Williams Field

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Williams Field is a snow and ice airfield near McMurdo Station in Antarctica that supports ski-equipped aircraft operations for scientific and logistical missions.

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Williams Field canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic airfield
snow and ice airfield
climateType polar climate
countryClaimedBy New Zealand
distanceFrom McMurdo Station, several kilometers
hasFunction air support for McMurdo Station
logistics hub for Antarctic research
hasIcaoCode NZWD
hasInfrastructureType snow compacted runways
temporary structures
hasRunwayType skiway
hasSeasonalUse primarily austral summer
locatedIn Ross Ice Shelf
locatedInRegion Ross Dependency
locatedNear McMurdo Station
locatedOnContinent Antarctica
namedAfter Richard T. Williams
operatedBy United States Antarctic Program
primaryAircraftType ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules
runwaySurface ice
snow
serves McMurdo Station
Scott Base
supportsActivity Antarctic scientific research logistics
supportsAircraftType ski-equipped aircraft
supportsOperationType logistical missions
scientific missions
ski-equipped aircraft operations
usedBy New Zealand Antarctic Programme
United States Antarctic Program

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McMurdo Station hasAirfield Williams Field
McMurdo Sound hasNearbyResearchStation Williams Field
Williams Air Force Base alsoKnownAs Williams Field