Wilkins Runway is a single runway aerodrome operated by Australia, located on upper glacier of the ice sheet Preston Heath, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, on the continent of Antarctica, but 40 km (25 mi) southeast of the actual coast. It is named after Sir Hubert Wilkins, a pioneer of Antarctic aviation and exploration.[2]
WilkinsRunway is a single runway aerodrome operated by Australia, located on upper glacier of the ice sheet Preston Heath, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, on...
Sir Hubert Wilkins were scattered at the North Pole in accordance with his last wishes." The Wilkins Sound, Wilkins Coast, the WilkinsRunway aerodrome...
bridge Wilkins Public School, an Australian school WilkinsRunway, an aerodrome in Antarctica Bishop Wilkins College, a society in England Wilkins Lecture...
Glacier Blue-Ice Runway, Ellsworth Land, serving Union Glacier Camp, and operated by Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions LLC WilkinsRunway, Wilkes Land,...
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. The airport is located at...
"Vostok Skiway". Airport Nav Finder. Retrieved 21 October 2018. "YWKS WilkinsRunway". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 20 September 2017. "NZWD Williams Field"...
and from the Wilkins ice runway, situated some 65 kilometres (40 mi) from Casey Station. Construction of a 2,700 m (8,900 ft) paved runway at Davis station...
the Federal Government upgraded and lengthened the runway to cater for jet aircraft. The runway was extended again in 1985 to cater for large aircraft...
A319 operates to and from the purpose-built WilkinsRunway - a 4,000-metre long snow capped blue-ice runway in the Upper Petersen Glacier located 70 km...
and Hobart International Airport supports an Antarctic Airlink to WilkinsRunway at Casey Station. Hobart is a logistics point for the Australian vessel...
outback to the ends of the earth: the farmer working at Antarctica's WilkinsRunway". ABC News. Retrieved 8 February 2018. Ranacher, Marlee (18 January...
Jervis Bay Territory YJBY Jervis Bay Airport Norfolk Island YSNF NLK Norfolk Island Airport Australian Antarctic Territory YWKS WilkinsRunway (private)...
Wolfs Fang Runway is a runway in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Flights operate to and from the runway during summer in the Southern Hemisphere. It is operated...
1. Retrieved 24 June 2020. Cardwell, Samuel (21 June 2008). "Antarctic runway builder gets top honour". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia....
The Ice Runway (ICAO: NZIR) is the principal runway for the U.S. Antarctic Program during the summer Antarctic field season due to its proximity to McMurdo...
ice runway. Other local runways are the snow runways at Williams Field (ICAO: NZWD) that are limited to ski-equipped aircraft, and the Ice Runway (ICAO:...
Coast of New South Wales. 11 January – An Airbus A319 lands at the new WilkinsRunway in the Australian Antarctic Territory, becoming the first passenger...
Glacier Blue-Ice Runway SCGC is the new runway, 70 kilometers from Patriot Hills. Patriot Hills is being retained as a backup runway. In the summer months...
the sea ice runway. On 22 November 2022 at 4.30 CET a C-130J landed for the first time on the prepared gravel runway. Boulder Clay Runway will become...
kilometres (2.2 mi) east of India's Maitri research station. The Novo runway is a blue ice runway, located 8.7 kilometres (5.4 mi) away, operated by Antarctic...