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KRCA — Ellsworth AFB
Rapid City, SD · field elevation 3,276 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-RAPCON
1 AIRMET & SIGMET Read in the EFB →
KRCA current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KRCA 111155Z AUTO 05003KT 9SM CLR 21/19 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP103 T02090190 10236 20183 51006
- Wind
- from 050° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 21 °C / dewpoint 19 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Density altitude
- 4,748 ft · pressure altitude 3,276 ft
- Observed
- 22 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 050° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | — | 3 kt from the left |
| 31 | — | 3 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF AMD KRCA 111143Z 1111/1217 VRB06KT 9999 SKC QNH2995INS BECMG 1116/1117 12010G20KT 9999 NSW BKN060 QNH2994INS BECMG 1121/1122 12010G25KT 9000 -TSRA BKN070CB QNH2993INS BECMG 1202/1203 VRB06KT 9999 NSW SCT040 QNH2991INS TX30/1123Z TN17/1111Z
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 44.14509, -103.10357
- Elevation
- 3,276 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1152Z / 0203Z
- Tower hours
- 1400-0730Z++ MON-THU, 1400-0100Z++ FRI, CLSD SAT, SUN, GLOBAL STRIKE COMD DOWN DAYS, & HOL.
- Magnetic variation
- 8° (2015)
- Sectional
- Cheyenne
- County
- Pennington, SD
Airport diagram
Everything else KRCA publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 13,497 | 300 | CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 120.625
- Tower 1400-0730Z++ MON-THU, 1400-0100Z++ FRI, CLSD SAT, SUN, GLOBAL STRIKE COMD DOWN DAYS, & HOL.
- 126.05
- Ground
- 121.8
- Approach
- 119.5
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — LS
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KRAP Rapid City Rgnl6 nm
- KCUT Custer County33 nm
- KSPF Black Hills-Clyde Ice Fld36 nm
- KECS Mondell Fld54 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KRCA airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other South Dakota airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.