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RIL to DRA: distance & flight time
Rifle (Garfield County Regional Airport) → Mercury (Desert Rock Airport)
494 mi
795 km · 429 nm
1h 32m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
494 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 32m gate to gate, flying west. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- RIL — Garfield County Regional Airport · Rifle, United States
- DRA — Desert Rock Airport · Mercury, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near RIL
- EGE · Eagle County Regional Airport44 mi away
- ASE · Aspen-Pitkin Co/Sardy Field50 mi away
- GJT · Grand Junction Regional Airport51 mi away
- HDN · Yampa Valley Airport71 mi away
Near DRA
- INS · Creech Air Force Base20 mi away
- LAS · McCarran International Airport62 mi away
- VGT · North Las Vegas Airport55 mi away
- LSV · Nellis Air Force Base62 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is RIL from DRA?
The flight distance from Rifle (RIL) to Mercury (DRA) is 494 miles (795 km, 429 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from RIL to DRA?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 32m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from RIL to DRA?
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