Pegasus Field
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Pegasus Field was a former blue-ice runway airfield near McMurdo Station in Antarctica that supported large wheeled aircraft operations for U.S. Antarctic Program logistics.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airfield
ⓘ
blue-ice runway ⓘ runway ⓘ |
| closureReason |
climate-related warming effects
ⓘ
melting of ice surface ⓘ runway deterioration ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| country | Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | approximately 15–20 miles from McMurdo Station ⓘ |
| elevation | 0 m ⓘ |
| environmentType | polar ⓘ |
| featureType | seasonal airfield ⓘ |
| ICAOCode | NZPG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | McMurdo Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Ross Ice Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedFor | C-121 Lockheed Constellation Pegasus aircraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
National Science Foundation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Antarctic Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operationalRole | primary blue-ice runway for McMurdo area ⓘ |
| partOf | McMurdo Station airfield complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUsePeriod | austral summer ⓘ |
| region | Ross Dependency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | crash of C-121 Pegasus in 1970 ⓘ |
| replaced | Williams Field for wheeled aircraft operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Phoenix Airfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runwayLength |
10000 ft
ⓘ
3048 m ⓘ |
| runwayOrientation | 15/33 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface |
blue ice
ⓘ
compacted snow ⓘ |
| serves |
McMurdo Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scott Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | closed ⓘ |
| supportedAircraftType |
C-17 Globemaster III
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
LC-130 Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ commercial charter aircraft ⓘ |
| supportingProgram | U.S. Antarctic Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cargo transport
ⓘ
intercontinental flights ⓘ logistics ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ wheeled aircraft operations ⓘ |
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