Pegasus Field

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Airport Closed entirely
Ref: NOTAM , M0063/15 NOTAMN
Q) NZZO/QLAAW/IV/NBO/A
A) NZPG B) 1503091000 C) UFN
E) SSALR RWY 33 COMPLETELY WITHDRAWN.
Previous NOTAMS have declared AERODROME CLOSED and Nav Aids unserviceable.

Of McMurdo Station's three airfields, Pegasus Field is the only one with a permanent ice runway usable by wheeled aircraft year-round -- unlike the annual Sea Ice Runway which melts in the summer, and the deeply snow-covered Williams Field which is limited to ski-equipped aircraft.
The name of this airfield comes from the crashed C-121 plane "Pegasus" which lies partially buried to the west.
Until 2002, Pegasus Field had a "blue ice" runway with an exposed glacial ice surface. It now has a "white-ice" runway with a thin, highly compacted snow cover that protects the underlying glacial ice from solar heating.