Nonstop flight route between Durango, Durango, Mexico and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:
Departure Airport:
(24°7'27"N by 104°31'53"W)
Arrival Airport:
(44°8'47"N by 103°4'28"W)
Distance from DGO to RCA:
1,385.85 miles (2,230.30 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport (DGO), Durango, Durango, Mexico and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,386 miles (or 2,230 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 General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport and Ellsworth Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DGO / MMDO |
| Airport Names: |
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| Location: | Durango, Durango, Mexico |
| GPS Coordinates: | 24°7'27"N by 104°31'53"W |
| Area Served: | Durango, Durango, Mexico |
| Operator/Owner: | Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 6102 feet (1,860 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from DGO |
| More Information: | DGO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | RCA / KRCA |
| Airport Names: |
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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 General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport (DGO):
- The furthest airport from General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport (DGO) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,605 miles (18,676 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
- In addition to being known as "General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport", another name for DGO is "Aeropuerto Internacional General Guadalupe Victoria".
- General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport (DGO) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport's high elevation of 6,102 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at DGO. Combined with a high temperature, this could make DGO a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The closest airport to General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport (DGO) is Francisco Sarabia International AirportTorreón International Airport (TRC), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) NE of DGO.
Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):
- 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.
- On 2 January 1942, the U.S.
- 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 base experienced one of its worst peacetime tragedies in March 1953 when an RB-36 and its entire crew of 23 crashed in Newfoundland while returning from a routine exercise in Europe.
- The 740th AC&W Squadron began operations in 1955 with AN/MPS-7 search radar, and initially the station functioned as a Ground-Control Intercept and warning station.
- In addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".
- 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.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 122.03 miles (196.38 km) NE | Francisco Sarabia International AirportTorreón International Airport (TRC) | Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico |     |
| 2 | 128.37 miles (206.60 km) WSW | General Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT) | Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | |
| 3 | 144.37 miles (232.35 km) SE | General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (ZCL) | Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico | |
| 4 | 187.93 miles (302.44 km) S | Amado Nervo International Airport (TPQ) | Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | |
| 5 | 190.33 miles (306.30 km) WNW | Culiacán International Airport (CUL) | Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | |
| 6 | 218.56 miles (351.73 km) SE | Jesús Terán Peredo International Airport (AGU) | Aguascalientes, Mexico | |
| 7 | 242.40 miles (390.11 km) S | Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) | Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico | |
| 8 | 246.42 miles (396.57 km) ENE | Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW) | Saltillo, Mexico | |
| 9 | 257.66 miles (414.66 km) SE | Francisco Primo de Verdad National Airport (LOM) | Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico | |
| 10 | 260.84 miles (419.77 km) SSE | Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (GDL) | Guadalajara, Mexico | |
| 11 | 262.62 miles (422.65 km) ESE | Ponciano Arriaga International Airport (SLP) | San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México | |
| 12 | 273.29 miles (439.82 km) NE | Venustiano Carranza International Airport (LOV) | Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico | |
| 13 | 290.97 miles (468.28 km) SE | Guanajuato International Airport (BJX) | León, Guanajuato, Mexico | |
| 14 | 299.81 miles (482.50 km) ENE | General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY) | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | |
| 15 | 304.78 miles (490.49 km) WNW | Los Mochis International Airport (LMM) | Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,604.68 miles (18,675.88 km) ESE | Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG) | Rodrigues Island, Mauritius | |
