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Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway

Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway
Ilyushin Il-76 at Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAntarctic Logistics and Expeditions LLC
ServesUnion Glacier Camp
LocationHeritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica
Elevation AMSL2,461 ft / 750 m
Coordinates79°46′40″S 83°19′15″W / 79.77778°S 83.32083°W / -79.77778; -83.32083
Map
Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway is located in Antarctica
Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway
Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway
Location of airfield in Antarctica
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 9,842x
164 		3,000x
50[1] 		Blue ice

Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway (IATA: UGL, ICAO: SCGC) is the blue ice runway[2] for Union Glacier Camp in Antarctica. It is located in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, on the glacier that gives it its name. It is operated by Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions LLC (ALE), a company that provides expedition support and tours to the interior of Antarctica.[3][4]

The runway was certified by the Chilean Directorate General of Civil Aviation in December 2008.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ IFIS: Internet Flight Information Service
  2. ^ Initial environmental evaluation – development of blue-ice and compacted-snow runways, National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs, April 9, 1993
  3. ^ Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions
  4. ^ Polar Conservation Organization Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Autoriza funcionamiento del Aeródromo Público "Unión Glaciar" XIIa" (PDF) (in Spanish). 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
Map of Union Glacier.


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