| 词条 | Pegasus Field |
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| name = Pegasus Field | image = Pegasus Field runway.jpg | image-width = 300 | caption = White ice runway at Pegasus Field | IATA = none | ICAO = NZPG | pushpin_map = Antarctica | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of airfield in Antarctica | pushpin_label = NZPG | pushpin_label_position = right | type = | owner = | operator = | city-served = | location = McMurdo Station, Ross Island, Antarctica | coordinates = {{coord|77|57|48|S|166|31|28|E|type:airport|display=inline, title}} | elevation-f = 18 | elevation-m = 5 | website = | metric-rwy = | r1-number = 15/33 | r1-length-f = 10,000 | r1-length-m = 3,048 | r1-surface = Ice | r2-number = 08/26 | r2-length-f = 10,000 | r2-length-m = 3,048 | r2-surface = Ice | footnotes = Source: DAFIF [1][2][3] }}Pegasus Field {{airport codes||NZPG}} was an airstrip in Antarctica, the southernmost of three airfields serving McMurdo Station. It closed due to excessive melting in the summer season caused by warmer temperatures combined with dust and dirt blown in from nearby Black Island. The last flight was on December 8, 2016[4] and it was replaced by Phoenix Airfield {{airport codes||NZFX}}[5][6][7] with flights expected to start in February 2017.[6] Pegasus was originally conceived as a blue ice runway capable of handling wheeled aircraft year-round, but as it was developed, it was enhanced with a 4-inch layer of compacted snow on top—thus more properly characterizing it as a white ice runway. [8] Other local runways are the snow runways at Williams Field {{airport codes||NZWD}} that are limited to ski-equipped aircraft, and the Ice Runway {{airport codes||NZIR}} on the sea-ice available during the summer Antarctic field season. The field is named after Pegasus, a C-121 Lockheed Constellation that made a forced landing on unprepared terrain in bad weather on October 8, 1970. No one on board was injured. The aircraft remains in-situ at the airfield to this day, and has remained well preserved due to the low temperatures of the surrounding area. On September 11, 2008, a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III successfully completed the first landing in Antarctica using night-vision goggles at Pegasus Field.[9] Previously air transport in the permanent darkness of the winter was only used in emergencies, with burning barrels of fuel to outline the runway. GallerySee also
References1. ^{{WAD|NZPG|source=DAFIF}} 2. ^{{GCM|NZPG|source=DAFIF}} 3. ^USAP.gov US Antarctic Program Inter-agency Air Operations Manual 4. ^[https://newsroomplus.com/2016/12/09/nzdf-airlift-missions-renew-lifeline-for-scientists-in-antarctica/ NZDF Airlift Missions Renew Lifeline For Scientists In Antarctica] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106173704/https://newsroomplus.com/2016/12/09/nzdf-airlift-missions-renew-lifeline-for-scientists-in-antarctica/ |date=2017-01-06 }} 5. ^http://www.gcmap.com/airport/NZFX 6. ^1 [https://www.usap.gov/logistics/documents/FY16_Air-Operation-Manual.pdf US Antarctic Program Inter-agency Air Operations Manual – United States Antarctic Program] 7. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.usap.gov/News/contentHandler.cfm?id=4212 | title=A New Runway for McMurdo Station is Named| publisher=National Science Foundation| date=7 April 2016}} 8. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.amc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-151105-042.pdf| title=Operation Deep Freeze—50 Years of Air Force Airlift in Antarctica 1956–2006 (page 265)| first=Ellery D.| last=Wallwork| date=October 2006| deadurl=yes| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507130839/http://www.amc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-151105-042.pdf| archivedate=2016-05-07| df=}} 9. ^{{cite web | url=http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=1544 | title=Air Force successfully tests new capability to fly any time of year to McMurdo| work=Antarctic Sun|first=Peter| last=Rejcek| date=September 26, 2008}} External links{{Commons category|Pegasus Field}}
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