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The Pegasus ice runway (ICAO: NZPG) is the farthest south of McMurdo Station's three frozen airstrips. It is named after a C-121 Lockheed Constellation christened "Pegasus" which is still visible in the snow there. On October 8, 1970, the "Pegasus" crashed in bad weather. No one on board was injured. However, the plane remains and gives this place its name.

Located mear McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 166°35' E 78° S, this runway is used for wheeled aircraft which can not land at the busier Williams Field runway, which is snow instead of the hard ice like at Pegasus field.

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Runway Project Clears the Way for Improved Antarctic Airlift, National Science Foundaton. February 20, 2002.

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	[[Image:RNZAF P3.jpg\|thumb\|A [[New Zealand]] [[P-3 Orion\|P-3K Orion]], testing Pegasus as a possible base for [[Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources]] patrols, January 2006]] The '''Pegasus ice runway''' {{Airport codes\|\|NZPG\|\|}} is the farthest south of [[McMurdo Station\|McMurdo Station's]] three frozen airstrips. It is named after a C-121 [[Lockheed Constellation]] christened "Pegasus" which is still visible in the snow there. On October 8, 1970, the "Pegasus" crashed in bad weather. No one on board was injured. However, the plane remains and gives this place its name.		[[Image:RNZAF P3.jpg\|thumb\|A [[New Zealand]] [[P-3 Orion\|P-3K Orion]], testing Pegasus as a possible base for [[Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources]] patrols, January 2006\|{{deletable image-caption\|1=Saturday, 17 November 2007}}]] The '''Pegasus ice runway''' {{Airport codes\|\|NZPG\|\|}} is the farthest south of [[McMurdo Station\|McMurdo Station's]] three frozen airstrips. It is named after a C-121 [[Lockheed Constellation]] christened "Pegasus" which is still visible in the snow there. On October 8, 1970, the "Pegasus" crashed in bad weather. No one on board was injured. However, the plane remains and gives this place its name.
	Located mear McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 166°35' E 78° S, this runway is used for wheeled aircraft which can not land at the busier Williams Field runway, which is snow instead of the hard ice like at Pegasus field.		Located mear McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 166°35' E 78° S, this runway is used for wheeled aircraft which can not land at the busier Williams Field runway, which is snow instead of the hard ice like at Pegasus field.