RCA

Ellsworth Air Force Base

ICAO KRCA44.1450°N 103.1040°W3,276 ft / 999 mMedium airport
On the map
Ellsworth Air Force Base - 3Apr1997
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Ellsworth Air Force Base (IATA: RCA, ICAO: KRCA) is a medium airport in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 13,497 ft (4,114 m) long, concrete. It is operated by Air Force Global Strike Command.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942
1942
OpenedEllsworth Air Force Base opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
13/31138° / 318° · LIT
LENGTH13,497 ft4,114 mWIDTH300 ft91 mSURFACEConcrete

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway13,497 ft4,114 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#77of 29,823 · #30 North America · #25 USElevation3,276 ft999 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#4,826of 43,341 · #2,478 North America · #1,925 USAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =924 North America · =885 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
A/DAPP/DEP119.500
ATISATIS120.625
GNDGND121.800
PMSVPMSV METRO37.577
POSTCOMD POST32.100
PTDPTD37.220
TWRTWR126.050