Nonstop flight route between Linz, Austria and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Linz Airport (LNZ), Linz, Austria and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,010 miles (or 8,063 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 Linz 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 Linz 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 Linz Airport (LNZ):

• In addition to being known as "Linz Airport", another name for LNZ is "Blue Danube Airport Linz".
• The furthest airport from Linz Airport (LNZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,842 miles (19,058 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Linz Airport (LNZ) currently has only 1 runway.
• Linz Airport is relatively small, with 11 gates.
• Because of Linz Airport's relatively low elevation of 977 feet, planes can take off or land at Linz 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 closest airport to Linz Airport (LNZ) is Salzburg Airport (SZG), which is located 63 miles (101 kilometers) WSW of LNZ.

Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):

• When operations resumed in 1947 the base was a new United States Air Force asset.
• In addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".
• An Army Air-Defense Command Post was established at Ellsworth in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions.
• 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.
• 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.
• Rapid City AAB was reactivated on 11 October 1945 and was assigned to Continental Air Force.
• On 15 July 1945, the 225th AAFBU was inactivated and Rapid City AAB was placed on standby status as the Army Air Forces began to demobilize.
• 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.
• In March 1944, heavy bomber operational training ended and the 225th Army Air Force Base Unit began training of replacement personnel for deployed heavy bombardment units in the overseas combat theaters.