Casey region
A simple ski landing area (SLA) for intra-continental aircraft has been established close to Casey. It is approximately 10 km east of the station. The location is accessible by wheeled vehicles when snow conditions are suitable (a trip of about 30 minutes). The same journey in a Hägglunds over-snow vehicle takes up to 1 hour.
Davis region
An early summer sea ice SLA is located next to Davis. When the sea ice deteriorates in this location with the onset of summer (usually in late November), fixed wing flights at Davis are serviced by the Davis Plateau ice SLA (colloquially know as Whoop Whoop), which is located approximately 40 km east of the station.
Whoop Whoop is established around mid-November when the sea ice SLA has deteriorated and is usually only accessible from station via helicopter. Helicopters are used to transfer personnel and cargo between Whoop Whoop and the station (a trip of about 20 minutes).
Mawson region
An early summer sea ice SLA has been established close to Mawson.
During summer, when sea ice is not present, an SLA or ice runway on the inland ice plateau is required. This has been established at Rumdoodle, approximately 10 km from Mawson, a 1 hour Hägglunds ride from the station.
Other locations
Ski equipped aircraft are used to deploy and retrieve scientific parties at field locations throughout the Australian Antarctic Territory and beyond according to the needs and priorities of scientific programs.
Operations to field locations use naturally occurring flat areas of snow, ice on the polar plateau or glaciers, and sea ice.