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2004 - 2005 Antarctic Air Operations Planning Summary Fixed Wing Operations 2004-2005 Antarctic Air Operations Planning Summary Table of Contents Fixed Wing Operations.................................................................................................................................................... 1 LC-130 Landing Sites ..............................................................................................................................................................................1 2004 – 2005 LC-130 Landing and Airdrop Sites...................................................................................................................................... 2 2004-2005 LC-130 Intracontinental Flight Tempo by Location................................................................................................................ 3 Major Camp Overviews and Load Plans ...................................................................................................................................5 Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (NPX)...............................................................................................................................5 Beardmore South Camp (BDM).................................................................................................................................................7 Byrd Surface Camp (NBY) ........................................................................................................................................................9 Pine Island Camp (PNE) .........................................................................................................................................................14 Thwaites Glacier (THW) ..........................................................................................................................................................20 Siple Dome Camp ...................................................................................................................................................................30 Other Missions.........................................................................................................................................................................36 Twin Otter Operations .................................................................................................................................................................37 Twin Otter Landing Sites .........................................................................................................................................................37 Fuel Cache Sites 2004 – 2005 ................................................................................................................................................ 43 Helicopter Operations..................................................................................................................................................................44 USAP Helicopter Mission Hours by Week ............................................................................................................................... 46 Other Helicopter Mission Hours by Week................................................................................................................................ 47 RPSC Helicopter Mission Hours by Week............................................................................................................................... 47 Total Mission Hours Proposed for FY04/05............................................................................................................................. 48 USAP Helicopter Flight Hours by Week .................................................................................................................................. 49 Other Helicopter Flight Hours by Week ................................................................................................................................... 50 RPSC Helicopter Flight Hours by Week .................................................................................................................................. 50 Total Flight Hours Proposed for FY04/05 ................................................................................................................................ 