6539°N 148.6533°W| 17/35
3274feet
Ice|- valign=top| Sky Blu Skiway^[50] | | EGAT| | AT24| Ellsworth Land| -74.8563°N -71.5693°W| 14/32
3960feet
Blue Ice|- valign=top| St. Kliment Ohridski Heliport| | | | | Livingston Island| -62.6409°N -60.3647°W| Concrete|- valign=top| Taishan Skiway| | | | | Princess Elizabeth Land| -73.8639°N 76.9742°W| 6955feet
Ice|- valign=top| Thiel Skiway^[51] || || AT26| Thiel Mountains| -85.1983°N -87.8783°W| 17/35
5175feet^[52]
Ice|- valign=top| Troll Airfield^[53]
(serving Troll Station)| | ENOE| QAT^[54] | AT27| Queen Maud Land| -71.9554°N 2.4674°W| 11/29
10826feet
Blue ice|- valign=top| Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway
(serving Union Glacier Camp and Union Glacier Station)|
| SCGC | UGL|| Heritage Range| -79.7778°N -83.3208°W| 18/36
9842feet
Blue ice|- valign=top| Vostok Skiway^[55] | | | | AT28| Pole of Cold| -78.4661°N 106.8483°W| 03/21
11983feet
Ice

|- valign=top| Wilkins Runway^[56]
(serving Casey)| | YWKS| || Budd Coast
Wilkes Land
(Upper Peterson Glacier)| -66.6894°N 111.4858°W| 09/27
13123feet
Ice

|- valign=top| Williams Field^[57]
(serving McMurdo Station and Scott Base)
|
| NZWD| QAW^[58] || Ross Island| -77.8674°N 167.0566°W| 07/25
10000feet
Snow
15/33
10000feet
Snow|- valign=top| Wolfs Fang Runway| || WFR^[59] | AT98| Queen Maud Land| -71.5167°N 56°W| 2500m (8,200feet)
Blue Ice|- valign=top| Zhongshan Station| | | | | Larsemann Hills| -69.4297°N 76.3419°W| Ice|- valign=top| Zucchelli Ice Runway
(serving Zucchelli)^[60] | | NZTB^[61] | | AT13| Terra Nova Bay| -74.683°N 164.1126°W| 03/21
10137feet
Ice|}

See also

• Lists of airports
• Research stations in Antarctica
• Transport in Antarctica

External links

• Web site: ICAO Location Indicators by State . . 17 September 2010.
• Web site: UN Location Codes: Antarctica . UN/LOCODE 2011-2 . . 28 February 2012. - includes IATA codes
• Airports in Antarctica at Great Circle Mapper
• —World Aero Data
• Antarctic facilities in operation—COMNAP
• Antarctic Digital Database Map Viewer—SCAR

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lyons . Jaclyn . Skiway teams make landing in the Arctic more accessible . Air National Guard . 19 May 2024 . 4 December 2019.
2. Web site: Arctowski Heliport . Airports Database . 14 March 2023.
3. Web site: Belgrano II Airport. Airports Database. 13 March 2023.
4. Web site: Proposed construction and operation of a gravel runway in the area of Zucchelli Station . ATCM XXXVIII . 19 August 2020.
5. Web site: Antartide: primo volo tecnico sulla pista . ENEA . 21 November 2022 . 16 December 2022.
6. Web site: Boulder Clay Runway Airport . Airports Database . 15 March 2023.
7. Web site: Browning Pass Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
8. Web site: Carlini Airstrip . Airports Database . 15 March 2023.
9. Web site: Concordia Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
10. Web site: D10 Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
11. Web site: D85 Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
12. Web site: Davis Plateau Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
13. Web site: Davis Plateau Skiway . flightradar24 . 30 October 2023.
14. Web site: Enigma Lake Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
15. Web site: Arctowski Heliport . Airports Database . 14 March 2023.
16. Web site: Ferraz Heliport . Airports Database . 14 March 2023.
17. Web site: Fossil Bluff Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
18. Web site: Halley Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
19. Web site: NZSP Jack F. Paulus Skiway. Great Circle Mapper. 21 September 2017.
20. Web site: Kohnen Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
21. Web site: Machu Picchu Heliport . Airports Database . 15 March 2023.
22. Web site: SAWB Marambio Airport. Great Circle Mapper. 21 September 2017.
23. Web site: Marambio Airport. flightradar24r. 30 October 2023.
24. Web site: GC0079 Marble Point. Great Circle Mapper. 21 September 2017.
25. Web site: Matienzo Base. Airports Database. 13 March 2023.
26. Web site: Mawson Ski Landing Areas . Australian Antarctic Data Center . 9 September 2020.
27. Web site: Ice Runway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
28. Web site: Mid Point Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
29. Web site: Molodezhnaya . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
30. Web site: Neumayer Station Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
31. Web site: Neumayer III Skiway . flightradar24. 30 October 2023.
32. Web site: Novo Runway. flightradar24 . 30 October 2023.
33. Web site: Odell Glacier . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
34. Web site: Orcadas Airport . Airports Database . 15 March 2023.
35. Web site: NZ12 Palmer Station. Great Circle Mapper. 21 September 2017.
36. Web site: NZPG Pegasus Field. Great Circle Mapper. 21 September 2017.
37. USAP.gov US Antarctic Program Inter-agency Air Operations Manual
38. Web site: Petrel . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
39. Web site: NZFX Phoenix Airfield. Great Circle Mapper. 21 September 2017.
40. Web site: NZFX Phoenix Airfield. flightradar24. 30 October 2023.
41. Web site: Plateau Station Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
42. Web site: Princess Elisabeth Skiwau. flightradar24. 30 October 2023.
43. Web site: Rothera Research Station . Airport Nav Finder . October 18, 2018.
44. Web site: Rothera Air Facility. flightradar24. 30 October 2023.
45. Web site: San Martín Base Airfield Airport . Airports Database . 15 March 2023.
46. Web site: SANAE IV . Airport Nav Finder . October 18, 2018.
47. Web site: SANAE IV . flightradar24 . 30 October 2023.
48. Web site: Showa Station Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 18, 2018.
49. Web site: Sitry Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
50. Web site: Sky Blu Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . 21 October 2018.
51. Web site: Thiel Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . 21 October 2018.
52. Web site: Patriot Hills base Camp . University of South Wales . 19 August 2020.
53. Web site: GC0036 Troll Airfield. Great Circle Mapper . 21 September 2017.
54. Web site: Troll Airfield. flightradar24. 30 October 2023.
55. Web site: Vostok Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . 21 October 2018.
56. Web site: YWKS Wilkins Runway. Great Circle Mapper . 20 September 2017.
57. Web site: NZWD Williams Field. Great Circle Mapper . 20 September 2017.
58. Web site: McMurdo Williams Field. flightradar24 . 30 October 2023.
59. Web site: Wolfs Fang Runway. flightradar24 . 30 October 2023.
60. Web site: Mario Zucchelli Skiway . Airport Nav Finder . October 17, 2018.
61. Web site: Mario Zucchelli Skiway . Great Circle Mapper. 11 March 2023.