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SUR to RCA: distance & flight time
Summer Beaver (Summer Beaver Airport) → Rapid City (Ellsworth Air Force Base)
889 mi
1,431 km · 773 nm
2h 24m
estimated nonstop flight time
-2h
time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
889 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 24m gate to gate, flying southwest. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 2-hour time set-back when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- SUR — Summer Beaver Airport · Summer Beaver, Canada
- RCA — Ellsworth Air Force Base · Rapid City, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near SUR
- WNN · Wunnumin Lake Airport34 mi away
- YLH · Lansdowne House Airport44 mi away
- YWP · Webequie Airport52 mi away
- XKS · Kasabonika Airport57 mi away
Near RCA
- RAP · Rapid City Regional Airport7 mi away
- SPF · Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field41 mi away
- CDR · Chadron Municipal Airport90 mi away
- GCC · Gillette Campbell County Airport121 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SUR from RCA?
The flight distance from Summer Beaver (SUR) to Rapid City (RCA) is 889 miles (1,431 km, 773 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SUR to RCA?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 24m 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 time difference between Summer Beaver and Rapid City?
Rapid City is 2 hours behind Summer Beaver.
What is the cheapest way to fly from SUR to RCA?
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