51 Internet Links...........................................................................................................................................................................56 i Fixed Wing Operations Fixed Wing Operation LC-130 Operations The LC-130 plan assumes 401 completed intracontinent missions, which assumes a success rate of 85% as agreed to by NSF and the 109th NYANG (New York Air National Guard). LC-130 Landing Sites 1 Fixed Wing Operations LC-130 Landing and Airdrop Sites 2004 – 2005 LC-130 Landing and Airdrop Sites Location Latitude Longitude 3-Letter Designator Alpha Code Beardmore Glacier 84.00S 164.50E BDM Y Byrd Surface Camp 80.01S 119.57W NBY T Horlick Mountains 85.38S 121.00W HLK L Long Duration Balloon TBD TBD LDB B McMurdo Station 77.85S 166.67E ZCM M Odell Glacier 76.66S 159.95E ODL D Pine Island 77.50S 95.93E PNE N Siple Dome 81.66S 149.02W SDM S South Pole Station 90.00S 139.27E NPX P Taylor Dome 77.79S 158.79E TDM E Terra Nova Bay 74.69S 164.12E TNB I Thwaites Glacier 78.50S 118.50W THW G Vostok 78.47S 106.82E VOS V 2 Fixed Wing Operations LC-130 Weekly Schedule 2004-2005 LC-130 Intracontinental Flight Tempo by Location n o ce mp ns llo i a e r me o Scien Pole o m ons h i tion Ba l eld rface C s i Mounta cated ra k F aites Glacier Destination u Su w Tota allo h T ng D Un VOS - Vostok - FAA Mis PNE - Pine Island BDM - Beard W SDM - Siple D NZSP - Sout H SP - Deep T HLK - Horlic NBY - Byrd NZ LDB - Lo Week 1 week-ending: 23-Oct 2 2 Week 2 30-Oct 8 1 1 10 Week 3 06-Nov 9 3 2 2 3 1 20 Week 4 13-Nov 19 2 2 2 2 27 Week 5 20-Nov 21 1 1 1 4 28 Week 6 27-Nov 16 1 1 1 3 22 Week 7 04-Dec 22 2 1 1 1 1 28 Week 8 11-Dec 20 3 2 1 1 1 28 Week 9 18-Dec 18 1 2 1 1 23 Week 10 25-Dec 12 1 13 Week 11 01-Jan 11 11 Week 12 08-Jan 26 1 1 1 1 30 Week 13 15-Jan 26 1 1 2 30 Week 14 22-Jan 27 2 1 30 Week 15 29-Jan 20 1 1 2 2 26 Week 16 05-Feb 23 4 27 Week 17 12-Feb 32 32 Week 18 19-Feb 14 14 Total: 326 9 2 1 2 10 10 9 23 4 5 401 (*Notes on following page) 3 Fixed Wing Operations LC-130 Weekly Schedule LC-130 Intracontinental Flight Tempo Notes: • LC-130 Flight tempo does not include projected ten intercontinental USAP decks. • Vostok: No flights allocated for 2004-2005. • Reconnaissance missions are required for THW and PNE. • Unallocated missions pending approval of Taylor Dome (TDM). • In addition to the ten allocated NBY missions: Nine PNE and two THW LC-130 landing missions will refuel via NBY. • In addition to the nine allocated SDM mission: One THW landing mission will shuttle the 931 loader from SDM to THW. • SDM and NBY put-in missions will be executed by Twin Otters. • HLK mission is a fuel cache airdrop (14 bundles). • South Pole return legs will pull-out G-057 (Harvey) from BDM week ending 29 January. • South Pole Deep Field Science missions: Three of the nine missions are tankers. • South Pole: Total LC-130 missions is 335 (add Columns B and C totals). 4 Fixed Wing Operations LC-130 Weekly Schedule Major Camp Overviews and Load Plans Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (NPX) Location: 90.0 S, 139.27 E Elevation: Approx. 9,301 feet Distance: NPX - > ZCM = 728 nm NPX - > SDM = 499 nm Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station will open for normal 2004-2005 austral summer activities on November 1, 2004. An operational opening on October 23, 2004 will allow for approximately one week of turnover with winter staff, preparation for summer activities and skiway maintenance. The austral summer season is scheduled to end by February 15, 2005. A winter crew is expected to remain on station for the 2005 austral winter season from February to November to maintain station operations, conduct winter-over research, and continue construction work on the new station. South Pole Airlift Requirements 2004-2005 LC-130 Airlift to South Pole 3 e 3, R ) s s DU te nd escop BE AR/ * RYO/D ou 3 mber Food/IDW3 ar Da W p A ( TDE ROS DN Bicep P S EL ICE CU / FEMC/DX3 U Total Weight L Pax Nu I SPSE/SM/DZ3 Calend F A NZSP - South Pole 10 Meter Tel M SCIENCE/C PAX Weight and DV3 OPS Cargo/ 23-Oct 4297 2 100 33,000 3,964 3,436 100 8,749 1,100 1,780 52,129 30-Oct 4304 8 101 33,330 9,024 28,400 2,400 23,442 1,100 6,604 104,058 208,358 6-Nov 4311 9 35 11,550 13,497 45,882 10,442 216 7,799 1,100 8,099 135,442 234,027 13-Nov 4318 19 44 14,520 13,362 158,082 41,004 137,814 45,712 1,100 40,740 41,582 493,916 20-Nov 4325 21 31 10,230 12,550 128,000 1,195 138,883 6,400 20,056 1,100 31,620 195,842 545,876 27-Nov 4332 16 14 4,620 8,500 220,500 2,170 1,075 8,000 11,660 1,100 25,958 132,362 415,945 4-Dec 4339 22 27 8,910 9,702 117,700 2,680 115,807 6,620 9,961 1,100 27,042 272,542 572,064 11-Dec 4346 20 18 5,940 1,152 79,700 27,205 126,178 1,000 1,500 1,100 24,402 252,862 521,039 5 Fixed Wing Operations 3 e 3, R s) s DU te d n escop BE AR/ u * RYO/D 3 mber Food/IDW3 ar Da W A TDE ROS DN Bicep P S ICE CU / FEMC/DX3 Total Weight L Pax Nu I SPSE/SM/DZ3 Calend FUEL (po A NZSP - South Pole 10 Meter Tel M SCIENCE/C PAX Weight and DV3 OPS Cargo/ 18-Dec 4353 18 32 10,560 0 300 3,552 183,065 1,500 1,100 19,444 248,600 468,121 25-Dec 4360 12 24 7,920 1,000 61,500 1,010 400 25,115 1,100 9,247 204,682 311,974 1-Jan 5001 11 11 3,630 0 67,300 3,360 5,015 1,100 7,877 197,662 285,944
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