Rapid City Regional in October 2024

90.6%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 499 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 90.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.6% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so RAP departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 370 departures with 85.1% leaving on time: a change of +5.5 points, with flights up 35%.

Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 90.4% of the time (498 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 89.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.0%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	90.6%	85.1%	81.3%	85.5%
Arrived on time	89.6%	82.4%	78.4%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.5%	1.3%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.2 min	17.2 min	17.2 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	12	16	20,517
Scheduled departures	499	370	5,669	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	237	47%	92.8%	-6.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	110	22%	83.6%	2.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	98	20%	93.9%	-11.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	48	10%	83.3%	-4.1 min	2.1%
AA American Airlines	6	1%	50.0%	15.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RAP–DEN	Rapid City to Denver	217	88.5%	-2.1 min	0.0%
RAP–DFW	Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth	98	93.9%	-11.2 min	0.0%
RAP–MSP	Rapid City to Minneapolis	92	96.7%	-10.2 min	0.0%
RAP–ORD	Rapid City to Chicago	37	83.8%	-0.4 min	0.0%
RAP–LAS	Rapid City to Las Vegas	17	64.7%	17.7 min	0.0%
RAP–AZA	Rapid City to Phoenix	13	92.3%	-4.2 min	0.0%
RAP–LAX	Rapid City to Los Angeles	9	100.0%	-27.3 min	0.0%
RAP–SFB	Rapid City to Sanford	9	88.9%	-24.0 min	11.1%
RAP–CLT	Rapid City to Charlotte	6	50.0%	15.5 min	0.0%
RAP–XWA	Rapid City to Williston	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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	44.4%	42.7%	1,361
Late-arriving aircraft	27.4%	37.4%	841
National Aviation System	14.8%	16.3%	453
Extreme weather	13.4%	3.4%	410
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,065 delay minutes on 50 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 2024?

90.6% of 499 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 85.1% of 370 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 90.6% and 0.2% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.