List of airports in Antarctica

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

List

Airports

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Airport name

Country

ICAO
code

IATA
code

Other
code

Location

Coordinates
Runway(s):
Direction
Length
Surface
Belgrano II Skiway[2]  Argentina SAYB Bertrab Nunatak 64°58′32″S 60°04′17″W 6,560 feet (2,000 m)
Ice
Boulder Clay Runway[3][4]
(serving Zucchelli)
 Italy AQBC[5] Terra Nova Bay 74°44′24″S 164°02′14″E 02/20
7,218 feet (2,200 m)

Gravel
Browning Pass Skiway[6]  Italy AT02 Terra Nova Bay 74°37′21″S 163°54′58″E 02/20
3,010 feet (920 m)

Ice
Byrd Surface Skiway  United States Marie Byrd Land 80°01′01″S 119°35′06″W 10,940 feet (3,330 m)
Ice
Carlini Airstrip[7]  Argentina SAYJ Potter Cove 62°14′18″S 58°40′00″W 1,312 feet (400 m)
Gravel
Casey Station Skiway
(serving Casey)
 Australia YCSK Budd Coast
Wilkes Land
66°17′17″S 110°45′27″E 9/27
6,547 feet (1,996 m)
Ice
Concordia Skiway[8]  France
 Italy
AT03 Antarctic Plateau 75°06′12″S 123°21′30″E 01/19
6,560 feet (2,000 m)

Ice
D10 Skiway
(serving Dumont d'Urville Station)[9]
 France AT04 Cape Géodésie 66°40′05″S 139°49′11″E 10/28
4,265 feet (1,300 m)

Ice
D85 Skiway[10]  France AT05 Adélie Land 70°25′30″S 134°08′45″E 9/27
9,345 feet (2,848 m)

Ice
Davis Plateau Skiway[11]
(serving Davis)
 Australia AT07 Princess Elizabeth Land 68°28′11″S 78°47′27″E 17/35
317 feet (97 m)

Ice
Davis Sea Ice Skiway
(serving Davis)
 Australia Princess Elizabeth Land 68°33′53″S 77°57′54″E 317 feet (97 m)
Ice
Dome Fuji Skiway  Japan Queen Maud Land 77°19′00″S 39°42′00″E 3,937 feet (1,200 m)
Ice
Drúzhnaya 4 [ru] Skiway  Russia Princess Elizabeth Land 69°44′16″S 73°44′00″E 6,562 feet (2,000 m)
Ice
Enigma Lake Skiway[12]
(serving Mario Zucchelli)
 Italy AT09 Terra Nova Bay 74°43′08″S 164°01′46″E 18/36
2,376 feet (724 m)

Ice
Fossil Bluff Skiway[13]  United Kingdom AT10 George VI Sound 71°19′46″S 68°16′01″W 17/35
3,960 feet (1,210 m)

Snow
Halley Skiway[14]  United Kingdom EGAH AT11 Brunt Ice Shelf 75°34′54″S 26°32′28″W 09/27
1,191 feet (363 m)

Snow
Jack F. Paulus Skiway[15]
(serving Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station)
 United States NZSP South Pole 89°59′51″S 139°16′22″E 02/20
12,000 feet (3,700 m)
Snow
Kohnen Skiway[16]  Germany AT12 Queen Maud Land 75°00′07″S 0°04′00″E 17/35
6,560 feet (2,000 m)

Ice
Kunlun Skiway  China East Antarctica 80°25′02″S 77°06′58″E 10,236 feet (3,120 m)
Ice
Marambio Airport[17]  Argentina SAWB Seymour Island 64°14′21″S 56°37′48″W 05/23
4,134 feet (1,260 m)

Gravel
Matienzo Skiway[18]  Argentina SAWZ BTM Larsen Nunatak 64°58′32″S 60°04′17″W 4,920 feet (1,500 m)
Sea Ice
Mawson Plateau Skiway[19]  Australia Mac. Robertson Land 67°43′09″S 62°49′26″E Variable
Ice
Mawson Sea Ice Skiway[19]  Australia Mac. Robertson Land 67°36′03″S 62°49′58″E Variable
Sea Ice
McMurdo Ice Runway[20]
(serving McMurdo Station and Scott Base)
 United States
 New Zealand
NZIR Ross Island 77°51′14″S 166°28′07″E 11/29
9,979 feet (3,042 m)
Ice
16/34
9,979 feet (3,042 m)
Ice
Mid Point Skiway[21]  Italy AT14 East Antarctic Ice Sheet 75°32′28″S 145°49′18″E 01/19
3,960 feet (1,210 m)

Ice
Molodezhnaya Ice Runway[22]  Russia AT15 Thala Hills 67°40′58″S 46°08′05″E 10/28
8,395 feet (2,559 m)

Ice
Neumayer III Skiway[23]  Germany AT16 Ekstrom Ice Shelf 70°38′07″S 8°15′49″W 15/33
3,326 feet (1,014 m)

Ice
Novo Runway
(serving Novolazarevskaya and Maitri)
 Russia
 India
AT17 Queen Maud Land 70°49′17″S 11°38′36″E 10/28
10,824 feet (3,299 m)

Blue Ice
O'Higgins Skiway
(serving General Bernardo O'Higgins)
 Chile SCBO Prime Head 63°20′34″S 57°49′23″W 2,625 feet (800 m)
Ice
Odell Glacier Skiway[24]  United States AT18 Odell Glacier 76°39′00″S 159°58′00″E 18/36
5,914 feet (1,803 m)

