Nonstop flight route between Rapid City, South Dakota, United States and Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States and Aek Godang Airport (AEG), Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,997 miles (or 14,480 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 Ellsworth Air Force Base and Aek Godang Airport, 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 Ellsworth Air Force Base and Aek Godang Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure 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 |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | AEG / WIME |
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Location: | Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 1°24'0"N by 99°25'49"E |
Area Served: | Padang Sidempuan |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 922 feet (281 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from AEG |
More Information: | AEG Maps & Info |
Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):
- After the Army closed their facilities, the military housing at the Nike Integrated Fire Control sites was transferred to control of Ellsworth, and was used as Air Force military family housing until about 1990.
- The installation changed names a few more times during its early years.
- The host unit at Ellsworth is the 28th Bomb Wing assigned to the Air Combat Command's Twelfth Air Force.
- 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.
- When operations resumed in 1947 the base was a new United States Air Force asset.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- In addition to being known as "Ellsworth Air Force Base", another name for RCA is "Ellsworth AFB".
- 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.
Facts about Aek Godang Airport (AEG):
- In addition to being known as "Aek Godang Airport", another name for AEG is "Bandar Udara Aek Godang".
- Because of Aek Godang Airport's relatively low elevation of 922 feet, planes can take off or land at Aek Godang 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 furthest airport from Aek Godang Airport (AEG) is Reales Tamarindos Airport (PVO), which is nearly antipodal to Aek Godang Airport (meaning Aek Godang Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Reales Tamarindos Airport), and is located 12,411 miles (19,974 kilometers) away in Portoviejo, Ecuador.
- Aek Godang Airport (AEG) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Aek Godang Airport (AEG) is Binaka Airport (GNS), which is located 120 miles (194 kilometers) W of AEG.