Nonstop flight route between Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA), Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,775 miles (or 7,685 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 Inácio Luís do Nascimento 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 Inácio Luís do Nascimento 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 Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA):

• The closest airport to Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA) is Juína Airport (JIA), which is located 79 miles (128 kilometers) W of JUA.
• In addition to being known as "Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport", another name for JUA is "Aeroporto Inácio Luís do Nascimento".
• Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport is the airport serving Juara, Brazil.
• Because of Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport's relatively low elevation of 991 feet, planes can take off or land at Inácio Luís do Nascimento 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.
• The furthest airport from Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (JUA) is Kalibo International Airport (KLO), which is nearly antipodal to Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport (meaning Inácio Luís do Nascimento Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kalibo International Airport), and is located 12,409 miles (19,970 kilometers) away in Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines.

Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):

• An AN/MPS-14 height-finder radar was added in 1956.
• 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.
• Rapid City AAF was assigned to the 17th Bombardment Training Wing, II Bomber Command.
• In addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".
• In October 1960, Ellsworth entered the "Space Age," with the activation of the 850th Strategic Missile Squadron, initially assigned to the 28 BMW.
• 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.
• Military organizations periodically upgrade manpower and machines from time to time to meet new national security requirements and Ellsworth Air Force Base's organizations were no exception.