Nonstop flight route between Rapid City, South Dakota, United States and Maringá, Paraná, Brazil:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States and Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF), Maringá, Paraná, Brazil would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,678 miles (or 9,138 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 Ellsworth Air Force Base and Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport, 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 Ellsworth Air Force Base and Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):

• 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 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".
• The host unit at Ellsworth is the 28th Bomb Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command's Twelfth Air Force.
• Shortly after additional runway improvements, in July 1949, the 28 BMW began conversion from B-29s to the huge B-36 Peacemaker.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF):

• The furthest airport from Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF) is Naha Airport (OKA), which is nearly antipodal to Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (meaning Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Naha Airport), and is located 12,248 miles (19,711 kilometers) away in Okinawa, Japan.
• In addition to being known as "Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport", another name for MGF is "Aeroporto Regional Sílvio Name Júnior".
• The closest airport to Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF) is Alberto Bertelli Airport (APX), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) ENE of MGF.
• Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport handled 677,264 passengers last year.
• It is operated by Terminais Aéreos de Maringá – SBMG, a semi-independent Transportation Authority of Maringá, indirectly related to the Municipality of Maringá, and under the supervision of Aeroportos do Paraná.
• The airport is very modern and the runway of the airport is capable to handle major regional and domestic flights.
• The airport has service with over 120 parking places.
• Sílvio Name Júnior Regional Airport (MGF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is located 12 km from downtown Maringá.