Nonstop flight route between Durango, Colorado, United States and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Animas Air Park (AMK), Durango, Colorado, United States and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 541 miles (or 871 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 relatively short distance between Animas Air Park and Ellsworth Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Animas Air Park (AMK):

• Because of Animas Air Park's high elevation of 6,684 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at AMK. Combined with a high temperature, this could make AMK a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Animas Air Park (AMK) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Animas Air Park", another name for AMK is "00C".
• The closest airport to Animas Air Park (AMK) is Durango–La Plata County Airport (DRO), which is located only 7 miles (12 kilometers) ESE of AMK.
• The furthest airport from Animas Air Park (AMK) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,121 miles (17,897 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):

• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".
• 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 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.
• Ellsworth's population of approximately 8,000 includes military members, family members and civilian employees.
• In October 1960, Ellsworth entered the "Space Age," with the activation of the 850th Strategic Missile Squadron, initially assigned to the 28 BMW.
• 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.