Rapid City Regional in October 2023

85.1%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 370 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 85.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so RAP departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 81.6% of the time (369 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and extreme weather 23%.

On time 82.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	85.1%	—	81.3%	83.8%
Arrived on time	82.4%	—	78.4%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.2 min	—	17.2 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	—	16	19,966
Scheduled departures	370	—	5,669	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	156	42%	82.1%	13.0 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	117	32%	82.9%	12.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	66	18%	80.3%	1.3 min	1.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	26	7%	84.6%	6.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	4	1%	100.0%	-1.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	1	0%	100.0%	-8.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RAP–DEN	Rapid City to Denver	158	77.8%	22.4 min	0.6%
RAP–MSP	Rapid City to Minneapolis	87	90.8%	-3.1 min	0.0%
RAP–DFW	Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth	66	80.3%	1.3 min	1.5%
RAP–ORD	Rapid City to Chicago	28	85.7%	7.0 min	0.0%
RAP–AZA	Rapid City to Phoenix	17	76.5%	12.1 min	0.0%
RAP–LAS	Rapid City to Las Vegas	9	100.0%	-4.1 min	0.0%
RAP–CLT	Rapid City to Charlotte	4	100.0%	-1.0 min	0.0%
RAP–GCC	Rapid City to Gillette	1	0.0%	—	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	33.2%	41.3%	2,128
Late-arriving aircraft	30.1%	40.5%	1,928
National Aviation System	13.6%	14.4%	869
Extreme weather	23.1%	3.7%	1,476
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,401 delay minutes on 61 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 October 2023?

85.1% of 370 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.