Rapid City Regional in October 2025

88.8%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 428 domestic departures from Rapid City Regional (RAP). 88.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.8% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so RAP departures were 8.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 499 departures with 90.6% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights down 14%.

Flights arriving at RAP that month were on time 86.9% of the time (428 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, national aviation system 27% and late-arriving aircraft 23%.

On time 81.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.0%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	RAP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	88.8%	90.6%	81.3%	80.0%
Arrived on time	81.8%	89.6%	78.4%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.2%	1.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.8 min	7.2 min	17.2 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	17	16	20,195
Scheduled departures	428	499	5,669	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	185	43%	81.1%	2.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	112	26%	79.5%	3.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	104	24%	85.6%	-2.8 min	1.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	6%	81.5%	14.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RAP–DEN	Rapid City to Denver	262	79.8%	3.6 min	0.0%
RAP–DFW	Rapid City to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	85.9%	-2.7 min	1.1%
RAP–ORD	Rapid City to Chicago	38	81.6%	0.5 min	0.0%
RAP–AZA	Rapid City to Phoenix	18	83.3%	24.5 min	0.0%
RAP–LAS	Rapid City to Las Vegas	9	77.8%	-4.4 min	0.0%
RAP–CLT	Rapid City to Charlotte	5	100.0%	-9.4 min	0.0%
RAP–MSP	Rapid City to Minneapolis	4	100.0%	-21.7 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	47.8%	34.0%	2,210
Late-arriving aircraft	22.6%	39.7%	1,043
National Aviation System	26.8%	22.9%	1,237
Extreme weather	2.9%	3.3%	132
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,622 delay minutes on 77 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 October 2025?

88.8% of 428 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 90.6% of 499 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 88.8% and 0.2% in October 2025.

Provenance

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