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Phoenix Airfield

77.9564°S 166.7667°E6 m / 18 ftSmall airport
On the map
C-17 tests Phoenix snow runway for wheeled aircraft at McMurdo Station -- Antarctica -- November 2016
Michael Lucibella, National Science Foundation · Public domain · Commons

Phoenix Airfield is a small airport in McMurdo Station, Antarctica. It opened on 27 Jan 2017. It has one runway, 3,048 m (10,000 ft) long, snow. It is operated by United States Antarctic Program.

Timeline

1 event · 2017–2017
27 JAN 2017
OpenedPhoenix Airfield opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
15/33
LENGTH3,048 m10,000 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACESnow

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,048 m10,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,058of 29,823 · =4 Antarctica · =4 AQElevation6 m18 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,536of 43,341 · #25 Antarctica · #25 AQAgeOpened 20172026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,520of 15,079 · #4 Antarctica · #4 AQRunways11 · 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