Ice runways in Antarctica.
McMurdo Station Ice runway is located close to McMurdo Station, McMurdo Station at 47 km↑, Puerto Williams at 4801 km↑, Barrio Almirante Brown at 4802 km↑, Ushuaia at 4804 km↑, Kaiken at 4851 km↑, Río Grande at 4923 km↑,
Ice Runway is built on the pack ice to accommodate the planes that serve the United States Antarctic Program during the austral summer. This track is rebuilt at the beginning of each season and used until the beginning of December when the sea ice begins to come off.
The longest runway measure : 3048 m = 10000ft
- runway 11/29 : 3048m = 10000ft
- runway 16/34 : 3048m = 10000ft
Data sources
- AVWX (avwx.rest)
- Aerial maps : Google Maps (www.google.com), Microsoft Bing (www.microsoft.com) ou OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org)