Wolf's Fang Runway

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Wolf's Fang Runway
Summary
Airport typePrivate
Operator White Desert Ltd.
Location Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Elevation  AMSL 3,707 ft / 1,130 m
Coordinates 71°31′S08°48′E / 71.517°S 8.800°E / -71.517; 8.800
Website white-desert.com/about-us/wolfsfang-runway-logistics/
Map
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Wolfs Fang Runway
Location of airfield in Antarctica
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
17T/35T9,8423,000Blue ice
Source: [1]

Wolf's Fang Runway is a runway in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. [1] Flights operate to and from the runway during summer in the Southern Hemisphere. [2] It is operated by White Desert, a British tour operator offering a commercial private jet service to Antarctica. [3]

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It is the first runway built on Antarctica that supports large passenger jets to take off and land on. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wolfs Fang Runway - Interim Environmental Evaluation Report Final April 2016" (PDF). white-desert.com. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Bestfly Antarctica Excursions To Continue This Season". ainonline.com. AIN Online. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Bywater, Thomas (17 November 2021). "Antarctica by private Jet: Luxury Wolf's Fang camp launches with Cape Town link". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Airbus A340 flew from Cape Town to Antarctica in a world first". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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