Rapid City Regional in August 2023

82.1%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 396 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so RAP departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 86.4% of the time (396 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 81.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from RAP in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	82.1%	—	81.3%	76.7%
Arrived on time	81.6%	—	78.4%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.5 min	—	17.2 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	—	16	20,100
Scheduled departures	396	—	5,669	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	124	31%	84.7%	11.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	94	24%	90.4%	-5.9 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	92	23%	75.0%	16.2 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	8%	93.5%	-4.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	29	7%	58.6%	26.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	19	5%	68.4%	8.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	4	1%	50.0%	24.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	3	1%	100.0%	-13.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RAP–MSP	Rapid City to Minneapolis	96	94.8%	-7.7 min	0.0%
RAP–DFW	Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth	95	86.3%	10.7 min	0.0%
RAP–DEN	Rapid City to Denver	93	75.3%	12.3 min	2.2%
RAP–ORD	Rapid City to Chicago	62	79.0%	12.9 min	0.0%
RAP–CLT	Rapid City to Charlotte	31	58.1%	25.3 min	0.0%
RAP–AZA	Rapid City to Phoenix	10	90.0%	-1.8 min	0.0%
RAP–LAS	Rapid City to Las Vegas	9	44.4%	20.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	37.5%	36.7%	2,216
Late-arriving aircraft	36.9%	42.2%	2,182
National Aviation System	16.3%	15.7%	961
Extreme weather	9.3%	5.1%	547
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,906 delay minutes on 71 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left RAP on time in August 2023?

82.1% of 396 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for RAP · methodology · corrections.