Nonstop flight route between Patna, India and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport (PAT), Patna, India and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,591 miles (or 12,216 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 Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna 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 Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna 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 Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport (PAT):

• In addition to being known as "Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport", another name for PAT is "जय प्रकाश नारायण हवाई अड्डे".
• Private taxis are available for hire.
• Because of Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport's relatively low elevation of 170 feet, planes can take off or land at Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna 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 Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport (PAT) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,532 miles (18,560 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• The closest airport to Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport (PAT) is Muzaffarpur Airport (MZU), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) NNE of PAT.
• Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport Patna Airport (PAT) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):

• In addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".
• Air Defense Command activated the 740th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at Rapid City AFB on 1 February 1953 under the ADC 31st Air Division.
• After the Army closed their facilities, the military housing at the Nike Integrated Fire Control sites was transferred to control of Ellsworth, and was used as Air Force military family housing until about 1990.
• The installation changed names a few more times during its early years.
• When operations resumed in 1947 the base was a new United States Air Force asset.
• 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 1986, the base and the 28 BMW made extensive preparations to phase out the aging B-52 fleet and become the second home for the advanced B-1B Lancer.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.