# Williams Field Skiway, McMurdo Station, Antarctica

**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.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Antarctic Program
- Serves: McMurdo Station, Antarctica
- Elevation: 21 m / 68 ft
- Coordinates: -77.8674, 167.0570
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,048 m / 10,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+13/+12 · Antarctica/McMurdo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Field (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2748837
- Weather station: NZWD · WMO 89674
- Ident: NZWD

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 3,048 m / 10,000 ft | 67 m / 220 ft | Snow | 206° / 026° | yes |
| 15/33 | 3,048 m / 10,000 ft | 67 m / 220 ft | Snow | 296° / 116° | yes |

## 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 | 21 m / 68 ft | =38,283 of 43,403 | #24 in Antarctica | #24 in AQ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | #1 in Antarctica | #1 in AQ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | MCMURDO CNTR | 118.200 |
| MISC | INTL DISTRESS | 218.200 |
| TWR | WILLIAMS FIELD TWR | 126.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [NZFX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzfx.md) Phoenix Airfield · 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/nzwd/data