A few months earlier, an Atlas Air Boeing 747 freighter landed at the tiny Jabara Airport in Wichita, Kansas, instead of McConnell Air Force Base about eight miles away. The runway is considered 3,000 feet less than ideal for the plane, one of the largest in the world.
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The Delta A320 landed at Ellsworth Air Force Base at 8:42 p.m. Central Time Thursday, when its destination was an airport in Rapid City, board spokesman Peter Knudson said Friday. Ellsworth is about 10 miles due north of Rapid City Regional Airport.
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Ellsworth Air Force Base (EAFB) Located six miles northeast of the city, Ellsworth AFB is operated by the 28th Bomb Wing with a primary mission of operating two B-1B strategic bomber squadrons. Ellsworth AFB was established in 1942 as Rapid City Army Base. In 1953, the name changed in honor of Brigadier General Richard E. Ellsworth, who was killed in a RB-36 Peacemaker aircraft crash in Newfoundland. The current mission of the 28th Bomb Wing is to deliver decisive combat power for global response.
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Ellsworth Air Force Base, the home to the B-1B Lancer, is located in west South Dakota, northeast of Rapid City. On-base temporary lodging at Ellsworth Air Force Base is in Pinetree Inn and The Aspen Inn. The closest off-base hotels and motels are about 5 miles southeast of the Base near I-90 in Rapid City. Check In.
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Expected to land at 8:50 p.m. local time, Delta flight 2845 eventually landed nearly three hours later at 11:31 p.m. local time. According to the FAA, this is not the first time this has happened. In 2004, a Northwest Airlines flight, also headed to Rapid City, also accidentally landed at Ellsworth Air Force Base.
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However, the runway at Ellsworth is 13,500 feet long and 300 feet wide and marked at the threshold with a large 13 number, while the runway at Rapid City Regional Airport is only 8,701 feet long and only 150 feet wide and marked with a large 14..
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More than 100 Delta passengers on board a flight bound for Rapid City, South Dakota got an unexpected surprise Thursday night when their plane mistakenly landed at an Air Force Base, about five miles north of the aircraft's intended target.
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This was not the first time airline pilots have mistaken the Air Force base for the Rapid City airport. In 2004, a Northwest Airlines flight carrying 117 passengers to Rapid City landed at Ellsworth. The plane remained on the ground for more than three hours as the pilots explained to Air Force security officers what went wrong, and a new crew was dispatched to continue the flight to Rapid City.
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The pilots of the Airbus A320 had been cleared to land at Rapid City Regional Airport. The aircraft instead touched down at Ellsworth Air Force Base, shortly before 7:45 p.m. local time, the FAA released in a statement to ABC News.
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Ellsworth AFB is located just outside of Box Elder, South Dakota. The military is the largest employer in the region and the second largest employer in the state. Providing rapid, decisive and sustainable combat air power and expeditionary combat support, the 28th Bomb wing is assigned to 12th Air Force under Air Combat Command. As home to the B-1B, the 28th Bomb Wing provides operational support in many areas.
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Ellsworth Air Force Base is at the northeast of Rapid City. Ellsworth Air Force Base is in northeast of Rapid City.