Nonstop flight route between Quimper, France and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Quimper - Cornouaille Airport (UIP), Quimper, France and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,401 miles (or 7,083 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 Quimper - Cornouaille 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 Quimper - Cornouaille 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 Quimper - Cornouaille Airport (UIP):

• The closest airport to Quimper - Cornouaille Airport (UIP) is Brest Bretagne Airport (BES), which is located 35 miles (56 kilometers) NNW of UIP.
• Because of Quimper - Cornouaille Airport's relatively low elevation of 297 feet, planes can take off or land at Quimper - Cornouaille 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.
• Quimper - Cornouaille Airport (UIP) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Quimper - Cornouaille Airport (UIP) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is nearly antipodal to Quimper - Cornouaille Airport (meaning Quimper - Cornouaille Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Dunedin International Airport), and is located 12,136 miles (19,531 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Quimper - Cornouaille Airport", another name for UIP is "Aéroport de Quimper - Cornouaille".

Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (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.
• Ellsworth AFB was established in 1941 as Rapid City Army Air Base.
• 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.
• 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 addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".
• 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.
• The 12th Air Division moved to Ellsworth on 15 July 1988.
• The installation changed names a few more times during its early years.
• 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.