Nonstop flight route between Jaipur / Sanganer, India and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jaipur Airport (JAI), Jaipur / Sanganer, India and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,533 miles (or 12,123 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 Jaipur 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 Jaipur Airport and Ellsworth Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jaipur Airport (JAI):

• The furthest airport from Jaipur Airport (JAI) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Jaipur Airport (meaning Jaipur Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,114 miles (19,495 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• Jaipur airport is the only international airport in the state of Rajasthan.
• The closest airport to Jaipur Airport (JAI) is Kota Airport (KTU), which is located 115 miles (185 kilometers) S of JAI.
• Jaipur Airport (JAI) has 2 runways.
• The cargo terminal is adjacent to the old passenger terminal building, and has an area of approximately 700 square metres.
• Jaipur Airport is in the southern suburb of Sanganer, 13 km from Jaipur, the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan.
• Salient Features of New Jaipur Airport Terminal
• Air India Planes at Jaipur Airport
• The entrance gate, made of sandstone and Dholpur stones along with Rajasthani paintings on the walls, give tourists a glimpse of the Rajasthani culture.

Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):

• The installation changed names a few more times during its early years.
• 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.
• Air Defense Command deactivated the Ellsworth radar site on 15 August 1962 and the 740th was discontinued.
• Rapid City AAB was reactivated on 11 October 1945 and was assigned to Continental Air Force.
• 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.
• Ellsworth AFB was established in 1941 as Rapid City Army Air Base.
• On 1 June 1992, as part of the first major reorganization since the creation of USAF, the Air Force inactivated Strategic Air Command and assigned Ellsworth's organizations ) to the newly activated Air Combat Command.
• 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.
• Shortly after additional runway improvements, in July 1949, the 28 BMW began conversion from B-29s to the huge B-36 Peacemaker.
• 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".