Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway
Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway | |||||||||||
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Ilyushin Il-76 at Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Fisco | ||||||||||
| Operator | Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions LLC | ||||||||||
| Serves | Union Glacier Camp | ||||||||||
| Location | Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,461 ft / 750 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 79°46′40″S 83°19′15″W / 79.77778°S 83.32083°W | ||||||||||
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Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway Location of airfield in Antarctica | |||||||||||
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| Certified by DGAC Chile in 2008. | |||||||||||
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, Ellsworth Mountains, on the glacier that gives it its name. It is operated by Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions LLC (ALE), a company that provides expedition support and tours to the interior of Antarctica. It is one of the few places on the continent where heavy intercontinental wheeled aircraft can land on naturally occurring glacial ice.
The runway was certified by the Chilean Directorate General of Civil Aviation in December 2008.