Nonstop flight route between Rapid City, South Dakota, United States and Morlaix, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States and Morlaix - Ploujean Airport (MXN), Morlaix, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,388 miles (or 7,061 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 Morlaix - Ploujean 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 Morlaix - Ploujean 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):

• On 2 January 1942, the U.S.
• Rapid City AAB was reactivated on 11 October 1945 and was assigned to Continental Air Force.
• The installation changed names a few more times during its early years.
• The 44th Missile Wing, however, had ably accomplished its deterrence mission.
• In addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".
• 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.
• 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.
• Ellsworth AFB is 10 miles east of Rapid City, S.D.
• 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.

Facts about Morlaix - Ploujean Airport (MXN):

• The closest airport to Morlaix - Ploujean Airport (MXN) is Lannion - Côte de Granit Airport (LAI), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) NE of MXN.
• Morlaix - Ploujean Airport (MXN) has 3 runways.
• Because of Morlaix - Ploujean Airport's relatively low elevation of 277 feet, planes can take off or land at Morlaix - Ploujean 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 Morlaix - Ploujean Airport (MXN) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Morlaix - Ploujean Airport (meaning Morlaix - Ploujean Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,101 miles (19,475 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Morlaix - Ploujean Airport", another name for MXN is "Aéroport de Morlaix - PloujeanAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-51".