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Williams Field Skiway

77.8674°S 167.0570°E21 m / 68 ftMedium airport
On the map
Williams 2LC130s ControlTower-HR
Mike Lucibella · Public domain · Commons

Williams Field Skiway is a medium airport in McMurdo Station, Antarctica. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,048 m (10,000 ft). It is operated by United States Antarctic Program.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
07/25206° / 026° · LIT
LENGTH3,048 m10,000 ftWIDTH67 m220 ftSURFACESnow
15/33296° / 116° · LIT
LENGTH3,048 m10,000 ftWIDTH67 m220 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 AQElevation21 m68 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,227of 43,341 · #24 Antarctica · #24 AQRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · #1 Antarctica · #1 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

Radio frequencies

3 channels
CNTRMCMURDO CNTR118.200
MISCINTL DISTRESS218.200
TWRWILLIAMS FIELD TWR126.200