Nonstop flight route between Treviso, Italy and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Treviso-Sant'Angelo Airport (TSF), Treviso, Italy and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,079 miles (or 8,173 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 Treviso-Sant'Angelo 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 Treviso-Sant'Angelo 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 Treviso-Sant'Angelo Airport (TSF):

• The furthest airport from Treviso-Sant'Angelo Airport (TSF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,994 miles (19,302 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Treviso-Sant'Angelo Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Treviso-Sant'Angelo 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.
• Treviso-Sant'Angelo Airport handled 2,175,396 passengers last year.
• Treviso-Sant'Angelo Airport (TSF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport stands 18 meters above the sea level, an air-strip length is 07/25, with asphalt surface 7940 feet /150 feet.
• The closest airport to Treviso-Sant'Angelo Airport (TSF) is Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE), which is located only 13 miles (20 kilometers) SE of TSF.

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 1 June 1992, as part of the first major reorganization since the creation of USAF, the Air Force inactivated Strategic Air Command and assigned Ellsworth's organizations ) to the newly activated Air Combat Command.
• 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's population of approximately 8,000 includes military members, family members and civilian employees.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".