Rapid City, SD · Airport profile
RAP
Rapid City Regional Airport
RAP right now
Live conditions where a permitted source publishes them, and the historical record where none does.
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81.3% leave on time
14:00–14:59 local · 544 departures on record
When flights run late in this hour, most of the delay is attributed to late-arriving aircraft.
Historical pattern for RAP from US DOT BTS — not a live reading.
No current observation is available for this airport.
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Airport reliability
Best time to fly from RAP
On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time.
Flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 82.4% of the time, against 65.5% for 9 PM–5 AM departures — a gap of 16.9 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
What to expect at RAP
How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.
Scheduled departures by hour
The busiest hour is 11 AM, with about 2 departures a day, against roughly 0 at 8 PM.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Taxi-out is the time between leaving the gate and lifting off, averaged across departures and weighted by hour.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 3.6 percentage points.
By month
July is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 13.5 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026
Airlines at RAP
Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.
| Carrier | Departures | On time | Cancelled | Median delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines OO | 7,179 | 80.7% | 1.52% | -10 min |
| Envoy Air MQ | 3,650 | 80.6% | 1.32% | -7 min |
| United Airlines UA | 2,734 | 79.2% | 1.43% | -5 min |
| Allegiant Air G4 | 1,138 | 75.4% | 0.70% | -6 min |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.
Routes from RAP
Ranked by FlyerIntel Route Reliability Score.
Least reliable
Busiest routes
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Only routes with at least 750 flights are ranked.
Reliability over time
On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026
Data and sources
Historical statistics
Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – June 2026, comprising 15,442 departures from RAP. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.
Live conditions
Aviation weather comes from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center. Operational events come from the FAA where available. FlyerIntel shows the age of every live value and does not display data it cannot currently retrieve.