McMurdo Consolidated Airfields Study: Phase I, Basis of Design

• Main Authors: Haehnel, Robert B, Bjella, Kevin, Knuth, Margaret A, Barna, Lynette
• Other Authors: ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; *ANTARCTIC REGIONS; *FEASIBILITY STUDIES; *LANDING FIELDS; AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE; COSTS; ROSS SEA; SAFETY; SEA ICE; AIR OPERATIONS; AIRFIELDS; CONSOLIDATION; MCMURDO STATION; PEGASUS RUNWAY; SEA ICE RUNWAY; SINGLE AIRFIELD COMPLEX; US ANTARCTIC PROGRAM; WILLIAMS FIELD; Antarctic; Austral; Ice Runway; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Station; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Williams Field; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA576164; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA576164

The US Antarctic Program has an air support system that includes as many as three airfields, the Sea Ice Runway, Williams Field, and Pegasus Runway, to support air operations into and out of McMurdo Station, Antarctica (MCM). These airfields are located on sea ice, snow and glacial ice on the McMurd...