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The Rapid City area has had a municipal airport since 1924. The first airport was situated near the railroad tracks along East North Street and was later dedicated as Halley Field Airport in 1929. In 1937, the Rapid City Municipal Airport was established at the current location of Ellsworth Air Force Base, before being relocated to its present ...
This is a list of airports in South Dakota (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Rapid City is the county seat of Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. [10] ... Rapid City Regional Airport provides flights to the airline hub cities, ...
Ellsworth AFB was established in 1941 as Rapid City Army Air Base (AAB). It was later renamed for Brigadier General Richard E. Ellsworth (1911–1953), a 28th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing commander killed when his RB-36 Peacemaker aircraft crashed near Burgoyens Cove, Newfoundland , during a training flight.
The new airport opened November 23, 1963, and was dedicated June 6, 1964; it had a 6,600-foot (2,000 m) runway designated 08/26 and a 3,400-foot (1,000 m) designated 18/36. [9] The first scheduled jet was a United Airlines Boeing 737-200 on April 28, 1968, from Chicago O'Hare. The aircraft, N9003U, was named City of Grand Rapids. [10]
^1 REK is common IATA code for Keflavík International Airport (IATA: KEF) and Reykjavík Airport (IATA: RKV). ^2 RIO is common IATA code for Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport (IATA: GIG), Santos Dumont Airport (IATA: SDU), Jacarepaguá Airport (IATA: RRJ) and Santa Cruz Air Force Base (IATA: SNZ).
The museum has four interior galleries named for Frank Hunter, Duke Corning, Clyde Ice, and Joe Foss. [19] [failed verification] Displays cover the history of aerospace technology, the World Wars, the Cold War, aviation pioneers, and Ellsworth Air Force Base.
The Rapid City Historic Commercial District, sometimes called the Rapid City Downtown Historic District, is a 21-acre (8.5 ha), multi-block historic district in downtown Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. It includes 47 commercial buildings dating from the late 19th to early 20th centuries that formed the core of Rapid City's early economy.