Nonstop flight route between Rapid City, South Dakota, United States and Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States and Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC), Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,496 miles (or 8,845 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 Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International 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 Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International 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):

• 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 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.
• Rapid City AAF was assigned to the 17th Bombardment Training Wing, II Bomber Command.
• When operations resumed in 1947 the base was a new United States Air Force asset.
• The 44th Missile Wing, however, had ably accomplished its deterrence mission.
• Shortly after additional runway improvements, in July 1949, the 28 BMW began conversion from B-29s to the huge B-36 Peacemaker.
• 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.
• 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 airfield was again temporarily shut down from September 1946 – March 1947 and underwent a major construction program to upgrade the temporary wartime facilities to that of a permanent base.

Facts about Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC):

• The closest airport to Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC) is Ponta Porã International Airport (PMG), which is located only 10 miles (17 kilometers) NE of PJC.
• In addition to being known as "Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport", another name for PJC is "Aeródromo de Pedro Juan Caballero Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster".
• The furthest airport from Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC) is Hateruma Airport (HTR), which is nearly antipodal to Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (meaning Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hateruma Airport), and is located 12,336 miles (19,853 kilometers) away in Hateruma, Okinawa, Japan.
• Dr. Augusto Roberto Fuster International Airport (PJC) currently has only 1 runway.