Nonstop flight route between Rapid City, South Dakota, United States and Tallahassee, Florida, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States and Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH), Tallahassee, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,395 miles (or 2,244 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 relatively short distance between Ellsworth Air Force Base and Tallahassee Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (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.
• In addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".
• Air Defense Command deactivated the Ellsworth radar site on 15 August 1962 and the 740th was discontinued.
• On 1 June 1971, SAC deactivated the 821st Strategic Aerospace Division and by October of that year, an upgraded LGM-30F Minuteman II also replaced the Minuteman I missiles.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• The mission of the 28th Bomb Wing is to deliver decisive combat power for global response.

Facts about Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH):

• The closest airport to Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH) is Decatur County Industrial Air Park (BGE), which is located 43 miles (70 kilometers) NNW of TLH.
• The furthest airport from Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,303 miles (18,190 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Tallahassee Regional Airport handled 67,110 passengers last year.
• Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH) has 2 runways.
• The Tallahassee Regional Airport terminal has two concourses, A and B.
• Because of Tallahassee Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 81 feet, planes can take off or land at Tallahassee Regional 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.
• Eastern Airlines opened the airport by ferrying city, state and chamber of commerce officials.