# McMurdo Station Ice Runway, McMurdo Station, Antarctica

**McMurdo Station Ice Runway** was an airport in McMurdo Station, Antarctica. It had 2 runways; the longest was 3,048 m (10,000 ft). It was operated by United States Antarctic Program.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/aq-0013

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: United States Antarctic Program
- Serves: McMurdo Station, Antarctica
- Elevation: 0 m / 1 ft
- Coordinates: -77.8544, 166.4644
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,048 m / 10,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+13/+12 · Antarctica/McMurdo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Runway (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3084930
- Weather station: NZCM · WMO 89664
- Ident: AQ-0013

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 3,048 m / 10,000 ft | 67 m / 220 ft | Snow | 173° / 353° | yes |
| 16/34 | 3,048 m / 10,000 ft | 67 m / 220 ft | Snow | 124° / 304° | yes |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | MCMURDO CNTR | 118.200 |
| EMR | INTL DISTRESS | 218.200 |
| TWR | ICE TWR | 126.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [NZFX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzfx.md) Phoenix Airfield · 13 km / 8.3 mi
- [NZWD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzwd.md) Williams Field Skiway · 14 km / 8.7 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #91

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/aq-0013/data