Nonstop flight route between Rapid City, South Dakota, United States and Chizhou and Tongling, Anhui, China:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States and Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport (JUH), Chizhou and Tongling, Anhui, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,659 miles (or 10,717 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 Chizhou Jiuhuashan 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 Chizhou Jiuhuashan 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: | JUH / |
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Location: | Chizhou and Tongling, Anhui, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 30°44'25"N by 117°41'12"E |
Area Served: | Chizhou and Tongling |
Airport Type: | Public |
View all routes: | Routes from JUH |
More Information: | JUH Maps & Info |
Facts about Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA):
- When operations resumed in 1947 the base was a new United States Air Force asset.
- The 12th Air Division moved to Ellsworth on 15 July 1988.
- 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.
- On 2 January 1942, the U.S.
- 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.
- An AN/MPS-14 height-finder radar was added in 1956.
- An Army Air-Defense Command Post was established at Ellsworth in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions.
- 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.
- 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 Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport (JUH):
- In addition to being known as "Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport", other names for JUH include "池州九华山机场", "Chízhōu Jiǔhuàshān Jīchǎng" and "ZSJH".
- The furthest airport from Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport (JUH) is Ceres Airport (CRR), which is nearly antipodal to Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport (meaning Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Ceres Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,912 kilometers) away in Ceres, Santa Fe, Argentina.
- The closest airport to Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport (JUH) is Anqing Tianzhushan Airport (AQG), which is located 39 miles (63 kilometers) WSW of JUH.