Information of Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

Antarctica, New Zealand

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NZSP

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Location & QuickFacts

Airport ICAO Code:	NZSP
Longitude/Latitude:	W 120° 42' 56.85"/S 89° 59' 37.11" -120.715792/-89.993642
Elevation:	9300 ft / 2834.64 m
Location:	Antarctica, New Zealand
Magnetic Variation:	E 91°38.3' (2008-04)
Time Zone:	UTC+12(+13DT)

Airport Communications

Type	Name	Freq 1	Freq 2	Freq 3	Freq 4	Freq 5
Air Route Traffic Control Center	MCMURDO CNTR	118.2 M	360.2 M
Miscellaneous	INTL DISTRESS	2182 M	4123 K

Communication Remarks

Air Route Traffic Control Center - (9032 11256 5726 SSB), ALTN(4770 7995 11553 SSB) (4718x 13251x SSB) (6835x AM voice) Grd freq cont dur opr season, nml 15 Oct to 25 Feb annually.
Miscellaneous - (2182 As rqr) (4123 USAP).

Runway Information

Runway 02/20

Dimension:	12000 x 200 ft / 3657.6 x 61.0 m
Surface:	Snow.

	Runway 02	Runway 20
Longitude:	2.694444 / E 002° 41' 40.00"	-148.093611 / W 148° 05' 37.00"
Latitude:	-89.988017 / S 89° 59' 16.86"	-89.978247 / S 89° 58' 41.69"
End Elevation:	9300.0 ft	9282.0 ft
Alignment:	020.0	200.0
Slope:	-0.2	0.2
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	Unknown	Unknown
Lighting System 1:	Portable	Portable

Remarks

Caution - Skiways prepared for USAP acft only - ALL OTHERS USE AT OWN RISK. Prior arng rqr for Austral win use; (see FLIP PLANNING AP/3). For addn info call C-1-843-218-5316/5757. Dimensions may change wo ntc.
Fluid - 1(LHNIT) 2(LPOX)
Fuel - JP-8
Miscellanouis - No hgr space avbl. Skiway 02G mrk with 3' x 3' black panels at 400' intervals for the len of skiway. Lcl std time equivalent to NZ lcl std time. 6(NGH heaters).
Restricted - LC-130 acft shall not drift cargo or combat offload for trng. LC-130 cargo drifting rqr prior apvl fr stn mgr or United States Antarctic Program (USAP) afld mgr prior to dep to South Pole.