Palmer Station Airport is a small airstrip associated with the United States Antarctic Program's Palmer Station, located on Anvers Island along the Antarctic Peninsula. The facility supports logistical operations for the research station, which is operated by the National Science Foundation. The airstrip is extremely limited in capacity and is not served by commercial aviation. Access to Palmer Station is primarily accomplished by ship, with the research vessel providing the main link to the outside world. Air operations, when conducted, typically involve small aircraft or helicopters for emergency or scientific purposes. Given Antarctica's extreme weather conditions and the station's remote location, flight operations are highly weather-dependent and infrequent. The facility exists primarily to support scientific research conducted in the surrounding marine and terrestrial environments.