Rapid City Regional in July 2024

70.5%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 567 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 70.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.3% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so RAP departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 70.5% of the time (567 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 66.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.7%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	70.5%	—	81.3%	68.5%
Arrived on time	66.3%	—	78.4%	68.1%
Cancelled	2.3%	—	1.3%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.5 min	—	17.2 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	16	21,154
Scheduled departures	567	—	5,669	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	157	28%	67.5%	17.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	150	26%	66.7%	14.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	124	22%	75.0%	4.9 min	7.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	45	8%	71.1%	9.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	34	6%	26.5%	80.2 min	2.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	5%	67.7%	12.5 min	9.7%
9E Endeavor Air	26	5%	57.7%	39.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RAP–DEN	Rapid City to Denver	215	76.7%	6.5 min	3.7%
RAP–DFW	Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth	123	66.7%	12.8 min	0.0%
RAP–MSP	Rapid City to Minneapolis	92	56.5%	28.7 min	3.3%
RAP–ORD	Rapid City to Chicago	62	59.7%	23.1 min	1.6%
RAP–CLT	Rapid City to Charlotte	30	26.7%	88.2 min	3.3%
RAP–AZA	Rapid City to Phoenix	18	72.2%	8.0 min	0.0%
RAP–LAS	Rapid City to Las Vegas	9	44.4%	26.4 min	0.0%
RAP–LAX	Rapid City to Los Angeles	9	66.7%	15.1 min	0.0%
RAP–SFB	Rapid City to Sanford	9	100.0%	-11.3 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.4%	36.6%	3,744
Late-arriving aircraft	43.1%	42.7%	5,487
National Aviation System	15.8%	16.0%	2,016
Extreme weather	11.6%	4.6%	1,483
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

12,730 delay minutes on 174 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 July 2024?

70.5% of 567 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.