Rapid City Regional in February 2025

76.3%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 291 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 76.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.1% reached their destination on time; 7.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so RAP departures were 2.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 289 departures with 82.7% leaving on time: a change of −6.4 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 67.9% of the time (290 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 30% and extreme weather 19%.

On time 69.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.7%
Cancelled 7.9%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	76.3%	82.7%	81.3%	79.2%
Arrived on time	69.1%	77.9%	78.4%	77.9%
Cancelled	7.9%	4.2%	1.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.9 min	36.7 min	17.2 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	10	16	16,830
Scheduled departures	291	289	5,669	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	172	59%	69.8%	5.8 min	9.3%
MQ Envoy Air	56	19%	75.0%	-1.1 min	3.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	35	12%	57.1%	89.9 min	5.7%
UA United Airlines	28	10%	67.9%	28.0 min	10.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RAP–DEN	Rapid City to Denver	200	69.5%	8.9 min	9.5%
RAP–DFW	Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth	56	75.0%	-1.1 min	3.6%
RAP–AZA	Rapid City to Phoenix	19	47.4%	84.9 min	10.5%
RAP–LAS	Rapid City to Las Vegas	8	62.5%	183.5 min	0.0%
RAP–SFB	Rapid City to Sanford	8	75.0%	7.0 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.8%	33.9%	2,281
Late-arriving aircraft	35.7%	36.9%	2,733
National Aviation System	16.0%	22.5%	1,224
Extreme weather	18.5%	6.6%	1,420
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,658 delay minutes on 66 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 2025?

76.3% of 291 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 82.7% of 289 departures left on time and 4.2% were cancelled, against 76.3% and 7.9% in February 2025.

Provenance

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