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Airport month · August 2025
Rapid City Regional in August 2025
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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 560 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 76.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.2% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so RAP departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 582 departures with 82.1% leaving on time: a change of −5.3 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 73.0% of the time (559 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, national aviation system 24% and late-arriving aircraft 24%.
- On time 68.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.3%
- Cancelled 1.3%
- Diverted 1.3%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.8% | 82.1% | 81.3% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 68.2% | 79.9% | 78.4% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.8 min | 14.6 min | 17.2 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 19 | 19 | 16 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 560 | 582 | 5,669 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 268 | 48% | 64.9% | 21.1 min | 1.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 162 | 29% | 69.8% | 14.4 min | 1.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 94 | 17% | 70.2% | 9.5 min | 2.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 30 | 5% | 80.0% | 12.1 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 5 | 1% | 80.0% | 19.4 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -11.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAP–DEN | Rapid City to Denver | 276 | 67.0% | 18.2 min | 1.4% |
| RAP–ORD | Rapid City to Chicago | 109 | 58.7% | 20.0 min | 1.8% |
| RAP–DFW | Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth | 99 | 73.7% | 15.6 min | 1.0% |
| RAP–CLT | Rapid City to Charlotte | 31 | 74.2% | 6.7 min | 0.0% |
| RAP–AZA | Rapid City to Phoenix | 12 | 75.0% | 30.1 min | 0.0% |
| RAP–MSP | Rapid City to Minneapolis | 10 | 90.0% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
| RAP–LAS | Rapid City to Las Vegas | 9 | 88.9% | -12.3 min | 0.0% |
| RAP–SFB | Rapid City to Sanford | 9 | 77.8% | 14.7 min | 0.0% |
| RAP–ATL | Rapid City to Atlanta | 5 | 80.0% | 19.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RAP on time in August 2025?
76.8% of 560 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 82.1% of 582 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 76.8% and 1.3% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.