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Williams Field airport in McMurdo Station (Antarctica)
This airport is located near the South Pole. It is one of the southernmost airports in the world.
Williams Field airport is located near McMurdo Station, with McMurdo Station (Mac Murdo) at 23mi↑, Puerto Williams at 2977mi↑, Barrio Almirante Brown at 2977mi↑, Ushuaia at 2979mi↑, Kaiken at 3008mi↑, Río Grande at 3052mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Antarctica and Southernmost airports in Antarctica
→ See also airports in Antarctica
aerial view of Williams Field airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : NZWD
- IATA code : -
- Local code : -
Elevation : 21 m = 69ft
→ See also Highest airports in Antarctica and Lowest airports in Antarctica
Runways
- runway 07/25 : 3048m = 10000ft
- runway 15/33 : 3048m = 10000ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Antarctica
Coming to Williams Field airport
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Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
By plane :
- Troll airport at 2066mi : book on Trip.com
- Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Base airport at 2569mi : book on Trip.com
- Malvinas Argentinas airport at 2976mi : book on Iberia
Aviation weather for Williams Field airport NZWD
NOTAM for Williams Field airport
NOTAMs are provided without any guarantee of their topicality. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM M0143/25 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS (UAS OPERATIONS) WILL TAKE PLACE
valid from Monday, August 25, 2025 at 22:36 to Friday, October 10, 2025 at 23:59
NEAR THE VICINITY OF PHOENIX AIRFIELD, WILLIAMS AIRFIELD, AIRFIELD
ROADWAY, SCOTT BASE AND MCMURDO. UAS WILL OPERATE WITHIN MAX 1 NM
RADIUS, MAX ALTITUDE 1640 FT (500 M) AGL. UAS FLIGHTS WILL CONDUCT
BOTH DAY AND NIGHTTIME OPERATIONS. UAS PILOT, CALL SIGN O-400, IS
MONITORING CTAF 122.8 WHILE OPERATING. SFC - 1640 FT AGL,
Issued on Monday, August 25, 2025 at 22:36
Around Williams Field airport in McMurdo Station (Antarctica)
near
- Hotels in McMurdo Station
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 8407mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 9304mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 9374mi↑
- Station de montagne La Molina at 9946mi↑
- Station de montagne Puigmal 2900 at 9951mi↑
- Station de montagne La Rabassa at 9955mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Cambre d'Aze at 9955mi↑
- Station de montagne Bolquère Pyrénées 2000 at 9959mi↑
- Station de montagne Font-Romeu at 9959mi↑
- Station de montagne Capcir at 9959mi↑
- Station de montagne La Quillane at 9960mi↑
- Station de montagne Porté Puymorens at 9962mi↑
- for Williams Field airport at km↑
- for Phoenix airport at 7mi↑
- for McMurdo Station airport at 9mi↑
nearest airports to Williams Field airport in McMurdo Station (Antarctica)
- Phoenix airport (NZFX ) at 7mi↑NOTAM
- McMurdo Station Ice runway (NZIR ) at 9mi↑NOTAM
- McMurdo Station Pegasus Field airport (NZPG ) at 10mi↑defunct airport
- Boulder Clay Runway airport ( AQBC) at 222mi↑
- Enigma Lake Skiway airport ( AQ-0007) at 223mi↑
- Zucchelli Ice runway ( AT13) at 225mi↑
- Concordia Skyway airport ( AT03) at 712mi↑
- Vostok Skiway airport ( AT28) at 817mi↑
- South Pole Station airport (NZSP ) at 838mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Patriot Hills airport (SCPZ ) at 1248mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Antarctica
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap