Airstrips
Casey is significant as a transport hub for the Australian Antarctic program, with the introduction of intercontinental jet flights for scientists and operational staff from Hobart to the Wilkins ice runway, 65 km inland from Casey station. The inaugural landing of the AAD's Airbus A319 aircraft was on the evening of 9 December 2007.
The smaller Casey Station Skiway is located 8 km east of the station, and opened on 30 December 2004.
In March 2009, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC-TV) international affairs program "Foreign Correspondent" featured air operations at Casey Station as part of a report titled: "Antarctica - What Lies Beneath".
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