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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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Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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By plane :
- Ellsworth Air Force Base airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Rapid City Regional airport at 7mi : book on Iberia
- Black Hills-Clyde Ice Field airport at 41mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
METAR for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
SPECI KRCA 022315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT060 OVC085 11/03 A2980 RMK AO2 RAE06DZB06E15 SLP105
Decoded METAR for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
METAR issued by KRCA on Monday, March 2, 2026 at 23:15 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 21 hours and 3 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 11°C = 52°F, dew point is 3°C = 37°F. The air is humid : relative air humidity is 58 %.
QNH is 1009hPa = 29.8inHg
Clouds : scattered clouds at 6000ft = 1830m. overcast at 8500ft = 2590m.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor rain E06 drizzle B06E15 Sea Level Pressure SLP=105
TAF for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
KRCA 021845Z 0219/0401 14008KT 9999 OVC100 QNH2980INS BECMG 0314/0315 31012KT 9999 FEW110 QNH2997INS BECMG 0322/0323 VRB06KT 9999 BKN100 QNH3004INS TX14/0221Z TN01/0306Z
Decoded TAF for Ellsworth Air Force Base airport KRCA RCA
TAF issued by KRCA on Monday, March 2, 2026 at 18:45 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 1 hours and 33 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, March 2, 2026 à 19:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 3, 2026 à 14:00 heure UTC
0219/0401 14008KT 9999 OVC100 QNH2980INS
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 140°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
overcast at 10000ft = 3050m
becoming from Tuesday, March 3, 2026 à 15:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 3, 2026 à 22:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0314/0315 31012KT 9999 FEW110 QNH2997INS
wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 310°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 11000ft = 3350m
becoming from Tuesday, March 3, 2026 à 23:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 3, 2026 à 01:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0322/0323 VRB06KT 9999 BKN100 QNH3004INS TX14/0221Z TN01/0306Z
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 10000ft = 3050m
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
