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Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station Airport
NZSPAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station, AntarcticaELEV 9,300 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
692 nm
To the nearest alternate
Vostok Skiway (AT28).
Overview
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station Airport (NZSP) sits in Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 9,300 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
NZSP has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Vostok Skiway (AT28, 692 nm), Williams Field Skiway (NZWD, 728 nm), and Grandfather Skiway (AQ-0016, 749 nm).
Quotes for flights out of NZSP vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from NZSP, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
NZSP
IATA
—
FAA / Local
NZSP
Elevation
9,300 ft
Coordinates
90.0000° S · 1.0000° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Antarctica fields
state range 68–11,447 ft
At 9,300 ft, NZSP sits lower than 40% of the 5 Antarctica fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 692nmAT28Vostok SkiwayVostok Station
- 728nmNZWDWilliams Field SkiwayMcMurdo Station
- 749nmAQ-0016Grandfather SkiwayAntartica
- 894nmAT03Concordia SkywayConcordia Station
- 916nmAQBCBoulder Clay RunwayZucchelli Station
- 2106nmWPUGuardia Marina Zañartu AirportPuerto Williams
Location
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