Nonstop flight route between Sidi Ifni, Morocco and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sania Ramel Airport (SII), Sidi Ifni, Morocco and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,901 miles (or 7,887 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 Sania Ramel 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 Sania Ramel 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 Sania Ramel Airport (SII):

• In addition to being known as "Sania Ramel Airport", other names for SII include "مطار تطوان سانية الرمل", "Aéroport Tétouan – Sania R'mel", "TTU", "GMTN" and "TTU".
• Because of Sania Ramel Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Sania Ramel 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 Sania Ramel Airport (SII) is Whangarei Airport (WRE), which is nearly antipodal to Sania Ramel Airport (meaning Sania Ramel Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Whangarei Airport), and is located 12,415 miles (19,981 kilometers) away in Whangarei, New Zealand.
• Sania Ramel Airport handled 15,039 passengers last year.
• Sania Ramel Airport (SII) currently has only 1 runway.
• After Morocco's independence in 1957, the airport was transferred to the new administration, after which it started to decline.
• Sania Ramel Airport is an airport serving Tétouan, a city in the Tangier-Tétouan region in Morocco.
• The closest airport to Sania Ramel Airport (SII) is Sania Ramel Airport (TTU), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of SII.

Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (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 Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 10 miles northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota just north of Box Elder, South Dakota.
• Air Defense Command deactivated the Ellsworth radar site on 15 August 1962 and the 740th was discontinued.
• 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 addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".
• 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.
• Ellsworth AFB is 10 miles east of Rapid City, S.D.
• 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 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.
• Ellsworth AFB was established in 1941 as Rapid City Army Air Base.