Rapid City Regional in February 2024

82.7%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 289 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.9% reached their destination on time; 4.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so RAP departures were 1.3 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 83.0% of the time (289 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 31%, extreme weather 30% and air carrier 28%.

On time 77.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.6%
Cancelled 4.2%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from RAP in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	82.7%	—	81.3%	84.0%
Arrived on time	77.9%	—	78.4%	83.4%
Cancelled	4.2%	—	1.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	36.7 min	—	17.2 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	—	16	17,307
Scheduled departures	289	—	5,669	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	153	53%	83.0%	13.2 min	5.9%
MQ Envoy Air	58	20%	79.3%	52.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	58	20%	65.5%	7.6 min	5.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	20	7%	70.0%	78.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RAP–DEN	Rapid City to Denver	133	71.4%	14.6 min	6.8%
RAP–MSP	Rapid City to Minneapolis	78	89.7%	6.8 min	3.8%
RAP–DFW	Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth	58	79.3%	52.6 min	0.0%
RAP–AZA	Rapid City to Phoenix	11	72.7%	105.9 min	0.0%
RAP–LAS	Rapid City to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	44.8 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.5%	35.9%	2,862
Late-arriving aircraft	31.3%	36.9%	3,261
National Aviation System	11.7%	21.7%	1,215
Extreme weather	29.5%	5.3%	3,069
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

10,407 delay minutes on 51 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 February 2024?

82.7% of 289 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.