A blue ice runway is a runway constructed in Antarctic areas with no net annual snow accumulation. The density of the ice increases as air bubbles are...

Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway SCGC is the new runway, 70 kilometers from Patriot Hills. Patriot Hills is being retained as a backup runway. In the summer...

Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway (IATA: UGL, ICAO: SCGC) is the blue ice runway for Union Glacier Camp in Antarctica. It is located in the Heritage Range...

flights starting in February 2017. Pegasus was originally conceived as a blue ice runway capable of handling wheeled aircraft year-round, but as it was developed...

The Ice Runway (ICAO: NZIR) is the principal runway for the U.S. Antarctic Program during the summer Antarctic field season due to its proximity to McMurdo...

Antarctica. It is the first runway built on Antarctica that supports large passenger jets to take off and land on. Blue ice runway List of airports in Antarctica...

Ice, brand name for an ice pack product Blue ice runway This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blue ice. If an internal link...

in an area of blue ice, an extremely hard and dense ice which has lost the air bubbles that normally cloud the ice. It provides a runway able to accommodate...

other losses. Such areas are known as blue-ice areas. These areas have been used as runways (e.g. Wilkins Runway, Novolazarevskaya, Patriot Hills Base...

years old has been obtained from blue-ice areas. Blue-ice areas are sometimes used as runways for aircraft. Blue-ice areas have a generally smooth and...