Wolf's Fang Runway

{{short description|Runway in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica}}

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| name = Wolf's Fang Runway

| image =

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| IATA = WFR

| ICAO =

| LID = AT98

| pushpin_map = Antarctica

| pushpin_mapsize = 270

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airfield in Antarctica

| pushpin_label = Wolfs Fang Runway

| pushpin_label_position = right

| coordinates = {{coord|71|31||S|08|48||E|type:airport|display=inline, title}}

| type = Private

| owner =

| operator = White Desert Ltd.

| city-served =

| location = Queen Maud Land, Antarctica

| elevation-f =

| elevation-m = 1130

| website = {{url|white-desert.com/about-us/wolfsfang-runway-logistics/}}

| metric-rwy =

| r1-number =

| r1-length-f = 9,842

| r1-length-m = 3,000

| r1-surface = Blue ice

| footnotes = Source:{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906013936/white-desert.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Wolfs-Fang-IEE-1.pdf |url=http://white-desert.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Wolfs-Fang-IEE-1.pdf |archive-date=2018-09-06|title=Wolfs Fang Runway - Interim Environmental Evaluation Report Final April 2016 |date=22 April 2016 |website=white-desert.com |access-date=22 June 2023}}}}

Wolf's Fang Runway is a runway in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Flights operate to and from the runway during summer in the Southern Hemisphere.{{cite web |url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-08-08/bestfly-antarctica-excursions-continue-season |title=Bestfly Antarctica Excursions To Continue This Season |date=8 August 2018 |website=ainonline.com |publisher=AIN Online |access-date=22 June 2023}} It is operated by White Desert, a British tour operator offering a commercial private jet service to Antarctica.{{cite news |last=Bywater |first=Thomas |date=17 November 2021 |title=Antarctica by private Jet: Luxury Wolf's Fang camp launches with Cape Town link |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/antarctica-by-private-jet-luxury-wolfs-fang-camp-launches-with-cape-town-link/DF7HCWGT5R3EWWBK32UJWMYLBM/ |work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=22 June 2023}}

It is the first runway built on Antarctica that supports large passenger jets to take off and land on.{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.co.za/trending/first-flight-from-cape-town-to-antarctica-in-airbus-a340-2021-11|title=Airbus A340 flew from Cape Town to Antarctica in a world first |publisher=Business Insider|access-date=23 November 2021|archive-date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116233821/https://gizmodo.com/astronauts-forced-to-take-shelter-as-debris-cloud-threa-1848057874|url-status=live}}

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