Rapid City Regional in November 2023

88.5%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 279 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 88.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.5% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so RAP departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 87.5% of the time (279 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 43% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 87.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.5%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	88.5%	—	81.3%	86.0%
Arrived on time	87.5%	—	78.4%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.3%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.5 min	—	17.2 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	16	18,793
Scheduled departures	279	—	5,669	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	167	60%	91.0%	2.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	59	21%	88.1%	1.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	11%	70.0%	12.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	23	8%	82.6%	0.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RAP–DEN	Rapid City to Denver	115	82.6%	13.8 min	0.0%
RAP–MSP	Rapid City to Minneapolis	82	95.1%	-10.5 min	0.0%
RAP–DFW	Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth	59	88.1%	1.6 min	0.0%
RAP–AZA	Rapid City to Phoenix	13	84.6%	-4.0 min	0.0%
RAP–LAS	Rapid City to Las Vegas	10	80.0%	6.2 min	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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	42.8%	42.5%	1,723
Late-arriving aircraft	42.6%	37.3%	1,715
National Aviation System	10.4%	16.2%	418
Extreme weather	4.2%	3.7%	169
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

4,025 delay minutes on 35 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 November 2023?

88.5% of 279 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.