Ellsworth Air Force Base

US Air Force base in Rapid City, South Dakota
Place census_designated_place_in_the_united_states Q960480
Ellsworth Air Force Base
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Ellsworth Air Force Base

Summary

Ellsworth Air Force Base is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ellsworth Air Force Base is located in Pennington County[3].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base is located in Meade County[4].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base is located in Jackson County[5].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base is in the country of United States[6].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's image is recorded as Ellsworth Air Force Base - 3Apr1997.jpg[7].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[8].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's instance of is recorded as air base[9].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's operator is recorded as Air Force Global Strike Command[10].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130344408[11].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's IATA airport code is recorded as RCA[12].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's ICAO airport code is recorded as KRCA[13].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's FAA airport code is recorded as RCA[14].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n95042687[15].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's postal code is recorded as 57706[16].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's part of is recorded as Air Combat Command[17].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's Commons category is recorded as Ellsworth Air Force Base[18].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's located in time zone is recorded as Mountain Time Zone[19].
  • +1942-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ellsworth Air Force Base[20].
  • +1938-01-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ellsworth Air Force Base[21].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44.145041666667, 'lon': -103.10356666667}[22].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/013l7d[23].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's official website is recorded as http://www.ellsworth.af.mil/[24].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6301703[25].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's date of official opening is recorded as +1942-00-00T00:00:00Z[26].
  • Ellsworth Air Force Base's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7022225[27].

Body

Geography

Ellsworth Air Force Base is in the country of United States[6]. Located in include Pennington County[3], a county of South Dakota[28], in United States[29], founded in 1875[30], headquartered in Rapid City[31]; Meade County[4], a county of South Dakota[32], in United States[33], founded in 1889[34]; and Jackson County[5], a county of South Dakota[35], in United States[36], founded in 1914[37]. Its part of is recorded as Air Combat Command[17].

Physical Characteristics

Ellsworth Air Force Base's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+3280'}[38].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States[8] and air base[9].

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1942-00-00T00:00:00Z[20] and +1938-01-11T00:00:00Z[21].

Why It Matters

Ellsworth Air Force Base ranks in the top 1% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . faa.gov. faa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . faa.gov. faa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [38] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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