Ice
Palmer Skiway[25]
 United States NZ12 NZ0B
AG11180
Anvers Island 64°46′28″S 64°02′09″W 01/19
2,500 feet (760 m)
Snow
Patriot Hills Blue-Ice Runway  United States SCPZ Ellsworth Mountains 80°18′53″S 81°22′29″W 24M
3,281 feet (1,000 m)
Ice
Pegasus Field[26]
(serving McMurdo Station and Scott Base)
 United States
 New Zealand
NZPG Ross Island 77°58′28″S 166°31′40″E 15/33
10,000 feet (3,000 m)
Ice
08/26
10,000 feet (3,000 m)
Ice (skiway)[27]
Perseus Airstrip
(serving Princess Elisabeth Antarctica)
 Belgium Queen Maud Land 71°25′42″S 23°33′57″E 10/28
9,840 feet (3,000 m)
Blue Ice
Petrel Skiway[28]  Argentina SA47 Dundee Island 63°28′44″S 56°13′53″W 08/26
3,485 feet (1,062 m)

Ice
Phoenix Airfield[29]
(serving McMurdo Station and Scott Base)
 United States
 New Zealand
NZFX Ross Island 77°57′23″S 166°46′00″E 15/33
11,000 feet (3,400 m)
Compacted Snow
Plateau Station Skiway[30]  United States AT20 Queen Maud Land 79°15′03″S 40°33′38″E 18/36
11,458 feet (3,492 m)

Ice
Plog Island Skiway
(serving Davis)
 Australia Plog Island 68°32′04″S 78°00′22″E (variable)
Ice
Princess Elisabeth Skiway  Belgium AT99 Utsteinen Nunatak 71°57′27″S 23°13′12″E 4,650 feet (1,420 m)
Blue Ice
Progress Skiway  Russia Larsemann Hills 69°25′51″S 76°19′55″E 4,920 feet (1,500 m)
Ice
Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport
(serving Eduardo Frei)
 Chile SCRM TNM[31] King George Island 62°11′27″S 58°59′12″W 11/29
4,232 feet (1,290 m)
Gravel
Rothera Air Facility[32]  United Kingdom EGAR AT01 Rothera Point
Adelaide Island
67°34′04″S 68°07′39″W 18/36
2,851 feet (869 m)
Gravel
Rumdoodle Skiway
(serving Mawson)
 Australia AT21 Mac. Robertson Land 67°45′13″S 62°45′58″E 17/35
1,320 feet (400 m)
Ice
S17 Skiway  Japan Enderby Land 69°01′41″S 40°05′33″E 4,000 feet (1,200 m)
Ice
San Martín Airstrip[33]  Argentina SAYS BSM Marguerite Bay 68°07′00″S 67°06′00″W 1,640 feet (500 m)
Ice
SANAE IV Skiway[34]  South Africa
AT22 Queen Maud Land 71°40′21″S 2°49′29″W 17/35
3,274 feet (998 m)

Ice
Showa Skiway[35]  Japan AT25 East Ongul Island 69°01′11″S 39°37′31″E 17/35
4,000 feet (1,200 m)

Ice
Siple Dome Skiway  United States Marie Byrd Land 81°39′29″S 148°59′51″E 10,940 feet (3,330 m)
Ice
Sitry Skiway[36]  Italy AT23 Antarctic Plateau 71°39′14″S 148°39′12″E 17/35
3,274 feet (998 m)

Ice
Sky Blu Skiway[37]  United Kingdom EGAT AT24 Ellsworth Land 74°51′23″S 71°34′10″W 14/32
3,960 feet (1,210 m)

Blue Ice
Taishan Skiway  China Princess Elizabeth Land 73°51′50″S 76°58′27″E 6,955 feet (2,120 m)
Ice
Thiel Skiway[38] AT26 Thiel Mountains 85°11′54″S 87°52′42″W 17/35
5,175 feet (1,577 m)
[39]
Ice
Troll Airfield[40]
(serving Troll Station)
 Norway ENOE[41] AT27 Queen Maud Land 71°57′19″S 2°28′03″E 11/29
10,826 feet (3,300 m)

Blue ice
Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway
(serving Union Glacier Camp and Union Glacier Station)
 United States
 Chile
SCGC UGL[42] Heritage Range 79°46′40″S 83°19′15″W 18/36
9,842 feet (3,000 m)
Blue ice
Vostok Skiway[43]  Russia AT28 Pole of Cold 78°27′58″S 106°50′54″E 03/21
11,983 feet (3,652 m)

Ice
Wilkins Runway[44]
(serving Casey)
 Australia YWKS Budd Coast
Wilkes Land
(Upper Peterson Glacier)
66°41′22″S 111°29′09″E 09/27
13,123 feet (4,000 m)
Ice
Williams Field[45]
(serving McMurdo Station and Scott Base)
 United States
 New Zealand
NZWD Ross Island 77°52′02″S 167°03′24″E 07/25
10,000 feet (3,000 m)
Snow
15/33
10,000 feet (3,000 m)
Snow
Wolfs Fang Runway  United Kingdom AT98 Queen Maud Land 71°31′S 08°48′E 2,500 metres (8,200 ft)
Blue Ice
Zucchelli Ice Runway
(serving Zucchelli)[46]
 Italy NZTB[47] AT13 Terra Nova Bay 74°40′59″S 164°06′45″E 03/21
10,137 feet (3,090 m)

Ice
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