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Pegasus Field

Coordinates: 77°57′48″S 166°31′28″E / 77.96333°S 166.52444°E / -77.96333; 166.52444
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77°57′48″S 166°31′28″E / 77.96333°S 166.52444°E / -77.96333; 166.52444

Pegasus Field
File:Blue-ice-runway.jpg
White Ice Runway as Pegasus Field
Summary
LocationMcMurdo Station, Ross Island, Antarctica
Elevation AMSL18 ft / 5 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 10,000 3,048 Ice
Source: DAFIF [1][2]

Pegasus Field (ICAO: NZPG) is the farthest south of McMurdo Station's three frozen airstrips. Located near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, this white ice runway is used for wheeled aircraft which can not land at the busier Williams Field runway, which is snow instead of the hard ice like at Pegasus Field.

Pegasus Field is named after a C-121 Lockheed Constellation christened "Pegasus" which is still visible in the snow there. On October 8, 1970, the "Pegasus" crashed in bad weather. No one on board was injured. However, the plane remains and gives this place its name.

References

  1. ^ Template:WAD
  2. ^ Airport information for NZPG at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).


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