# Petrel Airport, Petrel Base, Antarctica

**Petrel Airport** is a small airport in Petrel Base, Antarctica. It has one runway, 1,067 m (3,500 ft) long, snow.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sa47

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Petrel Base, Antarctica
- Elevation: 5 m / 15 ft
- Coordinates: -63.4790, -56.2313
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,067 m / 3,500 ft
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Argentina/Ushuaia
- Ident: SA47

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,067 m / 3,500 ft | 0 m / 1 ft | Snow | 090° / 270° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,067 m / 3,500 ft | =12,572 of 29,858 | #12 in Antarctica | #12 in AQ |
| Elevation | 5 m / 15 ft | =41,887 of 43,403 | #26 in Antarctica | #26 in AQ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2 in Antarctica | =2 in AQ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [SAYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/saye.md) Esperanza Base · 38 km / 24 mi
- [SCBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/scbo.md) General Bernardo O'Higgins Base Skyway · 82 km / 51 mi
- [SAWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sawb.md) Gustavo Marambio Airport · 87 km / 54 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [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/sa47/data