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International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010. "UN Location Codes: Antarctica". UN/LOCODE 2011-2. UNECE. 28 February 2012. - includes IATA codes; Airports in Antarctica at Great Circle Mapper; Airports in Antarctica —World Aero Data; Antarctic facilities in operation—COMNAP; Antarctic Digital Database Map Viewer—SCAR
The airport uses the GMT -4:00 time zone. There is no regular scheduled public service to the airport, although Aerovías DAP has some charter flights from Punta Arenas. The airport is named in memory of Lieutenant Rodolfo Marsh, who in the 1930s helped pioneer air routes to the Magallanes Region of Chile, mainly using Sikorsky S43 flying boats ...
Williams Field or Willy Field (ICAO: NZWD) is a United States Antarctic Program airfield in Antarctica.Williams Field consists of two snow runways located on approximately 8 meters (25 ft) of compacted snow, lying on top of 8–10 ft of ice, [3] floating over 550 meters (1,800 ft) of water. [4]
Cape Town is the largest of the gateway cities and the farthest from Antarctica. In addition to South Africa's own national Antarctic program, the programs of Russia, Germany, Belgium, Norway, and Japan also reach Antarctica via Cape Town. [1] As of 2021, tourism company White Desert has offered direct commercial flights from Cape Town to ...
Troll Airfield is an airstrip located 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) from the research station Troll in Princess Martha Coast in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.Owned and operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute, it consists of a 3,300-by-100-metre (10,830 by 330 ft) runway on glacial blue ice on the Antarctic ice sheet.
Don’t erase Tacoma from our region’s airport. Tacoma is a great American city, and our airport should retain the name of the City of Destiny. Seattle-Tacoma International. SeaTac. Not “S-E-A.”
Transport in Antarctica has transformed from explorers crossing the isolated remote area of Antarctica by foot to a more open era due to human technologies enabling more convenient and faster transport, predominantly by air and water, but also by land as well. Transportation technologies on a remote area like Antarctica need to be able to deal ...
State Route 509 runs west of the airport, connecting the area to West Seattle. The airport is the largest generator of vehicle trips in the state. [86] The Port of Seattle offers paid on-site parking in a 12,100-space garage, notable for being North America's largest parking structure under one roof. [87]