Aeronautical current weather observation and short-term forecast for pilots, flight preparation with the METAR (Meteorological Aerodrome Report : current weather report), and TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast: short-term weather forecast message for aviation). And other resources like VAC (Visual Approach Chart) to prepare a flights.
METAR, TAF, VAC Ice runway airport (Antarctica) / ICAO NZIR
Ice Runway is built on the pack ice to accommodate the planes that serve the United States Antarctic Program during the austral summer. This track is rebuilt at the beginning of each season and used until the beginning of December when the sea ice begins to come off.
This airport is located near the South Pole. It is one of the southernmost airports in the world.
Ice runway airport (Antarctica) is located close to McMurdo Station, McMurdo Station (Mac Murdo) at 29 mile↑, Otara at 2158 mile↑, Bluff at 2160 mile↑, Invercargill City at 2168 mile↑, Owaka at 2172 mile↑, Invercargill at 2174 mile↑, Avenal at 2174 mile↑, Waverley at 2175 mile↑, Woodlands at 2176 mile↑, Riverton at 2177 mile↑,
Elevation : 0 m = 0 ft
Runways
- runway 11/29 : 3048 m = 10000 ft
- runway 16/34 : 3048 m = 10000 ft
weather : overcast at McMurdo Station
12↗27 °F
Wind ↑ 1 mph
gusting to 4 mph
thursday : extreme cold alert with 12 °F at McMurdo Station
friday : extreme cold alert with 16 °F at McMurdo Station
aerial view of Ice runway
METAR for Ice runway airport - NZIR
No METAR for Ice runway airport, but aviation weather is available at for Williams Field airport (NZWD) at 14 km↑
TAF for Ice runway airport - NZIR
No TAF but aviation weather is available at for Williams Field airport (NZWD) at 14 km↑
close by
- Nearest hotels
- Hotels in McMurdo Station
- for McMurdo Station Pegasus Field airport at 8 mile↑
- for Williams Field airport at 9 mile↑
nearest airports to Ice runway
- for McMurdo Station Pegasus Field airport (NZPG) at 8 mile↑
- for Williams Field airport (NZWD) at 9 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for South Pole Station airport (NZSP) at 839 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Antartica Chilena Patriot Hills airport (SCPZ) at 1253 mile↑
- for Unión Glaciar airport (SCGC) at 1267 mile↑
- for Wilkins Runway airport (YWKS) at 1311 mile↑
- for Casey Station airport (YCSK) at 1346 mile↑aéroport fermé
- for Base Belgrano airport (SAYB) at 1648 mile↑
Data sources
- METAR : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- TAF : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- Météo générale : Openweathermap (www.openweathermap.org) et AVWX (avwx.rest)
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA (www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr), Espagne ENAIRE (https://aip.enaire.es)
- Aerial maps : Google Maps (www.google.com), Microsoft Bing (www.microsoft.com) ou OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org)