NZ12
Palmer Station Airport
MVFR
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Name
Palmer Station Airport
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ICAO / GPS
NZ12 / NZ0B
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- Region
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Timezone
8:53 pm (CLT)
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Municipality
Palmer Station
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Coordinates
64° 46′ 28″ N 64° 2′ 9″ E
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Elevation
149 ft (45 m MSL)
About Palmer Station Airport
Palmer Station is a United States research station in Antarctica located on Anvers Island, the only US station located north of the Antarctic Circle. Initial construction of the station finished in 1968. The station, like the other U.S. Antarctic stations, is operated by the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) of the National Science Foundation. The base is about as distant from the equator as Fairbanks, Alaska.