Nonstop flight route between Porlamar, Venezuela and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport (PMV), Porlamar, Venezuela and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,266 miles (or 5,256 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport and Ellsworth Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport and Ellsworth Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | PMV / SVMG |
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Location: | Porlamar, Venezuela |
GPS Coordinates: | 10°54'47"N by 63°58'3"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 74 feet (23 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from PMV |
More Information: | PMV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RCA / KRCA |
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Location: | Rapid City, South Dakota, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 44°8'47"N by 103°4'28"W |
View all routes: | Routes from RCA |
More Information: | RCA Maps & Info |
Facts about Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport (PMV):
- Because of Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport's relatively low elevation of 74 feet, planes can take off or land at Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport (PMV) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport (PMV) is Antonio José de Sucre Airport (CUM), which is located 34 miles (54 kilometers) SSW of PMV.
- The furthest airport from Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport (PMV) is Lombok International Airport (LOP), which is nearly antipodal to Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport (meaning Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Lombok International Airport), and is located 12,287 miles (19,774 kilometers) away in Mataram (near Praya), Lombok, Indonesia.
- In addition to being known as "Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport", another name for PMV is "Aeropuerto Internacional del Caribe "Santiago Mariño"".
Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):
- The airfield was again temporarily shut down from September 1946 – March 1947 and underwent a major construction program to upgrade the temporary wartime facilities to that of a permanent base.
- On 1 June 1971, SAC deactivated the 821st Strategic Aerospace Division and by October of that year, an upgraded LGM-30F Minuteman II also replaced the Minuteman I missiles.
- In addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".
- Ellsworth AFB was established in 1941 as Rapid City Army Air Base.
- To provide air defense of the base, the United States Army established the Ellsworth AFB Defense Area in 1957 and constructed Nike-Ajax Surface-to-air missile sites for air defense.
- The closest airport to Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA) is Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP), which is located only 7 miles (11 kilometers) S of RCA.
- The furthest airport from Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,579 miles (17,026 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- The host unit at Ellsworth is the 28th Bomb Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command's Twelfth Air Force.