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Ellsworth Air Force Base airport in Rapid City (United State)
Ellsworth Air Force Base airport is located near Rapid City, with Ellsworth Air Force Base at 1mi↑, Box Elder at 3mi↑, Rapid Valley at 6mi↑, Rapid City at 8mi↑, Blackhawk at 10mi↑, Wildwood Addition at 11mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United State and Southernmost airports in United State
→ See also airports in United State
aerial view of Ellsworth Air Force Base airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : KRCA
- IATA code : RCA
- Local code : -
Elevation : 999 m = 3278ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in United State
Runways
- runway 13/31 : 4114m = 13497ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United State
Coming to Ellsworth Air Force Base airport
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Aviation weather for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
METAR for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
KRCA 111155Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM OVC190 17/10 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP115 60001 70001 T01740100 10213 20145 53012 $
Decoded METAR for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
METAR issued by KRCA on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 11:55 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 23 days and 567 hours and -33098 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 17°C = 63°F, dew point is 10°C = 50°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 63 %.
QNH is 1014hPa = 29.95inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 130°.
Clouds : overcast at 19000ft = 5790m.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor Sea Level Pressure SLP=115 60001 70001 T01740100 10213 20145 53012 $
TAF for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
KRCA 101900Z 1019/1201 VRB06KT 9999 SCT150 QNH2984INS BECMG 1023/1024 35010G15KT 9999 VCSH BKN100 QNH2987INS TS OVR BLKHLS 23-01 BECMG 1105/1106 VRB06KT 9999 NSW SCT150 QNH2988INS TX35/1020Z TN15/1110Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 1019 NEXT 1119
Decoded TAF for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
TAF issued by KRCA on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 19:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 24 days and 8 hours and 17 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, June 10, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Tuesday, June 10, 2025 à 23:00 heure UTC
1019/1201 VRB06KT 9999 SCT150 QNH2984INS
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 15000ft = 4570m
becoming from Tuesday, June 10, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Wednesday, June 11, 2025 à 05:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1023/1024 35010G15KT 9999 VCSH BKN100 QNH2987INS TS OVR BLKHLS 23-01
OVR
23-01
wind 10kt = 19km/h with gusts at 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 350°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
in vicinity shower
thunderstorm
blowing KHLS
broken at 10000ft = 3050m
becoming from Wednesday, June 11, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Wednesday, June 11, 2025 à 01:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1105/1106 VRB06KT 9999 NSW SCT150 QNH2988INS TX35/1020Z TN15/1110Z
no significant weather
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 15000ft = 4570m
NOTAM for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport
Around Ellsworth Air Force Base airport in Rapid City (United State)
near
- Hotels in Ellsworth Air Force Base
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 1456mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 1495mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4594mi↑
- Paris at 4595mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4596mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 4653mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 4672mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 4672mi↑
- Bordeaux at 4672mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 4672mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 4687mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 4687mi↑
- for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport at 0mi↑
- for Rapid City Regional airport at 7mi↑
- for Dan's airport at 8mi↑
nearest airports to Ellsworth Air Force Base airport in Rapid City (United State)
- Rapid City Regional airport (KRAP RAP ) at 7mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Dan's airport ( 4SD4) at 8mi↑
- Rapid City Regional Hospital heliport ( SD40) at 9mi↑
- Camp Rapid heliport ( 1SD2) at 10mi↑defunct airport
- Barber Strip airport ( US-7319) at 11mi↑defunct airport
- Shooting Star Ranch heliport ( 26SD) at 12mi↑
- Paradise Valley airport ( 2SD0) at 19mi↑
- Keystone Adventures heliport ( SD18) at 23mi↑
- Sturgis Municipal airport ( 49B) at 23mi↑
- Rushmore heliport ( US-6791) at 23mi↑
→ See also Former airports in United State
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap