Jack F. Paulus Skiway
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Serves | Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station | ||||||||||
Location | South Pole, Antarctica | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 9,300 ft / 2,835 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 89°59′22″S 1°0′0″W / 89.98944°S 1.00000°W | ||||||||||
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The Jack F. Paulus Skiway (ICAO: NZSP) is an airport located at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station at the South Pole. The station has a runway for aircraft, 3,658 metres (12,001 ft) long. Between October and February, there are several flights per week of ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules aircraft from McMurdo to supply the station. Additionally, Kenn Borek Air Twin Otters and DC-3s visit the base in support of science and logistics. Resupply missions are collectively termed Operation Deep Freeze.
Large scientific experiments and structures such as the new station must be broken down into modular pieces for transport by air and then reassembled on-site. The limitations and cost of the Hercules aircraft have been cited by the National Science Foundation as one of the main reasons for the McMurdo-South Pole traverse over-ice ground supply route.
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