Nonstop flight route between Røst, Nordland, Norway and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Røst Airport (RET), Røst, Nordland, Norway and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,021 miles (or 6,472 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 Røst 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 Røst 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 Røst Airport (RET):

• The furthest airport from Røst Airport (RET) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 10,776 miles (17,343 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Services to Røst started in 1965, when Widerøe commenced seaplane services to the island using de Havilland Canada Otters and Noorduyn Norseman aircraft.
• Because of Røst Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Røst 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.
• In addition to being known as "Røst Airport", another name for RET is "Røst lufthavn".
• The closest airport to Røst Airport (RET) is Værøy Heliport (VRY), which is located only 19 miles (30 kilometers) ENE of RET.
• Røst Airport handled 14,267 passengers last year.
• Røst Airport is a regional airport serving the Røst, Norway.
• The Civil Aviation Administration proposed in 1994 closing the airport along with eight other regional airports, because they had high subsidy levels.

Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):

• An AN/MPS-14 height-finder radar was added in 1956.
• When operations resumed in 1947 the base was a new United States Air Force asset.
• 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.
• Ellsworth AFB was established in 1941 as Rapid City Army Air Base.
• 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".
• The Titan I's life span was short in western South Dakota.
• 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 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 host unit at Ellsworth is the 28th Bomb Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command's Twelfth Air Force.