| Marambio Airport | |||||||||||
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 Marambio's runway looking northeast | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government of Argentina | ||||||||||
| Serves | Marambio Base | ||||||||||
| Location | Seymour Island | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 760 ft / 232 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 64°14′22″S 56°37′50″W / 64.23944°S 56.63056°W / -64.23944; -56.63056 | ||||||||||
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  SAWBLocation of the airport in Antarctica | |||||||||||
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| Source: GCM SkyVector | |||||||||||
Marambio Airport (ICAO: SAWB) is an airport serving Marambio Base, an Argentinian research station on Seymour Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. Marambio is the main air-support node for most local and foreign stations in Argentine Antarctica, providing year-round medical evacuation, search and rescue, personnel, cargo, and mail transfer.
Supplies are taken to the Marambio Base during the whole year for later distribution to other Argentine bases (except for Belgrano II). There are over 100 intercontinental flights every year.
Facilities
The airport control tower is 12 m (39 ft) high. The runway is lined with strobe lights. The parking apron provides large cargo aircraft like the Hercules C-130 with access to fuel and concurrent services.
There is a hangar for the Argentine Air Force de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter that routinely operates from the base along with two Bell 212s that are deployed during the summer campaigns to support scientific activities and link to other Argentine bases.
See also
References
- "Base Marambio". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013.
- "Base Marambio". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013.
- Airport information for Base Marambio Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- "Base Marambio Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- "Base Antártica Marambio" (in Spanish). Fundación Marambio. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013.
- "Marambio Station / Seymour Island". French-Polar-Team. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014.
- "Misión y Organización – Organismos y Unidades – Base Marambio" (in Spanish). Argentine Air Force. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
External links
- OurAirports - Marambio Base
- FallingRain - Marambio Base Airport
- Accident history for Base Marambio, Seymour Island at Aviation Safety Network
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