Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway

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Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway
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Ilyushin Il-76 at Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAntarctic Logistics and Expeditions LLC
Serves Union Glacier Camp
Location Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica
Elevation  AMSL 2,461 ft / 750 m
Coordinates 79°46′40″S83°19′15″W / 79.77778°S 83.32083°W / -79.77778; -83.32083
Map
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Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway
Location of airfield in Antarctica
Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
18/369,842x
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". Archived from the original on 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  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.
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Map of Union Glacier.