Nonstop flight route between Hassi R'Mel, Algeria and Rapid City, South Dakota, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Hassi R'Mel Airport (HRM), Hassi R'Mel, Algeria and Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,386 miles (or 8,668 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 Hassi R'Mel 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 Hassi R'Mel 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: | HRM / DAFH |
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Location: | Hassi R'Mel, Algeria |
GPS Coordinates: | 32°55'53"N by 3°18'37"E |
Area Served: | Hassi R'Mel, Algeria |
Operator/Owner: | EGSA Alger |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 2540 feet (774 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from HRM |
More Information: | HRM Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | RCA / KRCA |
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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 Hassi R'Mel Airport (HRM):
- The closest airport to Hassi R'Mel Airport (HRM) is Noumérat – Moufdi Zakaria Airport (GHA), which is located 47 miles (76 kilometers) SE of HRM.
- Hassi R'Mel Airport (HRM) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Hassi R'Mel Airport (HRM) is Gisborne Airport (GIS), which is located 11,941 miles (19,217 kilometers) away in Gisborne, New Zealand.
- In addition to being known as "Hassi R'Mel Airport", other names for HRM include "Hassi R'Mel Airport (Tilrempt)" and "Aéroport de Hassi R'Mel: Tilrhemt".
Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):
- The host unit at Ellsworth is the 28th Bomb Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command's Twelfth Air Force.
- 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".
- 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.
- Rapid City AAF was assigned to the 17th Bombardment Training Wing, II Bomber Command.
- In October 1960, Ellsworth entered the "Space Age," with the activation of the 850th Strategic Missile Squadron, initially assigned to the 28 BMW.
- 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.
- 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.
- Air Defense Command activated the 740th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at Rapid City AFB on 1 February 1953 under the ADC 31st Air Division.