| 2 | 11,272.30 miles (18,140.96 km) E | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU) | Plaisance, Mauritius | |
| 3 | 11,146.01 miles (17,937.73 km) E | Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE) | Saint-Pierre, Réunion | |
| 4 | 11,144.97 miles (17,936.05 km) E | Roland Garros Airport (RUN) | St Denis, Réunion, France | |
| 5 | 10,813.43 miles (17,402.48 km) WSW | Cocos (Keeling) Island Airport (CCK) | Cocos Islands, Australia | |
| 6 | 10,785.72 miles (17,357.89 km) S | Fuvahmulah Airport (FVM) | Fuvahmulah, Maldives | |
| 7 | 10,728.20 miles (17,265.33 km) S | Kaadedhdhoo Airport (KDM) | Kaadedhdhoo Island, Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives | |
| 8 | 10,711.25 miles (17,238.04 km) ESE | Sainte Marie Airport (SMS) | Île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar | |
| 9 | 10,708.44 miles (17,233.52 km) E | Toamasino Airport (TMM) | Toamasina, Madagascar | |
| 10 | 10,699.24 miles (17,218.72 km) E | Mananjary Airport (MNJ) | Mananjary, Madagascar | |
| 11 | 10,685.95 miles (17,197.33 km) ESE | Antsirabato Airport (ANM) | Antalaha, Madagascar | |
| 12 | 10,647.47 miles (17,135.41 km) E | Tôlanaro Airport (FTU) | Tôlanaro, Madagascar | |
| 13 | 10,636.77 miles (17,118.18 km) S | Kadhdhoo Airport (KDO) | Kadhdhoo Island, Laamu Atoll, Maldives | |
| 14 | 10,623.96 miles (17,097.57 km) E | Fianarantsoa Airport (WFI) | Fianarantsoa, Madagascar | |
| 15 | 10,618.15 miles (17,088.22 km) ESE | Mandritsara Airport (WMA) | Mandritsara, Madagascar | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 7.04 miles (11.33 km) S | Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) | Rapid City, South Dakota, United States | |
| 2 | 41.93 miles (67.49 km) WNW | Black Hills Airport (SPF) | Spearfish, South Dakota, United States | |
| 3 | 82.62 miles (132.96 km) SSE | Pine Ridge Airport (XPR) | Pine Ridge, South Dakota, United States | |
| 4 | 90.44 miles (145.55 km) S | Chadron Municipal Airport (CDR) | Chadron, Nebraska, United States | |
| 5 | 122.78 miles (197.60 km) W | Gillette–Campbell County Airport (GCC) | Gillette, Wyoming, United States | |
| 6 | 138.94 miles (223.59 km) E | Pierre Regional Airport (PIR) | Pierre, South Dakota, United States | |
| 7 | 142.03 miles (228.58 km) N | Bowman Municipal Airport (BWM) | Bowman, North Dakota, United States | |
| 8 | 145.26 miles (233.77 km) S | Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA) | Alliance, Nebraska, United States | |
| 9 | 148.71 miles (239.33 km) SW | Converse County Airport (DGW) | Douglas, Wyoming, United States | |
| 10 | 153.78 miles (247.49 km) SSW | Torrington Municipal Airport (TOR) | Torrington, Wyoming, United States | |
| 11 | 154.79 miles (249.12 km) SE | Miller Field (VTN) | Valentine, Nebraska, United States | |
| 12 | 159.20 miles (256.21 km) S | Western Nebraska Regional Airport (BFF) | Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States | |
| 13 | 162.60 miles (261.68 km) NE | Mobridge Municipal Airport (MBG) | Mobridge, South Dakota, United States | |
| 14 | 183.63 miles (295.52 km) N | Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport (DIK) | Dickinson, North Dakota, United States | |
| 15 | 188.89 miles (303.99 km) SE | Ainsworth Regional Airport (ANW) | Ainsworth, Nebraska, United States | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 10,579.32 miles (17,025.72 km) SSE | Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG) | Rodrigues Island, Mauritius | |
| 2 | 10,460.72 miles (16,834.85 km) SE | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU) | Plaisance, Mauritius | |
| 3 | 10,437.71 miles (16,797.83 km) SE | Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE) | Saint-Pierre, Réunion | |
| 4 | 10,415.77 miles (16,762.51 km) SE | Roland Garros Airport (RUN) | St Denis, Réunion, France | |
| 5 | 10,301.11 miles (16,577.99 km) ESE | Tôlanaro Airport (FTU) | Tôlanaro, Madagascar | |
| 6 | 10,292.17 miles (16,563.61 km) W | Margaret River Airport (MGV) | Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 7 | 10,268.77 miles (16,525.95 km) W | Busselton Regional Airport (BQB) | Busselton, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 8 | 10,252.53 miles (16,499.80 km) W | Manjimup Airport (MJP) | Manjimup, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 9 | 10,244.09 miles (16,486.22 km) W | Bunbury Airport (BUY) | Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 10 | 10,200.19 miles (16,415.58 km) W | Rottnest Airport (RTS) | Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 11 | 10,193.03 miles (16,404.05 km) W | Albany Airport (ALH) | Albany, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 12 | 10,186.88 miles (16,394.16 km) W | Jandakot Airport (JAD) | Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 13 | 10,186.40 miles (16,393.38 km) ESE | Ampanihy Airport (AMP) | Ampanihy, Madagascar | |
| 14 | 10,176.73 miles (16,377.83 km) W | Perth Airport (PER) | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 15 | 10,162.30 miles (16,354.60 km) SE | Mananjary Airport (MNJ) | Mananjary, Madagascar | |