Troll Airfield Antarctic

Near Novo Air Base there is a new (2005) runway. Troll Airfield is located near the Norwegian Station and it is 3 km long. Here is a video of IL 76 taking off at that runway.

Here is a map of Antarctic Stations (September 2009).

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Novo Air Base Antarctic (from Cape Town)

Cape Town in South Africa is the starting point for many Antarctic expeditions to the Weddell Sea sector of Antarctica or Queen Maud Land (Novo Air Base), either by ship or by aircraft.

I put her couble of Antarctic maps for people that might be interested of the place. It seems to be so that one intense airport down there is Novo (Novolazarevskaya) Air Base (Russian) and Maitri (Indian). It has regular air traffic from Cape Town controlled by ALCI (Antarctic Logistics Centre International).

Cape Town to Russian Novo Airbase 4128 km

Google Earth Satellite Image of the Runway

Novo (ALCI) Air Base in Detail

Dronning Maud Land Air Network (DROMLAN)

It takes about 5 to 6 hours and 4200 km from Cape Town to Novo Air Base using IL-76 transport plane.

Cape Town

Inside IL-76

Novo Air Base

Landing at Novo Air Base (video)

 

 

 

More Pictures about Novo (ALCI) Air Base at Antarctic

  

Back to Cape Town (video)

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