Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) delays & on-time performance
Rapid City, South Dakota · 11 nonstop destinations · 7 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at RAP right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.3%
71 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
85 min when late
Departed on time
82%
avg taxi-out 20 min
Figures cover 5,669 departures from RAP; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into RAP were on time 79% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.3% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- United Airlines was the most punctual airline here (82% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (71%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (89% on time); around 8am did worst (68%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (40%).
Most delayed routes from RAP
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ORD · Chicago73%692 flts
- DEN · Denver80%2,867 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth83%1,006 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis86%537 flts
Most reliable routes from RAP
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- MSP · Minneapolis86%537 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth83%1,006 flts
- DEN · Denver80%2,867 flts
- ORD · Chicago73%692 flts
Best airline at RAP
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 100% | 0.0% | 0 min | 2 | 2 |
| Delta Air Lines | 91% | 0.0% | 12 min | 1 | 23 |
| United Airlines | 82% | 1.0% | 15 min | 2 | 937 |
| Envoy Air | 82% | 1.6% | 17 min | 4 | 1,399 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 79% | 1.2% | 18 min | 4 | 2,899 |
| Allegiant Air | 71% | 0.0% | 25 min | 3 | 338 |
| PSA Airlines | 70% | 7.0% | 29 min | 1 | 71 |
Best time to fly out of RAP
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am89%540 flts
- 6am87%404 flts
- 7am83%365 flts
- 8am68%289 flts
- 9am80%191 flts
- 10am85%481 flts
- 11am81%619 flts
- 12pm82%669 flts
- 1pm80%376 flts
- 2pm86%369 flts
- 3pm71%348 flts
- 4pm70%488 flts
- 5pm70%327 flts
- 6pm74%104 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)40%
- Late-arriving aircraft28%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather12%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.