page_title: Summit Camp
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Summit Camp / Transport
caption_attribution_description: English: Summit Laying out the first runway, 1989
context_page_description: Summit Camp, also Summit Station, is a year-round research station on the apex of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Its coordinates are variable, since the ice is moving. The coordinates provided here are as of July 2009. The station is located 3,216 metres above sea level. The population of the station is typically five in wintertime, and has a maximum of 38 in the summer. The station is operated by the American-based CH2M Hill Polar Services, with support from the United States' National Science Foundation. A permit from the Danish Polar Center under the auspices of the Home Rule Government of Greenland is required to visit the station.
context_section_description: During the summer months, the station is accessed via Kangerlussuaq Airport with LC-130 Hercules aircraft which land on a 4,572 by 60 m (15,000 by 197 ft) snow runway, which is prepared and regularly groomed for ski-equipped aircraft. Winter access is infrequent, using smaller, ski-equipped aircraft such as a Twin Otter flown by Norlandair.
caption: Summit Laying out the first runway, 1989
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