Rapid City Regional in November 2024

84.9%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 444 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 84.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so RAP departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 279 departures with 88.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights up 59%.

Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 82.9% of the time (444 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 80.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.5%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	84.9%	88.5%	81.3%	85.2%
Arrived on time	80.4%	87.5%	78.4%	84.8%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.0%	1.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.6 min	14.5 min	17.2 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	9	16	19,180
Scheduled departures	444	279	5,669	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	235	53%	80.9%	7.1 min	1.7%
MQ Envoy Air	72	16%	77.8%	4.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	58	13%	91.4%	-8.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	49	11%	83.7%	-5.7 min	2.0%
UA United Airlines	30	7%	56.7%	20.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RAP–DEN	Rapid City to Denver	206	75.2%	8.7 min	1.9%
RAP–MSP	Rapid City to Minneapolis	87	92.0%	-3.0 min	0.0%
RAP–DFW	Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth	72	77.8%	4.2 min	0.0%
RAP–ORD	Rapid City to Chicago	30	83.3%	8.9 min	0.0%
RAP–AZA	Rapid City to Phoenix	17	82.4%	-4.2 min	0.0%
RAP–LAS	Rapid City to Las Vegas	15	66.7%	15.9 min	6.7%
RAP–SFB	Rapid City to Sanford	9	100.0%	-28.4 min	0.0%
RAP–LAX	Rapid City to Los Angeles	8	100.0%	-21.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.3%	36.9%	2,058
Late-arriving aircraft	37.6%	35.6%	2,130
National Aviation System	18.5%	21.9%	1,047
Extreme weather	7.6%	5.4%	429
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,664 delay minutes on 82 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 2024?

84.9% of 444 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 88.5% of 279 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 84.9% and 1.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

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