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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 122155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/M09 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP177 T01291095
Decoded METAR for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
METAR issued by KRCA on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 21:55 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 37 hours and -1409 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 13°C = 55°F, dew point is -9°C = 16°F. The air is dry : relative air humidity is 21 %.
QNH is 1016hPa = 30inHg
Sky clear.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor Sea Level Pressure SLP=177 T01291095
TAF for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
KRCA 121845Z 1219/1401 VRB06KT 9999 SCT250 QNH3002INS BECMG 1220/1221 29012KT 9999 FEW250 QNH3001INS BECMG 1301/1302 VRB06KT 9999 FEW250 QNH2993INS TX14/1221Z TNM03/1312Z
Decoded TAF for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
TAF issued by KRCA on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 18:45 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 16 hours and 41 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, February 12, 2026 à 19:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 12, 2026 à 20:00 heure UTC
1219/1401 VRB06KT 9999 SCT250 QNH3002INS
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 25000ft = 7620m
becoming from Thursday, February 12, 2026 à 21:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 12, 2026 à 01:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1220/1221 29012KT 9999 FEW250 QNH3001INS
wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 290°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 25000ft = 7620m
becoming from Thursday, February 12, 2026 à 02:00 heure TU to Friday, February 13, 2026 à 01:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1301/1302 VRB06KT 9999 FEW250 QNH2993INS TX14/1221Z TNM03/1312Z
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 25000ft = 7620m
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↑
- Borglum heliport ( US-6834) at 24mi↑
- Old Sturgis airport ( US-6625) at 24mi↑defunct airport
- Rushmore heliport ( SD70) at 24mi↑defunct airport
- Mike Jacob Sturgis heliport ( SD26) at 25mi↑
- Eden Valley airport ( SD24) at 25mi↑
- Bear Butte airport ( US-6626) at 26mi↑defunct airport
→ 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
