Pegasus Field

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Pegasus Field was a former blue-ice runway airfield near McMurdo Station in Antarctica that supported large wheeled aircraft operations for U.S. Antarctic Program logistics.

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Label Occurrences
Pegasus Field canonical 2

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airfield ⓘ
blue-ice runway ⓘ
runway ⓘ
closureReason climate-related warming effects ⓘ
melting of ice surface ⓘ
runway deterioration ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
country Antarctica ⓘ
distanceFrom approximately 15–20 miles from McMurdo Station ⓘ
elevation 0 m ⓘ
environmentType polar ⓘ
featureType seasonal airfield ⓘ
ICAOCode NZPG ⓘ
locatedNear McMurdo Station ⓘ
locatedOn Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
namedAfter Pegasus ⓘ
namedFor C-121 Lockheed Constellation Pegasus aircraft ⓘ
operatedBy National Science Foundation ⓘ
United States Antarctic Program ⓘ
operationalRole primary blue-ice runway for McMurdo area ⓘ
partOf McMurdo Station airfield complex ⓘ
linked to: McMurdo Station
primaryUsePeriod austral summer ⓘ
region Ross Dependency ⓘ
relatedEvent crash of C-121 Pegasus in 1970 ⓘ
replaced Williams Field for wheeled aircraft operations ⓘ
replacedBy Phoenix Airfield ⓘ
runwayLength 10000 ft ⓘ
3048 m ⓘ
runwayOrientation 15/33 ⓘ
runwaySurface blue ice ⓘ
compacted snow ⓘ
serves McMurdo Station ⓘ
Scott Base ⓘ
status closed ⓘ
supportedAircraftType C-17 Globemaster III ⓘ
LC-130 Hercules ⓘ
commercial charter aircraft ⓘ
supportingProgram U.S. Antarctic Program ⓘ
usedFor cargo transport ⓘ
intercontinental flights ⓘ
logistics ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
wheeled aircraft operations ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

McMurdo Station → hasAirfield → Pegasus Field ⓘ