Williams Field Skiway
Williams Field Skiway, located in McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Airport guide
Williams Field Skiway (NZWD) is a medium airport in McMurdo Station, Antarctica. It sits in Antarctica.
Williams Field Skiway is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments.
Williams Field Skiway sits near sea level at 68 ft.
Local operations run on Antarctica/McMurdo. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess inventory for NZWD updates continuously as operators publish new empty legs and one-way repositioning trips. Pricing on each leg is available with a free account, and an inventory alert will email you the moment a leg appears on the route you care about.
Use this page to compare NZWD against nearby alternatives, browse live empty-leg pricing in both directions, and brief yourself on the runway and elevation profile before you book.
Background from Wikipedia
Williams Field or Willy Field is a United States Antarctic Program airfield in Antarctica. Williams Field consists of two snow runways located on approximately 8 meters (25 ft) of compacted snow, lying on top of 8–10 ft of ice, floating over 550 meters (1,800 ft) of water. The airport, which is approximately seven miles from Ross Island, serves McMurdo Station and New Zealand's Scott Base. Williams Field is the major airfield for on-continent aircraft operations in Antarctica.
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