# Phoenix Airfield, McMurdo Station, Antarctica

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzfx

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: United States Antarctic Program
- Serves: McMurdo Station, Antarctica
- Opened: 27 Jan 2017
- Elevation: 6 m / 18 ft
- Coordinates: -77.9564, 166.7667
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,048 m / 10,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+13/+12 · Antarctica/McMurdo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Airfield (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28430921
- Weather station: NZFX
- Ident: NZFX

## Timeline

- 27 Jan 2017: Phoenix Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,048 m / 10,000 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Snow |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,048 m / 10,000 ft | =1,058 of 29,858 | =4 in Antarctica | =4 in AQ |
| Elevation | 6 m / 18 ft | =41,596 of 43,403 | #25 in Antarctica | #25 in AQ |
| Age | Opened 2017 | =13,507 of 15,079 | #4 in Antarctica | #4 in AQ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2 in Antarctica | =2 in AQ |

## Nearby airports

- [NZWD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzwd.md) Williams Field Skiway · 12 km / 7.4 mi

## 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/nzfx/data