Information of McMurdo Sea ice runway

Antarctica, New Zealand

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Location & QuickFacts

Airport ICAO Code:	NZIR
Longitude/Latitude:	E 166° 33' 08.61"/S 77° 50' 50.48" 166.552392/-77.847356
Elevation:	1 ft / 0.30 m
Location:	Antarctica, New Zealand
Magnetic Variation:	E 143°58.3' (2008-04)
Time Zone:	UTC+12(+13DT)

Airport Communications

Type	Name	Freq 1	Freq 2	Freq 3	Freq 4	Freq 5
Air Route Traffic Control Center	MCMURDO CNTR	118.2 M	360.2 M
Emergency	INTL DISTRESS	2182 M	4123 K
Tower	ICE TWR	126.2 M	134.1 M	270.6 M	340.2 M

Communication Remarks

Air Route Traffic Control Center - (9032 11256 5726 SSB) Grd freq cont mnt dur opr season, nml 1 Oct to 25 Feb annually.
Emergency - (2182 As rqr) (4123 USAP).

Runway Information

Runway 13/31

Dimension:	10000 x 220 ft / 3048.0 x 67.1 m
Surface:	IcE.

	Runway 13	Runway 31
Longitude:	166.592608 / E 166° 35' 33.39"	166.512247 / E 166° 30' 44.09"
Latitude:	-77.858064 / S 77° 51' 29.03"	-77.836639 / S 77° 50' 11.90"
End Elevation:	1.0 ft	1.0 ft
Alignment:	128.7	308.7
Slope:	Unknown	Unknown
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	Unknown	Unknown
Lighting System 1:	Runway End Identifier Lights	Runway End Identifier Lights
Lighting System 2:	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator	SSALR
Lighting System 3:		PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator

Remarks

Caution - Rwy brg strength surveyed for United States Antarctic Program (USAP) acft only - ALL OTHERS USE AT OWN RISK. For addn info call C-1-843-218-5316/5757.
Fluid - 1(LHNIT) 2(LPOX)
Fuel - JP-8
JASU - 2(GTC-85) 4(AM32-A) 6(ESSEX B809)
Miscellanouis - No hgr space avbl. Ice rwy posn determined annually by late Aug, avbl Oct - Dec, Ice rwy mrk with 4' x 4' black panels at 400' intervals for the entire length of the rwy, Feet remaining boards for the entire length of the rwy. Heliport lct
Miscellanouis - d S77 51.1' E166 42.8', elev 60', for USAP participants only. Lcl std time equivalent to NZ lcl std time. 25(NGH heaters). No ovrn, ice rwy grooved entire len, rwy hdg chg annually. Ref to tmpry chg and other NOTAM info related to annual s
Miscellanouis - ea ice rwy, publ on MCMURDO.USAP.GOV
Oil - O-156