Troll Airfield

71.9571°S 2.4526°E1,270 m / 4,167 ftSmall airport

Troll Airfield is a small airport in Troll Station, Antarctica. It opened in 2005. It has one runway, 3,026 m (9,927 ft) long, snow. It is operated by Norwegian Polar Institute.

Timeline

1 event · 2005–2005

2005

OpenedTroll Airfield opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

7/25

LENGTH3,026 m9,927 ftWIDTH—SURFACESnow

Routes

3 destinations · 3 countries

Charter3

CPTCape Town International AirportSouth Africa · Norse Atlantic Airways, Smartwings, Icelandair4,327 km2,689 mi NDJN'Djamena International AirportChad · Smartwings9,397 km5,839 mi OSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Norse Atlantic Airways, Smartwings14,710 km9,140 mi

Most destinationsSmartwings 3Norse Atlantic Airways 2Icelandair 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AQ-0002. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Troll Airfield” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Longest runway3,026 m9,927 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,129of 29,823 · #6 Antarctica · #6 AQ Elevation1,270 m4,167 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=3,235of 43,341 · #5 Antarctica · #5 AQ AgeOpened 20052026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=12,087of 15,079 · #2 Antarctica · #2 AQ Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2 Antarctica · =2 AQ

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record