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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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Operator | White Desert Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Location | Queen Maud Land, Antarctica | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,707 ft / 1,130 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 71°31′S 08°48′E / 71.517°S 8.800°E | ||||||||||
| Website | white-desert | ||||||||||
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  Wolfs Fang Runway Location of airfield in Antarctica | |||||||||||
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It is the first runway built on Antarctica that supports large passenger jets to take off and land on.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Bestfly Antarctica Excursions To Continue This Season". ainonline.com. AIN Online. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
External links
edit- Wolf's Fang Runway at White-Desert.com
- Wolfs Fang Airport at AirportGuide.com
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