{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Ellsworth Air Force Base","iataCode":"RCA","icaoCode":"KRCA","city":"Rapid City","country":"US","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":44.14500046,"longitude":-103.1039963},"elevationMeters":999,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Unlike the civil field nearby, Ellsworth Air Force Base (ICAO: KRCA) — code RCA — handles no commercial freight at all. East of Rapid City, it is home to one of the U.S. Air Force's two B-1B Lancer bomber wings, which returned in late 2025 after a $129.5 million runway reconstruction forced a temporary move to Grand Forks. Ellsworth has also been named the first operating base for the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber, with delivery expected in 2027. What moves here is ordnance and fuel, not trade ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/ellsworth-air-force-base-airport-rca","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/ellsworth-air-force-base-airport-rca","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Ellsworth Air Force Base · (IATA: RCA) · Rapid City, US · 999 m"}