Nonstop flight route between Trujillo, Peru and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:
Departure Airport:
(8°4'53"S by 79°6'30"W)
Arrival Airport:
(44°8'47"N by 103°4'28"W)
Distance from TRU to RCA:
3,906.92 miles (6,287.56 km)
Share this route:
Jump to:
- About this route
- TRU Airport Information
- RCA Airport Information
- Facts about TRU
- Facts about RCA
- Map of Nearest Airports to TRU
- List of Nearest Airports to TRU
- Map of Furthest Airports from TRU
- List of Furthest Airports from TRU
- Map of Nearest Airports to RCA
- List of Nearest Airports to RCA
- Map of Furthest Airports from RCA
- List of Furthest Airports from RCA
About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU), Trujillo, Peru and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,907 miles (or 6,288 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 Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International 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 Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport and Ellsworth Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TRU / SPRU |
| Airport Name: | Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport |
| Location: | Trujillo, Peru |
| GPS Coordinates: | 8°4'53"S by 79°6'30"W |
| Operator/Owner: | ADP |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 106 feet (32 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from TRU |
| More Information: | TRU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | RCA / KRCA |
| Airport Names: |
|
| Location: | Rapid City, South Dakota, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 44°8'47"N by 103°4'28"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from RCA |
| More Information: | RCA Maps & Info |
Facts about Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU):
- Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The furthest airport from Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU) is Hat Yai International Airport (HDY), which is nearly antipodal to Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (meaning Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hat Yai International Airport), and is located 12,350 miles (19,876 kilometers) away in Hat Yai, Songkhla Province, Thailand.
- Because of Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport's relatively low elevation of 106 feet, planes can take off or land at Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International 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 closest airport to Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU) is Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias (CJA), which is located 78 miles (125 kilometers) NNE of TRU.
Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):
- Military organizations periodically upgrade manpower and machines from time to time to meet new national security requirements and Ellsworth Air Force Base's organizations were no exception.
- On 15 July 1945, the 225th AAFBU was inactivated and Rapid City AAB was placed on standby status as the Army Air Forces began to demobilize.
- 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.
- Air Defense Command deactivated the Ellsworth radar site on 15 August 1962 and the 740th was discontinued.
- 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.
- To provide air defense of the base, the United States Army established the Ellsworth AFB Defense Area in 1957 and constructed Nike-Ajax Surface-to-air missile sites for air defense.
- 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 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".
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 77.70 miles (125.05 km) NNE | Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias (CJA) | Cajamarca, Peru |     |
| 2 | 83.93 miles (135.07 km) SSE | Teniente FAP Jaime Montreuil Morales Airport (CHM) | Chimbote, Ancash Region, Peru | |
| 3 | 102.10 miles (164.32 km) NNW | Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (CIX) | Chiclayo, Peru | |
| 4 | 135.23 miles (217.64 km) SE | Comandante FAP Germán Arias Graziani Airport (ATA) | Huaraz, Peru | |
| 5 | 155.69 miles (250.55 km) NNE | Chachapoyas Airport (CHH) | Chachapoyas, Peru | |
| 6 | 174.70 miles (281.15 km) ENE | Juanjuí Airport (JJI) | Juanjuí, Peru | |
| 7 | 224.38 miles (361.10 km) NNW | Cap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU) | Piura, Peru | |
| 8 | 227.77 miles (366.56 km) ESE | Tingo María Airport (TGI) | Tingo María, Peru | |
| 9 | 233.86 miles (376.37 km) ESE | Alf. FAP David Figueroa Fernandini (HUU) | Huánuco, Huánuco Region, Peru | |
| 10 | 254.77 miles (410.01 km) NE | Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport (YMS) | Yurimaguas, Peru | |
| 11 | 262.18 miles (421.94 km) NNW | José María Velasco Ibarra Airport (MRR) | Macará, Ecuador | |
| 12 | 282.86 miles (455.22 km) N | Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport (LOH) | Loja, Ecuador | |
| 13 | 283.45 miles (456.17 km) NNW | Cap. FAP Victor Montes Arias Airport (TYL) | Talara, Peru | |
| 14 | 304.18 miles (489.53 km) SSE | Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) | Callao (near Lima), Peru | |
| 15 | 310.75 miles (500.10 km) E | FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport (PCL) | Pucallpa, Peru | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 12,350.42 miles (19,876.02 km) NNE | Hat Yai International Airport (HDY) | Hat Yai, Songkhla Province, Thailand | |
| 2 | 12,345.47 miles (19,868.07 km) NNW | Pattani Airport (PAN) | Pattani, Thailand | |
| 3 | 12,340.98 miles (19,860.83 km) ENE | Trang Airport (TST) | Trang, Thailand | |
| 4 | 12,320.74 miles (19,828.26 km) NNE | Samui International Airport (USM) | Ko Samui, Surat Thani, Thailand | |
| 5 | 12,306.36 miles (19,805.13 km) E | Krabi International Airport (KBV) | Krabi, Thailand | |
| 6 | 12,302.16 miles (19,798.35 km) NNE | Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (AOR) | Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia | |
| 7 | 12,296.58 miles (19,789.37 km) ENE | Surat Thani International Airport (URT) | Surat Thani, Thailand | |
| 8 | 12,292.27 miles (19,782.44 km) NNE | Langkawi International Airport (LGK) | Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia | |
| 9 | 12,273.28 miles (19,751.88 km) NW | Sultan Ismail Petra Airport (KBR) | Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia | |
| 10 | 12,260.66 miles (19,731.57 km) E | Phuket International Airport (HKT) | Phuket, Thailand | |
| 11 | 12,252.87 miles (19,719.03 km) N | RMAF Butterworth (UTE) | Butterworth, South Africa | |
| 12 | 12,252.87 miles (19,719.03 km) N | RMAF Butterworth (BWH) | Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia | |
| 13 | 12,240.56 miles (19,699.23 km) NE | Ranong Airport (UNN) | Ranong, Thailand | |
| 14 | 12,239.86 miles (19,698.10 km) NNE | Penang International Airport (PEN) | Penang, Malaysia | |
| 15 | 12,227.31 miles (19,677.89 km) NNE | Chumphon Airport (CJM) | Chumphon, Thailand | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 7.04 miles (11.33 km) S | Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) | Rapid City, South Dakota, United States | |
| 2 | 41.93 miles (67.49 km) WNW | Black Hills Airport (SPF) | Spearfish, South Dakota, United States | |
| 3 | 82.62 miles (132.96 km) SSE | Pine Ridge Airport (XPR) | Pine Ridge, South Dakota, United States | |
| 4 | 90.44 miles (145.55 km) S | Chadron Municipal Airport (CDR) | Chadron, Nebraska, United States | |
| 5 | 122.78 miles (197.60 km) W | Gillette–Campbell County Airport (GCC) | Gillette, Wyoming, United States | |
| 6 | 138.94 miles (223.59 km) E | Pierre Regional Airport (PIR) | Pierre, South Dakota, United States | |
| 7 | 142.03 miles (228.58 km) N | Bowman Municipal Airport (BWM) | Bowman, North Dakota, United States | |
| 8 | 145.26 miles (233.77 km) S | Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA) | Alliance, Nebraska, United States | |
| 9 | 148.71 miles (239.33 km) SW | Converse County Airport (DGW) | Douglas, Wyoming, United States | |
| 10 | 153.78 miles (247.49 km) SSW | Torrington Municipal Airport (TOR) | Torrington, Wyoming, United States | |
| 11 | 154.79 miles (249.12 km) SE | Miller Field (VTN) | Valentine, Nebraska, United States | |
| 12 | 159.20 miles (256.21 km) S | Western Nebraska Regional Airport (BFF) | Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States | |
| 13 | 162.60 miles (261.68 km) NE | Mobridge Municipal Airport (MBG) | Mobridge, South Dakota, United States | |
| 14 | 183.63 miles (295.52 km) N | Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport (DIK) | Dickinson, North Dakota, United States | |
| 15 | 188.89 miles (303.99 km) SE | Ainsworth Regional Airport (ANW) | Ainsworth, Nebraska, United States | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 10,579.32 miles (17,025.72 km) SSE | Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG) | Rodrigues Island, Mauritius | |
| 2 | 10,460.72 miles (16,834.85 km) SE | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU) | Plaisance, Mauritius | |
| 3 | 10,437.71 miles (16,797.83 km) SE | Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE) | Saint-Pierre, Réunion | |
| 4 | 10,415.77 miles (16,762.51 km) SE | Roland Garros Airport (RUN) | St Denis, Réunion, France | |
| 5 | 10,301.11 miles (16,577.99 km) ESE | Tôlanaro Airport (FTU) | Tôlanaro, Madagascar | |
| 6 | 10,292.17 miles (16,563.61 km) W | Margaret River Airport (MGV) | Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 7 | 10,268.77 miles (16,525.95 km) W | Busselton Regional Airport (BQB) | Busselton, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 8 | 10,252.53 miles (16,499.80 km) W | Manjimup Airport (MJP) | Manjimup, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 9 | 10,244.09 miles (16,486.22 km) W | Bunbury Airport (BUY) | Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 10 | 10,200.19 miles (16,415.58 km) W | Rottnest Airport (RTS) | Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 11 | 10,193.03 miles (16,404.05 km) W | Albany Airport (ALH) | Albany, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 12 | 10,186.88 miles (16,394.16 km) W | Jandakot Airport (JAD) | Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 13 | 10,186.40 miles (16,393.38 km) ESE | Ampanihy Airport (AMP) | Ampanihy, Madagascar | |
| 14 | 10,176.73 miles (16,377.83 km) W | Perth Airport (PER) | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | |
| 15 | 10,162.30 miles (16,354.60 km) SE | Mananjary Airport (MNJ) | Mananjary, Madagascar | |