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Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Novgorod Yurievo Airport and Rapid City Regional Airport. Location Rapid City Regional Airport is located approximately 9,0 miles (14,5 km) east of Rapid City and about 122,5 miles (197,1 km) east of Gillette. Because of the large distance between Novgorod Yurievo Airport and Rapid City Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe.

Those shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines. Rapid City serves 16 destinations & Sioux Falls serves 15 destinations, while Watertown serves two destinations. 125 aircraft were then based at this airport: 64 single-engine, 22 multi-engine, 3 jet, 3 helicopter and 8 military. ICAO The location indicator assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The airport is one of two commercial airports in the state of South Dakota with airline service to only one destination, the other being Pierre Regional Airport. In 2007 the airport had 47,844 aircraft operations, average 131 per day: 60 general aviation, 26 air taxi, 8 military and 5 airline. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. The airport covers 1,655 acres (670 ha) at an elevation of 3,204 feet (977 m). A direct, nonstop flight between Novgorod Yurievo Airport (NVR), Veliky Novgorod, Russia and Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP), Rapid City, South Dakota, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,885 miles (or 7,862 kilometers).Ī Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere.