Nonstop flight route between Laramie, Wyoming, United States and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Laramie Regional Airport (LAR), Laramie, Wyoming, United States and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 236 miles (or 380 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 Laramie Regional Airport 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 Laramie Regional Airport (LAR):

• The airport covers 1,580 acres at an elevation of 7,284 feet.
• The furthest airport from Laramie Regional Airport (LAR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,814 miles (17,404 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Laramie Regional Airport's high elevation of 7,284 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at LAR. Combined with a high temperature, this could make LAR a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• Laramie Regional Airport (LAR) has 2 runways.
• The area has many businesses and the University of Wyoming and the Wyoming Technical Institute.
• The closest airport to Laramie Regional Airport (LAR) is Francis E. Warren Air Force Base (FEW), which is located 44 miles (70 kilometers) ESE of LAR.

Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):

• Ellsworth Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 10 miles northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota just north of Box Elder, South Dakota.
• 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.
• When operations resumed in 1947 the base was a new United States Air Force asset.
• 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.
• 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.
• Internationally, the destruction of the Berlin Wall in October 1989 symbolized the imminent demise of the Soviet Union over the next several months.
• Air Defense Command deactivated the Ellsworth radar site on 15 August 1962 and the 740th was discontinued.
• The mission of the 28th Bomb Wing is to deliver decisive combat power for global response.