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Ellsworth Air Force Base airport in Rapid City (USA)
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↑, Summerset at 12mi↑, Colonial Pine Hills at 14mi↑,
→ See also Northernmost airports in USA and Southernmost airports in USA
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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 USA
Runways
- runway 13/31 : 4114m = 13497ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in USA
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
METAR KRCA 051455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 04/M02 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP200 T00411021 53018
Decoded METAR for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
METAR issued by KRCA on Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 15:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 hours and 21 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 16km = greater than 10sm.
The temperature is 4°C = 39°F, dew point is -2°C = 28°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 64 %.
QNH is 1019hPa = 30.08inHg
Sky clear.
TAF for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
TAF KRCA 051100Z 0511/0617 33012KT 9999 SKC QNH2999INS TX11/0521Z TN01/0514Z
Decoded TAF for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
TAF issued by KRCA on Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 10:46 UTC, issued 7 hours and 35 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, November 5, 2026 à 11:00 heure TU to Friday, November 6, 2026 à 17:00 heure UTC
wind 12kt = 22km/h direction is 330° with gusts at kt = kt
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
sky clear
VAC for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport
Around Ellsworth Air Force Base airport in Rapid City (USA)
near
- Hotels in Ellsworth Air Force Base
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 1456mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 1495mi↑
- Théâtre Mogador (Paris) at 4593mi↑
- Palais Garnier (Paris) at 4594mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4594mi↑
- Théâtre de La Porte Saint-Martin (Paris) at 4595mi↑
- Paris at 4595mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4596mi↑
- Cartoucherie de Vincennes (Paris) at 4599mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 4653mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 4672mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 4672mi↑
- 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 (USA)
- 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
- Sturgis heliport ( 2SD5) at 27mi↑
- Bruch airport ( SD35) at 28mi↑
- Brown Field airport ( 3SD3) at 30mi↑
- Heinrich Airstrip airport ( US-7406) at 31mi↑defunct airport
- Custer State Park airport ( 3V0) at 31mi↑
- Dilligaf heliport ( 3SD5) at 34mi↑
- Crazy Horse heliport ( 0SD9) at 34mi↑
- Barber airport ( SD98) at 35mi↑
→ See also Former airports in USA
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX et NOAA
- TAF : AVWX et NOAA
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
