Antarctica

Williams Field

Williams Field or Willy Field is a United States Antarctic Program airfield in . Williams Field consists of two snow runways located on approximately 8 meters of compacted snow, lying on top of 8–10 ft of ice, floating over 550 meters of water.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airstrip in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “NZWD”, “Williams Airfield”, “Willy Field”, and “Willy’s Field”

Williams Field

Latitude
-77.8707° or 77° 52′ 15″ south
Longitude
167.0779° or 167° 4′ 41″ east
Operator
United States and New Zealand
Open location code
2VJ943HH+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 821080729
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Wiki­data ID
Q2748837
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Satellite Map

Discover Williams Field from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Williams Field” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Williams Field (tugpahanan)”
  • Cebuano: “Williams Field”
  • Dutch: “Williams Field”
  • French: “Williams Field”
  • German: “Williams Field”
  • Japanese: “ウィリアムズ飛行場”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “NZWD”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Williams Field”
  • Norwegian: “Williams Field”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه صحرایی ولیامز”
  • Spanish: “Campo Williams”
  • Swedish: “Williams Field (flygplats)”
  • Swedish: “Williams Field”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи саҳро влиомз”

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