Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway

Ilyushin Il-76 at Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions LLC
Serves Union Glacier Camp
Location Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica
Elevation AMSL 2,461 ft / 750 m
Coordinates 79°46′40″S 83°19′15″W / 79.77778°S 83.32083°W / -79.77778; -83.32083Coordinates: 79°46′40″S 83°19′15″W / 79.77778°S 83.32083°W / -79.77778; -83.32083
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 9,842x164 3,000x50[1] Blue ice
Map of Union Glacier.

Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway (ICAO: SCGC) is the blue ice runway[2] for Union Glacier Camp in Antarctica. It is located in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, on the glacier that gives it its name. It is operated by Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions LLC (ALE), a company that provides expedition support and tours to the interior of Antarctica.[3][4]

The runway was certified by the Chilean Directorate General of Civil Aviation in December 2008.[5]

References

  1. ↑ IFIS: Internet Flight Information Service
  2. ↑ Initial environmental evaluation – development of blue-ice and compacted-snow runways, National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs, April 9, 1993
  3. ↑ Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions
  4. ↑ Polar Conservation Organization
  5. ↑ http://www.dgac.gob.cl/transparencia/pdf2/E03241UnionGlaciar.pdf
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