Rapid City Regional in January 2025

74.8%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 314 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 74.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.1% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so RAP departures were 4.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 295 departures with 80.7% leaving on time: a change of −5.9 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 70.3% of the time (313 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 31%, air carrier 28% and extreme weather 23%.

On time 69.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.3%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from RAP in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	74.8%	80.7%	81.3%	79.3%
Arrived on time	69.1%	78.3%	78.4%	78.6%
Cancelled	1.6%	2.0%	1.3%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.9 min	19.7 min	17.2 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	10	16	17,992
Scheduled departures	314	295	5,669	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	176	56%	67.6%	24.9 min	1.1%
MQ Envoy Air	68	22%	76.5%	8.5 min	2.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	38	12%	68.4%	49.7 min	2.6%
UA United Airlines	32	10%	62.5%	16.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RAP–DEN	Rapid City to Denver	202	67.8%	23.5 min	0.0%
RAP–DFW	Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth	68	76.5%	8.5 min	2.9%
RAP–AZA	Rapid City to Phoenix	20	70.0%	31.3 min	0.0%
RAP–LAS	Rapid City to Las Vegas	9	55.6%	125.7 min	0.0%
RAP–SFB	Rapid City to Sanford	8	87.5%	-23.4 min	12.5%
RAP–ORD	Rapid City to Chicago	6	33.3%	27.0 min	33.3%
RAP–LAX	Rapid City to Los Angeles	1	0.0%	246.0 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.4%	36.2%	2,886
Late-arriving aircraft	31.1%	34.7%	3,163
National Aviation System	17.6%	19.9%	1,793
Extreme weather	22.9%	9.1%	2,332
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,174 delay minutes on 92 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 January 2025?

74.8% of 314 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 80.7% of 295 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 74.8% and 1.6% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.