Nonstop flight route between Videira, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA), Videira, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,909 miles (or 9,509 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 Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal 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 Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal 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 Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA):

• The furthest airport from Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA) is Iejima Airport (IEJ), which is nearly antipodal to Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (meaning Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Iejima Airport), and is located 12,369 miles (19,906 kilometers) away in Iejima, Japan.
• The closest airport to Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA) is Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport (CFC), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) NE of VIA.
• The airport was inaugurated on November 15, 1949 and it is presently dedicated to general aviation.
• Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport (VIA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport", another name for VIA is "Aeroporto Municipal Ângelo Ponzoni".

Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):

• The base experienced one of its worst peacetime tragedies in March 1953 when an RB-36 and its entire crew of 23 crashed in Newfoundland while returning from a routine exercise in Europe.
• In October 1960, Ellsworth entered the "Space Age," with the activation of the 850th Strategic Missile Squadron, initially assigned to the 28 BMW.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".
• On 2 January 1942, the U.S.
• 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.
• Ellsworth AFB is 10 miles east of Rapid City, S.D.
• 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.
• 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 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.