Rapid City Regional in July 2025

72.4%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 619 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 72.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.9% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so RAP departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 567 departures with 70.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.9 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 70.0% of the time (619 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, national aviation system 26% and air carrier 25%.

On time 67.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.4%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 1.1%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	72.4%	70.5%	81.3%	69.7%
Arrived on time	67.9%	66.3%	78.4%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.6%	2.3%	1.3%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.5 min	23.5 min	17.2 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	19	16	21,048
Scheduled departures	619	567	5,669	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	268	43%	66.4%	15.2 min	2.6%
MQ Envoy Air	209	34%	71.8%	12.3 min	1.0%
UA United Airlines	93	15%	63.4%	19.0 min	1.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	37	6%	62.2%	26.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	4	1%	75.0%	34.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	4	1%	100.0%	-4.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	4	1%	75.0%	-4.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RAP–DEN	Rapid City to Denver	274	63.1%	19.2 min	2.6%
RAP–DFW	Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth	126	81.0%	4.1 min	0.8%
RAP–ORD	Rapid City to Chicago	121	62.0%	21.8 min	1.7%
RAP–CLT	Rapid City to Charlotte	31	67.7%	7.5 min	0.0%
RAP–MSP	Rapid City to Minneapolis	26	84.6%	-4.0 min	0.0%
RAP–AZA	Rapid City to Phoenix	19	78.9%	18.8 min	0.0%
RAP–LAS	Rapid City to Las Vegas	9	44.4%	37.4 min	0.0%
RAP–SFB	Rapid City to Sanford	9	44.4%	30.0 min	0.0%
RAP–ATL	Rapid City to Atlanta	4	100.0%	-4.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.9%	31.1%	2,970
Late-arriving aircraft	36.7%	40.8%	4,382
National Aviation System	25.6%	20.7%	3,053
Extreme weather	12.8%	7.3%	1,527
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,932 delay minutes on 182 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 2025?

72.4% of 619 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 70.5% of 567 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 72.4% and 1.6% in July 2025.

Provenance

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